The SOS Workshop is a collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre. It began as a way to foster a multi-laboratory, multi-national collaboration to explore the use of computer systems constructed from commodity-based components. It has evolved beyond this original scope to include many aspects surrounding systems and applications for high performance computing. The following is a list of previous workshops:
- 1st Workshop – June 25 – 27, 1997 – Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- 2nd Workshop – March 30 – April 1, 1998 – Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- 3rd Workshop – March 22 – 24 1999 – Villars, Switzerland
- 4th Workshop – March 9 – 10, 2000 – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- 5th Workshop – May 23 – 24, 2001 – Hyannis Massachusetts, USA
- 6th Workshop – March 4 – 6, 2002 – Leukerbad, Switzerland
- 7th Workshop – March 4 – 6, 2003 – Durango, CO, USA
- 8th Workshop – April 12 – 14, 2004 – Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- 9th Workshop – March 21 – 23 2005 – Davos, Switzerland
- 10th Workshop – March 6 – 9, 2006 – Maui, Hawaii, USA
- 11th Workshop – June 12 – 14, 2007 – Key West, Florida
- 12th Workshop – March 10 – 12, 2008 – Wildhaus, Switzerland
- 13th Workshop – March 9 – 12, 2009 – Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
- 14th Workshop – March 8 – 10, 2010 – Savannah, Georgia, USA
- 15th Workshop – March 14 – 16, 2011 – Engelberg, Switzerland
- 16th Workshop – March 12- 15, 2012 – Santa Barbara, California, USA
- 17th Workshop – March 25 – 28, 2013 – Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA
- 18th Workshop – March 17 – 20, 2014 – St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 19th Workshop – March 2 – 5, 2015 – Park City, Utah, USA
- 20th Workshop – March 23 – 25, 2016 – Asheville, North Carolina, USA
- 21st Workshop – March 20 – 23, 2017 – Davos, Switzerland
- 22nd Workshop – March 26 – 29, 2018 – Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA
- 23rd Workshop – March 26 – 29, 2019 – Asheville, North Carolina, USA
- 24th Workshop – March 10 – 25, 2021 – Virtual
- 25th Workshop – March 13 – 16, 2023 – Lake Tahoe, California, USA
- 26th Workshop – March 11-14, 2024 – Cocoa Beach, FL
- 27th Workshop – March 17-20, 2025 – Engelberg, Switzerland