National Center for High-Performance Computing

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The National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC; Chinese: 國家高速網路與計算中心; pinyin: Guójiā Gāosù Wǎnglù Yǔ Jìsuàn Zhōngxīn) is one of ten national-level research laboratories under National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL), headquartered at Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

History

The research center was opened in 1993.^[1] In November 2018 the National Center for High-Performance Computing owned supercomputer Taiwania 2 debuted at number 20 on the top500 list of fastest supercomputers.^[2]

Operations

The NCHC is Taiwan's primary facility for high performance computing (HPC) resources including large-scale computational science and engineering, cluster and grid computing, middleware development, visualization and virtual reality, data storage, networking, and HPC-related training. The NCHC is also responsible for the operation of the 20 Gbit/s Taiwan Advanced Research and Education Network (TWAREN), the national education and research network of Taiwan. The NCHC supports academia and industry with hardware and software, advanced research and application development, and professional training. Its Free Software Lab developed and maintains the free disk cloning utility Clonezilla.^[3]

List of supercomputers

Formosa 4
Formosa 5
ALPS
Taiwania (supercomputer)
Taiwania 2
Taiwania 3
Taiwania 4^[4]
Forerunner 1^[5]^[6]^[7]

Branches

Hsinchu (HQ)
Taichung
Tainan^[8]

References

^ "國家高速網路與計算中心".
^ Everington, Keoni (14 November 2018). "Taiwania 2 ranked as 20th-most powerful supercomputer in world". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^ Shiau, Steven J. H.; Sun, Chen-Kai; Tsai, Yu-Chin; Juang, Jer-Nan; Huang, Chi-Yo (12 June 2018). "The Design and Implementation of a Novel Open Source Massive Deployment System". Applied Sciences. 8 (6). MDPI: 965. doi:10.3390/app8060965. ISSN 2076-3417. OCLC 828808191.
^ Everington, Keoni (5 June 2023). "2 Nvidia supercomputers to be built in Taiwan". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Shan, Shelley. "Forerunner 1 to boost high-performance computing". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Nakhiengchanh, Michael (8 July 2024). "Taiwan's Forerunner 1 supercomputer to go online later in July". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Ai, Chang; Kao, Evelyn (8 July 2024). "Taiwan-built Forerunner 1 supercomputer goes online". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ "NCHC::Contact Us". nchc.org.tw.

External links

Official website
"TWAREN". Web site.

v t e Research and education computer networks in the Asia Pacific
National	APAN AARNet CERNET ERNET INHERENT REANNZ PREGINET TWAREN
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See also: National research and education network

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National Applied Research Laboratories	National Center for High-Performance Computing National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering National Laboratory Animal Center Taiwan Ocean Research Institute Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute
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Research centers	National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction Taiwan Space Agency
Miscellaneous	National Tsing Hua University Scientific Research Industrialization Platform of Five Universities Alliance

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