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Delta

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An image of Delta cabinets in the NPCF machine room.

The Next Big Wave.

Funded by the National Science Foundation’s Innovative High-Performance Computing Program and building on the success of Blue Waters, Delta is the most performant GPU computing resource in NSF’s portfolio, making it a prime destination for advanced scientific research.

More Than CPUs.

NCSA continues its contributions to supercomputing innovation with Delta, a computing and data resource that balances cutting-edge graphics processor and CPU architectures that will shape the future of advanced research computing.NCSA integrates Delta into the national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem through the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program and partners with the Science Gateways Community Institute to provide platform access serving a broad range of needs.

ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN

The Delta team strives to create greater accessibility in all aspects of Delta’s operation, by:

  • Working with developers to create an HPC environment accessible by individuals with disabilities, 
  • Installing user-friendly interface applications like Open OnDemand, and
  • Evaluating individual components for more accessible options.

NCSA seeks to spread these advances throughout the broader research computing and data ecosystem, and is working to create best practices for accessibility in HPC.

DELTA MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

  • you need access to advanced NVIDIA GPUs for your accelerated code
  • you’re interested in transitioning from CPU to GPU while running a CPU workload
  • you have large memory demands for a shared-memory application such as in-memory databases, etc.
  • you’re applying AI/ML methods in your research and need the compute to make it happen

The Delta team works to incorporate emerging research areas, like digital agriculture and computational archaeology, at the ground level, helping them take advantage of new computing methods in this nascent stage of their curriculums to create a foundation for greater cyberinfrastructure integration in their research from the start. 

Delta provides ample professional development opportunities to adapt research applications to more optimally use its key features. Researchers who currently have GPU projects or are considering migrating to GPU architectures will find ready assistance in migrating the work to Delta.

To apply for a Delta allocation, please visit the Delta allocations page.

Delta Offers:

Delta hardware and network information is available here.

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