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'''HECToR''' ('''High-End Computing Terascale Resource''') was [[terascale]] [[x86]] [[supercomputer]] serving as the UK's primary academic research supercomputer. HECToR has been superceded by {{\\|ARCHER}}.
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'''HECToR''' ('''High-End Computing Terascale Resource''') was [[terascale]] [[x86]] [[supercomputer]] serving as the UK's primary academic research supercomputer. HECToR has been superseded by {{\\|ARCHER}}.
  
 
== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
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HECToR was a UK academic national supercomputer service funded by NERC, EPSRC, and BBSRC for the academic community.
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HECToR was a UK academic national supercomputer service funded by NERC, EPSRC, and BBSRC for the academic community. HECTor was deployed in a number of phases with each phase upgrading it to over double the performance.
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=== Phases ===
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== TOP500 ==
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! List !! Phase !! Rank !! Rmax !! Rpeak
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| 11/2007 || rowspan="4" | Phase 1 || 17 || rowspan="4" | 54.6 || rowspan="4" | 63.4
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| 06/2008 || 30
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| 11/2008 || 47
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| 06/2009 || 68
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| 11/2010 || rowspan="2" | Phase 2a || 78 || rowspan="2" | 95.1 || rowspan="2" | 113.0
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| 06/2011 || 94
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| 11/2009 || rowspan="2" | Phase 2b || 20 || rowspan="2" | 174.1 || rowspan="2" | 208.4
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| 06/2010 || 26
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| 06/2010 || rowspan="2" | Phase 2b || 16 || rowspan="2" | 274.7 || rowspan="2" | 366.7
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| 11/2010 || 25
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| 06/2011 || rowspan="9" | Phase 3 || 24 || rowspan="9" | 660.2 || rowspan="9" | 829.0
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| 11/2011 || 19
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| 06/2012 || 32
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| 11/2012 || 35
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| 06/2013 || 41
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| 11/2013 || 50
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| 06/2014 || 59
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| 11/2014 || 79
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| 06/2015 || 105
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HECToR
hector phase3.jpg
General Info
SponsorsEPSRC,
NERC,
BBSRC
DesignersCray
OperatorsEPCC
IntroductionOctober 2007
RetiredMarch 24 2014
Peak FLOPS829 teraFLOPS
Price$85,000,000
Succession

HECToR (High-End Computing Terascale Resource) was terascale x86 supercomputer serving as the UK's primary academic research supercomputer. HECToR has been superseded by ARCHER.

Overview

HECToR was a UK academic national supercomputer service funded by NERC, EPSRC, and BBSRC for the academic community. HECTor was deployed in a number of phases with each phase upgrading it to over double the performance.

Phases

TOP500

List Phase Rank Rmax Rpeak
11/2007 Phase 1 17 54.6 63.4
06/2008 30
11/2008 47
06/2009 68
11/2010 Phase 2a 78 95.1 113.0
06/2011 94
11/2009 Phase 2b 20 174.1 208.4
06/2010 26
06/2010 Phase 2b 16 274.7 366.7
11/2010 25
06/2011 Phase 3 24 660.2 829.0
11/2011 19
06/2012 32
11/2012 35
06/2013 41
11/2013 50
06/2014 59
11/2014 79
06/2015 105
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designerCray +
discontinuation dateMarch 24 2014 +
introductory dateOctober 2007 +
logoFile:hector phase3.jpg +
nameHECToR +
operatorEPCC +
peak flops (double-precision)829,000,000,000,000 FLOPS (829,000,000,000 KFLOPS, 829,000,000 MFLOPS, 829,000 GFLOPS, 829 TFLOPS, 0.829 PFLOPS, 8.29e-4 EFLOPS, 8.29e-7 ZFLOPS) +
release price$ 85,000,000.00 (€ 76,500,000.00, £ 68,850,000.00, ¥ 8,783,050,000.00) +
sponsorEPSRC +, NERC + and BBSRC +