<s>
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
King	O
Abdullah	O
University	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
(	O
KAUST	O
)	O
,	O
Saudi	O
Arabia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
is	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
Peregrine	O
Falcon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
model	O
,	O
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
II	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
largest	O
and	O
most	O
powerful	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
(	O
2009-2015	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
IBM	O
Blue	O
Gene/P	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
included	O
the	O
following	O
functional	O
elements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
I	O
's	O
performance	O
and	O
computing	O
capabilities	O
included	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
system	O
and	O
Spectra	O
Logic	O
TFinity	O
tape	O
system	O
(	O
)	O
were	O
mounted	O
across	O
both	O
the	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Gene	I-Operating_System
system	O
and	O
the	O
Linux	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
generation	O
of	O
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
was	O
brought	O
into	O
service	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
36-cabinet	O
XC40	B-Device
supercomputer	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
computer	O
is	O
ranked	O
the	O
97th	B-Operating_System
fastest	I-Operating_System
supercomputer	I-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
world	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
a	O
Rmax	O
of	O
5.54	O
petaFLOPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
system	O
at	O
KAUST	O
Supercomputing	B-Architecture
Laboratory	O
(	O
KSL	O
)	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
help	O
KAUST	O
users	O
and	O
projects	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
training	O
and	O
advice	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
deploy	O
applications	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
consultation	O
on	O
best	O
practices	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
collaboration	O
support	O
as	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KAUST	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
will	O
focus	O
on	O
four	O
specific	O
research	O
thrusts	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
per	O
the	O
regulations	O
a	O
restriction	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
to	O
deny	O
nationals	O
of	O
Syria	O
,	O
Iran	O
,	O
Sudan	O
,	O
Cuba	O
,	O
and	O
North	O
Korea	O
from	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shaheen	B-Operating_System
system	O
at	O
KAUST	O
is	O
made	O
possible	O
through	O
a	O
joint	O
collaboration	O
between	O
the	O
Cray	O
and	O
KAUST	O
.	O
</s>
