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The Biomedical Analysis and Simulation Supercomputer (BASS, pronounced like base) consists of 452 CPUs tightly coupled to each other and to 180 GPU Computing Processors that function as image and geometry calculation accelerators, providing the equivalent computing power of over thirteen thousand processors for image-intensive applications.
- A summary of the specifications is available on the specifications page.
The BASS was purchased with funding from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources, through their High-End Instrumentation program award number NIH 1S10RR023069-01. This award number must appear in the acknowledgments section of all publications that report results obtained using the system. As part of a Strategic Relationship Agreement, Sun provided significant special educational discounts. NVIDIA provided discounts on the CUDA hardware and donated 40 of the GPU computing processors.
- A short description of the purpose for the machine is available on the purpose page.
- A Thank you! to those who made the system possible is on the acknowledgments page.
Getting started
See the Howto page for information on getting an account and getting started running jobs on the machine.
- Current status and planned downtime/upgrades
- Howto page for system users
- Software Page Installed programs and libraries (and requests for new ones).
- BASS FAQ Frequently-asked questions.
- Documentation Hardware and software manuals for the system and installed programs.
Recent updates
UNC Research Computing is offering the course "Introduction to Topsail, a Research Computing Server" on Thursday, October 9th. In this workshop, users will be introduced to the Topsail cluster, learn how to login and navigate the cluster, and learn how to submit parallel processing jobs within the queue structure on Topsail. You can register through the Current Schedule of ITS Workshops link on http://learnit.unc.edu. Also, Introduction to Scientific Computing Date: Thursday, October 9 Time: 2PM-4PM2; Introduction to Scientific Computing Date: Thursday, October 16 Time: 2PM-4PM.
