XSEDE integrates advanced digital resources and services, makes them easier to use, and helps more people use them. This includes support for 16 supercomputers and high-end visualization and data analysis resources across the country.

Digital services, meanwhile, provide users with seamless integration to NSF's high-performance computing and data resources. XSEDE's integrated, comprehensive suite of advanced digital services will federate with other high-end facilities and with campus-based resources, serving as the foundation for a national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem. Common authentication and trust mechanisms, global namespace and filesystems, remote job submission and monitoring, and file transfer services are examples of XSEDE's advanced digital services. XSEDE's standards-based architecture allows open development for future digital services and enhancements.