STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Mississippi – The Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (Navy DSRC) has announced an addition to its lineup of supercomputers: Nautilus, a Penguin TrueHPC supercomputer with a peak performance of 8.2 petaFLOPS, 176,128 compute cores, 382 TB of memory, and 26 petabytes of storage. It completed its final testing in April 2023 and features 48 […]
DoD Picks DDN to Complement Penguin on HPCMP Supercomputing Upgrade
February 15, 2022 by
The Department of Defense will implement high performance storage company DDN‘s EXAScaler ES400X appliances in conjunction with Penguin Computing’s TrueHPC supercomputing platform for DoD’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). The new systems will be integrated at the Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (Navy DSRC) and Air Force Research Laboratory DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (AFRL DSRC), […]
HPCMP Supports the Fight Against COVID-19
April 13, 2020 by
The Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) is using its supercomputing resources to support the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “For the High-Performance Computing COVID-19 Consortium, the HPCMP offers access and technical expert support for the program’s open research system, a Cray supercomputer with 15,000 cores. The platform is set up outside of the sensitive “official use only” environment and can easily support academics on short notice.”
AMD to Power Two Cray CS500 Systems at Army Research Centers
August 8, 2019 by
Today Cray announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has selected two Cray CS500 systems for its High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) annual technology procurement known as TI-18. The Army Research Lab (ARL) and the U.S. Army Engineering and Research Development Center (ERDC) will each deploy a Cray CS500 to help serve the U.S. through accelerated research in science and technology. The two contracts are valued at more than $46M and the CS500 systems are expected to be delivered to ARL and ERDC in the fourth quarter of 2019.
DoD Modernization Program to Acquire Cray XC40
November 7, 2016 by
Today Cray announced the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) has awarded the Company with a $26 million supercomputer contract for a Cray XC40 supercomputer and three Cray Sonexion storage systems.
HPC Modernization Program Boosts Supercomputing at DoD
November 3, 2016 by
Today the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program announced details of its fiscal year 2016 investment in supercomputing capability supporting the DOD science, engineering, test and acquisition engineering communities. The total life-cycle investment is valued at $63.7 million, including acquisition of three supercomputing systems with corresponding hardware and software maintenance services. With the addition of 10 petaFLOPS of computing capability, this procurement will increase the DOD HPCMP’s aggregate supercomputing capability to 31.1 petaFLOPS.
DOD HPC Mod Program Beefs Up Supercomputing Capacity
December 24, 2014 by
This week the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) announced a new supercomputing investment for use by its engineering and research teams.
SGI Wins Big at HPCMP
October 30, 2014 by
Today SGI announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded SGI a supercomputer contract as part of a technology insertion for their High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP).
DoD Mod Doubles Supercomputing Capacity
October 8, 2014 by
The Department of Defense (DOD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) just completed its fiscal year 2014 investment in supercomputing capability supporting the DOD science, engineering, test and acquisition communities. The total acquisition is valued at $65 million, including acquisition of two supercomputing systems with corresponding hardware and software maintenance services.
Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program to Acquire $26 Million Cray XC Supercomputer
September 29, 2014 by
Today Cray announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) has awarded Cray a $26 million supercomputer contract for a next-generation Cray XC supercomputer and a Cray Sonexion storage system.
