IVEC, the Glossary
iVEC is the government-supported high-performance computing national facility located in Perth, Western Australia.[1]
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39 relations: Alpha 21264, Australia, Australian Government, Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing, Australian Research Council, Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, Cloud computing, Computer data storage, Cray XC30, Cray XC40, Cray XT3, CSIRO, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Government of Western Australia, Haswell (microarchitecture), Headquarters, Itanium, Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture), Joint venture, Joseph L. Pawsey, Kensington, Western Australia, Melbourne Bioinformatics, Murchison Widefield Array, Murdoch University, National Computational Infrastructure, Opteron, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, Perth, Sandy Bridge, Scientific visualization, Supercomputer, Technology Park Bentley, Unincorporated entity, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Western Australian Regional Computing Centre, Westmere (microarchitecture), Xeon.
- Education in Western Australia
Alpha 21264
The Alpha 21264 is a RISC microprocessor developed by Digital Equipment Corporation launched on 19 October 1998.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Australian Government
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
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Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing
The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC) was an Australian organisation established in 1998 to provide advanced computing and grid infrastructure for Australian research communities. IVEC and Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing are scientific organisations based in Australia.
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Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. IVEC and Australian Research Council are scientific organisations based in Australia.
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Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is a radio telescope array located at Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in the Mid West region of Western Australia.
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Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.
Computer data storage
Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.
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Cray XC30
The Cray XC30 is a massively parallel multiprocessor supercomputer manufactured by Cray.
Cray XC40
The Cray XC40 is a massively parallel multiprocessor supercomputer manufactured by Cray.
Cray XT3
The Cray XT3 is a distributed memory massively parallel MIMD supercomputer designed by Cray Inc. with Sandia National Laboratories under the codename Red Storm.
CSIRO
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. IVEC and CSIRO are scientific organisations based in Australia.
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Curtin University
Curtin University (previously as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia.
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Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public research university in Western Australia.
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Government of Western Australia
The Government of Western Australia is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia.
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Haswell (microarchitecture)
Haswell is the codename for a processor microarchitecture developed by Intel as the "fourth-generation core" successor to the Ivy Bridge (which is a die shrink/tick of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture).
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Headquarters
Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated.
Itanium
Itanium is a discontinued family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors that implement the Intel Itanium architecture (formerly called IA-64).
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Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)
Ivy Bridge is the codename for Intel's 22 nm microarchitecture used in the third generation of the Intel Core processors (Core i7, i5, i3).
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Joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.
Joseph L. Pawsey
Joseph Lade Pawsey (14 May 1908 – 30 November 1962) was an Australian scientist, radiophysicist and radio astronomer.
Kensington, Western Australia
Kensington is a residential suburb 3 km from Perth's central business district.
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Melbourne Bioinformatics
Melbourne Bioinformatics (formerly the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, VLSCI) is a centre for computational life science expertise.
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Murchison Widefield Array
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a joint project between an international consortium of organisations to construct and operate a low-frequency radio array.
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Murdoch University
Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai.
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National Computational Infrastructure
The National Computational Infrastructure (also known as NCI or NCI Australia) is a high-performance computing and data services facility, located at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. IVEC and National Computational Infrastructure are supercomputer sites.
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Opteron
Opteron is AMD's x86 former server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture (known generically as x86-64).
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Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre (PSC) is the government-supported high-performance computing national facility located in Perth, Western Australia. IVEC and Pawsey Supercomputing Centre are Education in Western Australia, scientific organisations based in Australia and supercomputer sites.
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Perth
Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.
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Sandy Bridge
Sandy Bridge is the codename for Intel's 32 nm microarchitecture used in the second generation of the Intel Core processors (Core i7, i5, i3).
Scientific visualization
Scientific visualization (also spelled scientific visualisation) is an interdisciplinary branch of science concerned with the visualization of scientific phenomena.
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Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer.
Technology Park Bentley
Technology Park Bentley is Australia’s second oldest technology park.
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Unincorporated entity
An unincorporated entity has not been granted formal corporate status by incorporation.
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University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia.
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Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.
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Western Australian Regional Computing Centre
Western Australian Regional Computing Centre (WARCC) was part of the University of Western Australia, formed to provide computing services to the university, other universities in Western Australia, government departments, and to some private companies.
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Westmere (microarchitecture)
Westmere (formerly Nehalem-C) is the code name given to the 32 nm die shrink of Nehalem.
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Xeon
Xeon is a brand of x86 microprocessors designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server, and embedded markets.
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See also
Education in Western Australia
- Anselm Bourke
- Beazley Medal
- Curriculum Council of Western Australia
- Department of Education (Western Australia)
- Department of Training and Workforce Development
- Education in Western Australia
- Fairbridge, Western Australia
- GDC Observatory
- General Achievement Test
- IVEC
- Kingsley Fairbridge
- List of WACE courses
- Minister for Education (Western Australia)
- Museums in Western Australia
- PLATO WA
- Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
- Perth Observatory
- Rural Clinical School of Western Australia
- School Curriculum and Standards Authority
- St John's Theological College, Perth
- Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
- Tertiary Entrance Exam
- Tertiary Entrance Rank
- Tertiary Institutions Service Centre
- Trinity Theological College, Perth
- University of Notre Dame Australia
- Western Australian Certificate of Education
- Western Australian College of Teaching