Parallel computing

Despite ever faster processors, the computational power needed for the simulation of large and complex dynamical systems and superimposed optimization is so immense that it can only be provided by parallel distributed computing. Therefore, the Chair of Systems Analysis committed itself early to the parallel computing approach.

Also, the collaborative research center SFB 531 predominantly considers methods, which show an inherent parallelism. For this reason, we initiated the acquisition of a powerful parallel computer system. At the end of 1998, this computer (Silicon Graphics Origin 2000) has been taken into operation by the Chair of Systems Analysis. Since then the system provides parallel computing resources to all those projects within the SFB 531 that require it.