The Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer: project and applications

The Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer (ECS) project is built around a Meiko Computing Surface, and offers a networked multi-user facility for academic, industrial and commercial applications. The authors describe first the background to the project, and the present status of funding, hardware and software. The facility has presently more than 100 registered users, the authors describe some of the applications which are in production or under development.