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Gallery Archive

Hardware

ECOphlex liquid cooling on XE6 system. Image courtesy of Cray Inc.
Cray XE6 compute blade. Image courtesy of Cray Inc.
Cray SeaStar routing and communications chips
Artist's impression of the HECToR XT4 system. (Picture: Cray Inc)

The HECToR Test and Development system arrives

Cray personnel move the XT4 cabinet into place. (Photos: P.Tuffy, University of Edinburgh)
EPSRC HECToR Project Manager Jennifer Houghton with the system. Right, the XT4; centre: main disk storage; left, boot disk drives. (Photos: P.Tuffy, University of Edinburgh)

HECToR build progress

HECToR XT4 units under construction (March, 2007) at the Cray facility at Chippewa Falls, MN. Note that the finished cabinets will have proper cladding. (Photos: Cray Inc)
HECToR XT4 units under construction (March, 2007) at the Cray facility at Chippewa Falls, MN. Note that the finished cabinets will have proper cladding. (Photos: Cray Inc)
HECToR XT4 units under construction (March, 2007) at the Cray facility at Chippewa Falls, MN. Note that the finished cabinets will have proper cladding. (Photos: Cray Inc)
HECToR XT4 units under construction (March, 2007) at the Cray facility at Chippewa Falls, MN. Note that the finished cabinets will have proper cladding. (Photos: Cray Inc)
HECToR XT4 units under construction (March, 2007) at the Cray facility at Chippewa Falls, MN. Note that the finished cabinets will have proper cladding. (Photos: Cray Inc)

Events

Signing the HECToR contracts, EPSRC 15 Feb 2007

HECToR contracts signed <br />Rob Meyer, CEO NAG Ltd, and Randal Richards, Acting CEO EPSRC, signing the CSE support contract for HECToR (photo: EPSRC)
HECToR contracts signed <br />Ulla Theil, VP Cray Europe; and Randal Richards, Acting CEO EPSRC, signing the Direct Agreement between EPSRC and Cray (photo: EPSRC)
HECToR contracts signed <br />Richard Kenway, Director UoE HPCX Ltd, Randal Richards, Acting CEO EPSRC, and David Parfrey, Head of EPSRC Finance, executing the University of Edinburgh Parent Company Guarantee for the HECToR contract (photo: EPSRC)
HECToR contracts signed <br />Richard Kenway, Director UoE HPCX Ltd, and Randal Richards, Acting CEO EPSRC, signing the Prime contract for the HECToR service (photo: EPSRC)
HECToR contracts signed <br />Richard Kenway, Director UoE HPCX Ltd, and Ulla Theil, VP Cray Europe, signing the contract between the UoE HPCX Ltd and Cray to provide the HECToR service (photo: EPSRC)
HECToR contracts signed <br />Members of EPSRC, NERC, UoE HPCX Ltd, Cray and NAG Ltd involved in the HECToR project (photo: EPSRC)

Signing the HECToR contracts at Edinburgh

HECToR contracts signed <br />Professor Arthur Trew, Director of EPCC presenting
HECToR contracts signed <br />Allan Digance, Assistant Director of Finance, University of Edinburgh; Tim O'Shea, the Principal of University of Edinburgh; Alan Simpson, a director of HPCX UoE Ltd
HECToR contracts signed <br />Allan Digance, Assistant Director of Finance, University of Edinburgh; Tim O'Shea, the Principal of University of Edinburgh; Alan Simpson, a director of HPCX UoE Ltd

HECToR launch event, 14 January 2008

(L-R) Richard Kenway, Director UoE HPCX Ltd; Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer; and Professor Arthur Trew, Director of EPCC (Photo: P. Tuffy, University of Edinburgh)
Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer (Photo: P. Tuffy, University of Edinburgh)
Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea, Principal of The University of Edinburgh (Photo: P. Tuffy, University of Edinburgh)
Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer unveiling a commemorative plaque (Photo: P. Tuffy, University of Edinburgh)
(L-R) Professor Richard Kenway, Director of UoE HPCX Ltd; Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea, Principal of The University of Edinburgh; R t. Hon. Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr John Armitt CBE, Chairman of EPSRC; Mr Peter Ungaro, President and CEO of Cray Inc. (Photo: P. Tuffy, University of Edinburgh)

Science

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