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Hands on Introduction to High Performance Computing

Basics of HPC systems

Hands on Introduction to High Performance Computing

Introduction
EPCC
Why HPC?
Basics of HPC systems Basics of HPC systems
Table of contents
Exercise 1 - connecting to and using a supercomputer
Exercise 1 - connecting to and using a supercomputer
- Overview
- Theory
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
Hardware and architecture details
Parallel programming
Exercise 2 - running parallel programs
Exercise 2 - running parallel programs
- Overview
- Theory
- Part 1
- Part 2
Parallel performance
Exercise 3 - parallel performance
Exercise 3 - parallel performance
- Overview
- Theory
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3

Basics of HPC systems

What is a supercomputer?

Linux, the command line, and SSH

Some example systems

Interactive vs Batch use

Leads to:

You should now try the first practical exercise: Exercise 1