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Graduate Research Facilities

The University of Pittsburgh has extensive computational facilities that include VMS and UNIX services. A very powerful computing capability is also available through the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, which hosts several state-of-the-art computing facilities, ranging from the National Science Foundation-funded Terascale Computing System (TCS) to a Cray T3E to workstation clusters.

The Terascale Computing System consists of 3,000 Compaq Alpha EV68 microprocessors, housed in 750 four-processor AlphaServers with a peak processing power of 6 Tflops. The PSC's massively parallel Cray T3E supercomputer consists of 544 DEC Alpha processors, each running at 450 MHz, and is capable of providing a peak computational rate of 460 Gflops.

The Pittsburgh Gigapop, hosted by the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, provides both commodity and high-performance wide area network connectivity for the University of Pittsburgh. Access to the University's computers is provided by a fiber-optic network with ports located at numerous points around the campus, including the Benedum Hall of Engineering. All students have access to the central computing facility.

ECE Network

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has its own network of Windows-, Linux-, and UNIX-based workstations available 24 hours a day in its teaching and research laboratories. Teaching laboratories include the John A. Jurenko Computer Architecture Laboratory, the embedded systems laboratory, the interfacing laboratory, and the electronics laboratory. Research laboratories include computer vision and pattern recognition, VLSI design and CAD, optical computing, optoelectronics, lasers and nonlinear optics, microprocessor systems, and signal processing.

Library Collection

The University Library System maintains collections of more than 7.7 million volumes and microforms, as well as a digital library with a large number of databases and other electronic resources. The Bevier Engineering Library currently houses 65,000 volumes, 76,000 microforms, and more than 1,000 serials.

Benedum Hall

Dedicated in 1971, Benedum Hall is home to exploration and discovery.

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