by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 3, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
The link between the Cray Y-MP and the Connection Machine CM-2 paved the way for high-performancing parallel interfacing between supercomputers. Pictured here, the Cray T3D system is installed, which was connected with a data-transfer link to the Cray C90. 1991 Union...
by Chris Csonka | Mar 26, 2026 | Anniversary, Features, Inside PSC, Staff
Beverly Clayton, PSC Executive Director, with PSC Founders Ralph Roskies and Mike Levine. Recognized as one of 35 HPC Legends in 2025 by HPC Wire magazine, Beverly Clayton served as Executive Director of PSC from 1986 to 2006 and has the distinction of being the first...
by Chris Csonka | Mar 5, 2026 | Anniversary, Features, Inside PSC, Staff
Ken Hackworth, Senior Allocations Manager, PSC. Ken Hackworth talks about his storied career at PSC, starting as a student, ultimately hiring, working with, and helping shape the careers of dozens of PSC interns, many of whom still work at the center. PSC40:...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 19, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
An early simulation with PSC’s second supercomputer, the Cray Y-MP, showed that carbon fiber was a plausible replacement for increasingly rare Norway spruce in crafting string instruments. CMU Project in 1988 Used PSC’s Cray Y-MP to Show Violin Top Plates of Carbon...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 15, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
“Pop art”: The Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Corporation used the Cray X-MP supercomputer to design the beverage can we know today. Credit: Emily Voelker/PSC 1987 Alcoa Work with PSC Supercomputer Helped Set Stage for Industrial Supercomputing Design Revolution...
by Chris Csonka | Jan 14, 2026 | Anniversary, Features, Inside PSC, Staff
Ralph Roskies, PSC founder and co-director. Photo credit: Tom Altany/University of Pittsburgh PSC’s Chris Csonka sat down with PSC co-founder Ralph Roskies to talk about his early days at PSC, its founding, and how he collaborated with Mike Levine and Jim Kasdorf...
