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April 28, 2005 | Comments: (0)
SGI gets supercomputing contract from military
A new Silicon Graphics supercomputer has been installed at the Aeronautical Systems Center's (ASC) Major Shared Resource Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
The installation is pretty top of the line. It consists of a 2,048-processor SGI Altix supercomputer, with each node consisting of a 1.6 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processor. The supercomputer also includes a 4 gigabit storage infrastructure configured from the SilkWorm 4100 family of 4-Gbit/sec midrange SAN switches, from Brocade Communications. Speed should not be a problem.
According to Maria Zimmer, ASC MSRC's Applications Management Branch chief, the new system will be used for a variety of purposes. "We'll be using it for advanced design concepts, military simulations, weather simulation, weapon system design and for any project that has large data requirements," she said. Military contractors will also use the system when working on projects for the military.
Posted by Bob Francis on April 28, 2005 12:11 PM
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