External HPC Resources

NWSC stands for NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center.  This is a collaboration between the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Wyoming providing UW researchers the opportunity to access to 320 million core hours on their newest HPC cluster, Derecho.  

NWSC Allocations and resources are ideal for ARCC users who need to scale CPU or GPU resources beyond what is often available on ARCC's Medicinebow cluster.  

Access to NWSC resources is subject to an application which can be made for both small and large allocations.  Please see this page more information on NWSC Allocation Basics.  Allocations may be requested through UW's InfoReady Portal. 

Commonly referenced documentation and webpages are linked below:

• Information on Small Allocations (< 1 million core hours)

• Information on Large Allocations

• NCAR HPC Resources Presentation

• Using NCAR HPC Resources

• Click here for details about NCAR's Flagship Supercomputing System, Derecho

  • Getting started on Derecho

  • NCAR User Documentation

UW works in partnership with Argonne National Labs and their Leadership Computational Facility through the ALCF Lighthouse Initiative, meant to leverage additional computational and AI resources to advance critical research. UW has received a discretionary allocation of computational resources to support researchers who want to boost their computational resources with leading-edge systems.

ALCF Resources are ideal for ARCC users who need to scale GPU resources beyond what is often available on the ARCC's Medicinebow cluster, or those who need access to specialty AI accelerators available through their ALCF's AI Testbed.  

• New users can check out Argonne’s Get Started guide here.

• Click here to learn about Argonne's newest Exascale Supercomputer, Aurora

  • Getting started on Aurora

  • Request an account on UW's ALCF Allocation

• ALCF User Guides