Research Computing
To request access to Bentley ATC's HPC environment:
- Please complete a brief in-take survey of your HPC needs.
- Upon review of your responses, the ATC research team will set up a brief meeting with you to go over your needs and determine the best option for your research requirements.
Bentley’s Research Computing is entirely on the cloud using Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and they include the following options:
1. Bentley Azure Virtual Desktop (Windows based)
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a cloud-based desktop and application virtualization service that delivers Windows desktops and apps to users anywhere. It is a fully managed service that allows you to deploy and manage virtual desktops and applications without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure.
2. Bentley HPC Pack on Azure Cyclecloud (Windows & Slurm Scheduler)
3. Bentley’s Azure Machine Learning (Linux based)
Click each accordion to know more about the versions available:
- 16 vCPUs powered by Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8168 CPU
- 32 GiB of memory
- 1023 GiB OS disk
- 128 GiB temporary disk
- 4 Max Interfaces and Accelerated Networking
- Supports premium storage
- Processor specs: 24 cores, 48 threads, 2.70 GHz base frequency (max turbo frequency of 3.70 GHz), and 33 MB L3 Cach
- 48 vCPUs powered by Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL CPUs
- 192 GiB of memory
- 1023 GiB OS disk size
- 1800 GiB temporary disk size
- 8 Max Interfaces and Accelerated Networking
- Supports premium storage and includes a local temp disk
- Processor specs: 52 cores, 104 threads, 2.6 GHz base frequency (max turbo frequency of 3.7 GHz) and 71.50 MB cache
- 24 vCPUs powered by the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2690 at 2.90 GHz
- 448 GiB of Memory
- 1023 GiB OS disk size
- 1344 GiB temporary disk size
- 8 Max Interfaces and Accelerated Networking
- Supports 4 Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB GPUs, with 5120 shading units (CUDA cores) and 640 tensor cores
- Processor specs: GPUs operate at 1245 MHz, boostable up to 1380 MHz and 4096-bit memory