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Edison Cray XC30

Edison Status: Up

Edison is NERSC's newest supercomputing system. A Cray XC30, Edison features the Cray Aires high-speed interconnect, fast Intel processors, 64 GB of memory per node, and a multi-petabyte local scratch file system.  When fully installed, the phase 2 system will have a peak performance of more than 2 petaflops.

Phase 1 of Edison Arrives at NERSC

November 27, 2012

Phase-1 of NERSC's Edison system, a Cray XC30 (Cascade), arrived on November 27. The system will be available to users in 2013. Read More »