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Center History
A brief chronology of significant events and accomplishments for the Center.
- 1993, Profs. Frank Gilfeather, Brian Smith, and John Sobolewski establish the MHPCC (Maui High Performance Computing Center) in support of the DoD Modernization program.
- 1994, the Albuquerque Resource Center (ARC), later renamed the AHPCC (Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center), is established at UNM in the historic Galles Building, along with HPCERC (High Performance Computing Education and Research Center), an umbrella organization spanning MHPCC and AHPCC.
- January 1999, Roadrunner, the first Linux cluster available through NSF allocation, is installed. Roadrunner is integrated by a small company in Sandy, Utah named Alta Tech, now known as Linux Networx.
- August 1999, the Access Grid (AG) is installed at UNM and the first AG session is hosted by UNM. This session is the first of a series of AG meetings that includes sessions at Kentucky and Boston University.
- August 2000, Los Lobos "supercluster" installed at UNM. This is the first IBM Linux product ever built. During the inauguration IBM announces their Linux strategy for future product offerings. Los Lobos becomes the highest-ranked open Linux cluster in the world in the subsequent Top 500 list (narrowly edging out the Sandia National Laboratories Cplant cluster). The Los Lobos ranking places UNM among the top five universities in the world with respect to computing power on campus.
- January 2003, Prof. Marc Ingber (Mechanical Engineering) becomes Director. AHPCC is renamed HPC@UNM.
- January 2004, Prof. Barney Maccabe (Computer Science) becomes Director.
- December 2005, HPC@UNM opens a new, state-of-the-art, 1500 sq ft machine room. Extensive Galles Building renovation to construct the machine room also provides new office and studio space for the ARTS (Art, Research, Technology and Science) Lab.
- January 2007, Prof. Tom Caudell (Electrical and Computer Engineering) becomes Director.
- June 2009, Prof. Susan Atlas (Physics and Astronomy) becomes Director. HPC@UNM is renamed the Center for Advanced Research Computing.