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'''Research Computing Services''' (separated in August 2007 from the former Manchester Computing at the [[University of Manchester]]), provides the focus for the [[University of Manchester]]'s activities in [[supercomputing]] or [[high-performance computing]], [[grid computing]] or [[e-science]] and [[computational science]]. Research Computing Services activities include services, training and research & development.<br />
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== Supercomputers ==<br />
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The University of Manchester has been home to many [[supercomputers]], starting from the 1948 [[Manchester Baby]] - the world's first stored program computer. Others have included CDC7600 (1972, and a second in 1977), a CDC Cyber 205, VP1200, VPX and 240/10. The CSAR service (see below) [[supercomputers]] included a [[Cray T3E|576 PE Cray T3E-1200E]] (1998, upgraded to 816PE in 2000), and [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]] [[SGI Origin 3000 and Onyx 3000|Origin 3000]] (2001) and [[Altix]] (2003) systems. More recently some large clusters (e.g., the 200 processor Dell EM64T cluster) have been installed.<br />
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== National Computing Services ==<br />
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Research Computing Services and its predecessors (Manchester Computing etc.) have been providing (high performance) computing services nationally in the UK since the 1970s. Manchester Computing operated the UK's 1998-2006 national supercomputer service [http://www.csar.cfs.ac.uk CSAR] with [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]] and CSC Ltd. It currently operates other national computer services in the UK, including the Access Grid Support Centre (AGSC) and, as part of consortia, the [http://www.ngs.ac.uk UK National Grid Service (NGS)] and [http://www.nw-grid.ac.uk North West Grid].<br />
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== Research Centres ==<br />
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Research Computing Services is a part of several research centres including [http://www.esnw.ac.uk E-Science North West (ESNW)], and the UK's [http://www.ncess.ac.uk National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS)].<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/ Research Computing Services web site]<br />
* [http://www.csar.cfs.ac.uk CSAR]<br />
* [http://www.ncess.ac.uk National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS)]<br />
* [http://www.agsc.ja.net Access Grid Support Centre (AGSC)]<br />
* [http://www.ngs.ac.uk UK National Grid Service (NGS)]<br />
* [http://www.nw-grid.ac.uk North West Grid]<br />
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