Helix is a computation and 3D visualisation facility located in the Main Building of Cardiff University. It provides world-class research facilities for the following Schools/Centres:

It consists of a Linux-based Beowulf cluster, and both a visualisation wall and desk in separate dedicated rooms.

Visualisation Facilities

	3D stereographic semi-immersive workwall, with 2.3 m x 1.8 m screen. Located in a dedicated room with seating space for 18. See wall specification for further details.
	3D stereographic semi-immersive desk, with a 1.1 m diagonal screen. Located in a dedicated room with sufficient space for 1-3. See desk specification for further details.

Computing Cluster

Beowulf cluster with 99 nodes and 198 processors, running Linux.
Over 160 GB RAM and almost 10 TB of storage.
High-bandwidth, low latency, dedicated network.
See cluster specification for further details.

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Last updated 09-06-2006