ScREC

ScREC
Active	September 2012^[1]
Operators	Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS), NUST
Location	Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan
Storage	21.6 TeraByte^[1]
Speed	132 TeraFLOPS^[1]
Purpose	Multipurpose^[1]
Web site	Supercomputing Research and Education Facility (NUST)

ScREC is a supercomputer developed by the Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS) at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad, Pakistan. With a 132 teraflops performance, it is currently the fastest supercomputer in Pakistan.^[1]

System specifications

ScREC is able to perform parallel computing and has a performance speed of 132 teraFLOPS (trillion operations per second). It is the fastest running graphics processing unit (GPU) parallel computing system to have been developed in Pakistan.^[1] The supercomputer has multi-core processors and graphics co-processors, with an inter-process communication speed of 40 gigabits per second. According to system specifications, the computer cluster consists of 66 nodes equipped with 30,992 processor cores. Additional component details include:

Supercomputing Research and Education Facility, Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation (NUST)

National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

Colleges:	College of Aeronautical Engineering College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Military College of Engineering Military College of Signals Pakistan Navy Engineering College

Schools and Departments:	Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute of Geographical Information Systems National Institute of Transportation NUST Business School NUST Institute of Civil Engineering NUST Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies School of Art, Design and Architecture School of Chemical and Materials Engineering School of Civil and Environmental Engineering School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering School of Natural Sciences School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Research:	Centre of International Peace and Stability Chinese Studies Centre Samar Mubarakmand Research Institute of Microwave and Millimetre Wave Studies Research Center for Modeling and Simulation ScREC US-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Energy National Science and Technology Park

Career Development:	Career Development Centre Centre for Counselling and Career Advisory Failure Analysis Centre Industrial Liaison Office Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization Professional Development Centre Technology Incubation Centre

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