Ohio Supercomputer Center

Established in 1987, the OSC partners with Ohio universities, labs and industries, providing students and researchers with high performance computing, advanced cyberinfrastructure, research and computational science education services.

OSC works with an array of statewide/regional/national communities, including education, academic research, industry, and state government.

In 1988, OSC launched the Center’s Industrial Interface Program to serve businesses interested in accessing the supercomputer.

Battelle Memorial Institute, located just south of Ohio State, became OSC’s first industrial user.

Later in the fall of 1989, OSC engineers installed a $22 million Cray Y-MP8/864 system, which was deemed the largest and fastest supercomputer in the world for a short time.