The Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) is a world-class supercomputer facility.

The CCNI operates heterogeneous supercomputing systems consisting of massively parallel supercomputers and clusters. There is a robust software environment for the development of new applications and a production environment of design tools. The facility is connected to the rest of the world through a fiber network infrastructure.

Facility

The main facility for the CCNI is located in the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush, N.Y. This location is a short drive to the Rensselaer campus in Troy, N.Y., as well as the state capitol in Albany, N.Y. and train and air transportation.

The facility includes 10,000 square feet of machine room space with power, cooling, and backup to support this unique capability. This facility also has offices that are used on a rotational basis for partner activities.

Systems

The heterogeneous supercomputing systems includes massively parallel Blue Gene supercomputers, clusters built using IBM Power processors, and clusters built using AMD Opteron processors. These systemsprovide more than 70 TeraFLOPS of computing power. Hundreds of terabytes of storage complement this computing power.

Network

The CCNI connects to the Rensselaer Troy campus and the NYSERNet optical research infrastructure, enabling gigabit/second (or “GiGE”) connections to the Internet and Internet2, National LambdaRail (NLR), and most of the research networks in the world through the peering point at 32 Avenue of the Americas. Connections at 10 GiGE via dedicated waves also are possible.