High Performance Computing (HPC)
Zaratan is the university’s flagship cluster, intended for large, parallel jobs, housed off campus and maintained by the Division of Information Technology. It consists of over 380 nodes with dual socket (128 cores per node) AMD Milan processors. Read more on the HPC webpage.
“We take the enablement of science using cutting-edge resources very seriously, and pushing the envelope of science and discovery is aided by computational resources and other prevailing technologies. That’s our role—helping our researchers push the frontiers of science.”
HPC’s Contribution to Research and Education
The University of Maryland is a public research university, and the High Performance Computing resources managed by the Division of Information Technology exists to enhance the University’s mission of providing excellence in research and teaching.
Zaratan benefits many campus departments from Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy to Public Policy, Animal Sciences, and Epidemiology. In the classroom, up to 10 classes a semester have used HPC resources as part of the class curriculum.
