Supercomputers prove their worth in solving some super-hard business problems
But the skills and tools needed to run a supercomputer facility are considerable, too, he adds. So getting the most out of it is a priority, which is why the company uses load sharing facility (LSF) software from Platform Computing to help schedule jobs and run them in parallel to achieve maximum utilisation of the hardware. This technology, he says, has led to a 20 per cent increase in the throughput of analysis jobs.
