Coates (supercomputer)

Coates was a large-scale computing system deployed at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth, Australia. It served as a national supercomputer, providing computational resources to researchers across various scientific domains.

Coates was named after Professor Dianne Coates, a prominent Australian botanist and geneticist. It was designed to support computationally intensive tasks such as climate modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and radio astronomy.

The supercomputer's architecture consisted of a cluster of interconnected compute nodes, each containing multiple processors and memory. This parallel architecture allowed it to tackle complex problems by distributing the workload across many processors simultaneously. Specifics about the precise processor type, memory size, and interconnect technology varied during Coates' operational lifespan as the system was upgraded.

Coates played a significant role in enabling advanced scientific research in Australia, facilitating discoveries and innovations across diverse fields. It was decommissioned and replaced by newer generations of supercomputing infrastructure at the Pawsey Centre. While decommissioned, its legacy lies in the research it enabled and the advancement of computational science in Australia.