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HECToR is the UK's high-end computing resource, funded by the Research Councils and available for researchers at UK universities.

How to apply for access to HECToR.

HECToR gives UK scientists the means to undertake complex computational simulations across a range of scientific disciplines including climatology, earth sciences, chemistry, materials, fluid dynamics, atomic and molecular physics, plasma physics and nanoscience. The service began in 2007 and is expected to operate for six years. The current hardware has a theoretical peak capability of 208 Tflop/s. HECToR is also part of the DEISA HPC initiative which provides leading scientific users with transparent access to a European-wide pool of supercomputing resources.