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Laboratory Equipment & Computing Infrastructure

High-performance computing clusters, FPGA reconfigurable logic boards, embedded development kits, and robotics platforms.

High-Performance Computing

FUJITSU PRIMERGY RX200 Cluster

NSRF / ΕΣΠΑ Research Infrastructure
  • 4x Rackmount FUJITSU Servers: PRIMERGY RX200 S7 R2 interconnected via dedicated Gigabit Ethernet.
  • Processors: Dual-socket Intel Xeon E5-2667 @ 2.90GHz (6 physical cores / 12 threads per CPU, 24 threads per server).
  • Memory: 48 GB ECC Registered RAM per node with 16MB L3 cache.
  • Cluster Management: Torque Resource Manager supporting OpenMPI parallel interface.
  • Storage SAN: 6TB shared network storage accessible across nodes via NFS.
GPU Parallelization

NVIDIA CUDA & Tesla GPU Servers

Massively Parallel Processing
  • Dedicated NVIDIA Tesla Server: Specialized for matrix operations, machine learning, and scientific acceleration.
  • CUDA GPU Cluster: Multi-GPU setup featuring NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 and GTX 770 compute cards.
  • Supercomputer Node: 16-core Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz server with 76GB RAM.
  • Virtualization Host: 4 dual-core Intel Xeon 3.40GHz / 8GB RAM servers providing student remote development VMs.
Reconfigurable Hardware

FPGA Development Boards

Digital Design & VHDL Synthesis
  • 20x Altera DE2-115 Boards: Cyclone IV E FPGA with extensive multimedia, memory, and high-speed I/O.
  • 9x Xilinx Spartan-3A Boards: Ideal for undergraduate laboratory courses and custom IP core exploration.
  • 5x Xilinx Virtex Boards: High-density logic fabric for complex processor softcores and RNS arithmetic units.
  • Xilinx Zynq Zedboards: Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 coupled with programmable FPGA fabric.
  • Circuit Testing: Dedicated multichannel logic analyzers for signal integrity and timing verification.
Edge Computing

Embedded SBCs & IoT Platforms

Microcontrollers & Single Board Computers
  • 20x BeagleBoard Kits: ARM Cortex-A8/A9 processors with DSP hardware coprocessors.
  • 20x Raspberry Pi Units: For IoT gateways, edge sensor capture, and network services.
  • 2x DevKit8000 Units: TI OMAP3530 (600MHz ARM Cortex-A8) with integrated 4'' touchscreen displays.
  • Arduino Inventor Kits: Atmega328P microcontrollers with motor drivers, sensors, and wireless transceivers.
  • Robotics Platforms: LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kits for autonomous robotics competitions.

Donated Hardware & Industry Collaborations

We gratefully acknowledge corporate and institutional partners who have generously supported our educational and research infrastructure.

AMD / Xilinx

Donation of Spartan-3E FPGA development boards and advanced Zynq-7000 Zedboards for student laboratories and research projects.

Altera (Intel PSG)

Donation of educational Altera DE2 FPGA boards, Quartus tool licenses, and comprehensive laboratory course development packs.

Intel Corporation

Exclusive remote compute access to the Intel Manycore Testing Lab for parallel code benchmarking, VTune profiling, and MPI optimizations.

Equipment Availability & Student Loan Policy

Students enrolled in undergraduate diploma theses or research projects requiring physical hardware (such as FPGA boards, robotics kits, or sensor arrays) benefit from 24/7 laboratory access. In addition, portable equipment and microcontrollers may be borrowed for up to 24 hours under the laboratory loan scheme.

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