CSE Group - Features and Benefits

The Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSED) at Daresbury SIC employs 75 staff and operates with a budget of £7 million.

It the largest computational science and engineering group in the UK.

Harnessing this critical mass is the Daresbury Advanced Computation Service(DAComS).  DAComS provides access to High Performance Computing (HPCx) comprising:

• 2560 IBM Power5 processors
• 12.9 TeraFlop Linpack
• 5.12 TeraByte memory
• Low-latency high-bandwidth network

DAComS enables your organisation to fully exploit capacity computing facilities based on commodity components (e.g. Intel and AMD processors) and ensure a maximum return on investment, with services including:

• Consultation on a wide range of technology issues
• Procurement support
• Installation and system administration advice
• Optimized and fully integrated application/hardware bundles
• Customer, commercial and CSED codes