<s>
Research	B-Device
Computing	I-Device
Services	I-Device
(	O
separated	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
from	O
the	O
former	O
Manchester	O
Computing	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Manchester	O
)	O
,	O
provides	O
the	O
focus	O
for	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Manchester	O
's	O
activities	O
in	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
or	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
or	O
e-science	O
and	O
computational	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	B-Device
Computing	I-Device
Services	I-Device
activities	O
include	O
services	O
,	O
training	O
and	O
research	O
&	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
University	O
of	O
Manchester	O
has	O
been	O
home	O
to	O
many	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
starting	O
from	O
the	O
1948	O
Manchester	B-Device
Baby	I-Device
-	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
stored	O
program	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CSAR	O
service	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
included	O
a	O
576	B-Device
PE	I-Device
Cray	I-Device
T3E-1200E	I-Device
(	O
1998	O
,	O
upgraded	O
to	O
816PE	O
in	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
SGI	O
Origin	B-Operating_System
3000	I-Operating_System
(	O
2001	O
)	O
and	O
Altix	B-Architecture
(	O
2003	O
)	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	B-Device
Computing	I-Device
Services	I-Device
and	O
its	O
predecessors	O
(	O
Manchester	O
Computing	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Manchester	O
Computing	O
operated	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
1998-2006	O
national	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
service	O
with	O
SGI	O
and	O
CSC	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	B-Device
Computing	I-Device
Services	I-Device
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
several	O
research	O
centres	O
including	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
