Edison News and Updates
Edison Phase 1 Compute Cabinets Arrive
November 30, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments
The four compute cabinets that comprise the Edision Phase 1 system have arrived and have been installed on the machine room floor in Oakland. Cabling for external nertwork services is underway and Cray is running tests on the compute components.
Soliciting Early Users for Edison
November 8, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments
If you are a NERSC user with a compelling scientific result that would be enabled by early access to Edison, feel free to send me an email with a summary of what you would hope to accomplish. As an early user you'd help us shake out the new system and you might have to deal with initial instabilities and unexpected downtimes, but it's a great opportunity to pursue new lines of scientific inquiry or extend your current research. Write to me at ragerber@lbl.gov with the subject line "Edison Early User Access." We'll select users and projects that can best advance their research while stressing the system.
Cray dubs Cascade the Cray XC30
November 8, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments
Cray announced a product name for the "Cascade" system: the Cray XC30. This article from the Register has lots of information: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/08/cray_cascade_xc30_supercomputer/
First Edison Phase I hardware arrives
November 8, 2012 by Richard Gerber | 0 Comments
The first pieces of the Edison Phase I system - login nodes - have begun arriving at NERSC. Site preparation is well underway and everything continues to be on track for early user access early next year.


