






            CHPC - University of Texas System High Performance Computing


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
               UT System CHPC
               Balcones Research Center, Commons Bldg
               10100 Burnet Rd
               Austin, TX 78758-4497

            _E_m_a_i_l: remark@chpc.utexas.edu

            _P_h_o_n_e: (512) 471-2472
               FAX: (512) 471-2445


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            The CHPC provides access to a CRAY Y-MP/864, currently  run-
            ning  the  UNICOS 6.1.4 operating system, a CONVEX C220 run-
            ning CONVEX/OS 9.1, a cluster of two  IBM  RS/6000s  running
            AIX  3.1.   Our  life sciences community also can access our
            Sun SPARCserver 690 MP running SunOS 4.1 for molecular biol-
            ogy  and  genetics  research  applications. Staff and onsite
            researchers can access a network of  over  30  Sun  worksta-
            tions,  a  Sun  SPARCserver  670,  a  Sun  Sparc 2 GS, a SGI
            4D310/GTX and a Stardent Titan  P3000/G3  graphics  worksta-
            tions.  Service offerings include supercomputing, visualiza-
            tion, and biomedical algorithm design and support.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            All CHPC systems are on the  Internet.  Publicly  accessible
            systems are:

               Cray Y-MP     charon.chpc.utexas.edu
               CONVEX C220   hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
               IBM RS6000    ethyl.chpc.utexas.edu
                             methyl.chpc.utexas.edu
               Sun 690       almach.chpc.utexas.edu


            Anonymous FTP: ftp.chpc.utexas.edu
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            The Center also provides Gopher services.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _C_H_P_C

            The Center is available to researchers within The University
            of  Texas  System,  including  the  following  academic com-
            ponents:

               The University of Texas at Arlington

               The University of Texas at Austin

               The University of Texas at Brownsville

               The University of Texas at Dallas

               The University of Texas at El Paso

               The University of Texas-Pan American

               The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

               The University of Texas at San Antonio

               The University of Texas at Tyler

            and the following health component institutions:

               The University of Texas Southwestern  Medical  Center  at
               Dallas

               The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

               The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

               The University of Texas  Health  Science  Center  at  San
               Antonio

               The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

               The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler

            System accounts are reserved for  UT  System  faculty,  stu-
            dents,  staff,  and  their  academic  collaborators. Special
            arrangements to use the supercomputing facilities are possi-
            ble,  as  for  example  with  Sematech and MCC.  Also, state
            agencies and other academic  institutions  by  contract.  No
            commercial accounts.



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            The CHPC is  the  development  site  of  the  GenTools  (TM)
            Genomic Computational Tool Suite.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_o_u_s

            The adminstrative staff members at the Center are:

            Director:
               Dr. James Almond (j.almond@chpc.utexas.edu)

            Associate Director, Technical Services:
               Mr. Gary Smith (g.smith@chpc.utexas.edu)

            Associate Director, Applications Research and Development:
               Dr. Matthew Witten (m.witten@chpc.utexas.edu)

            Assistant Director, User Services:
               Mr. Luther Keeler (l.keeler@chpc.utexas.edu)

            Manager, Computing Services:
               Mr. Dean Nobles (d.nobles@chpc.utexas.edu)

            Manager, Administrative Services:
               Mrs. Janet McCord (j.mccord@chpc.utexas.edu)



























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