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New Mexico Computing Applications Center (NMCAC) installs supercomputer
New Mexico Computing Applications Center (NMCAC), together with SGI Inc. and Intel have installed of the world's 3rd largest supercomputer (www.top500.org) in Rio Rancho, NM. This computer will be the cornerstone of the statewide NMCAC consortium involving NM State University, NM Institute of Mining and Technology, UNM, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, SGI, and Intel, supported by New Mexico's Department of Information Technology.
The SGI Altix 8200 computer has been acquired to assist New Mexico high tech business and to support science and technology education in New Mexico as part of the Governor's vision for development and education. The computer will sit at the center of a network of 40 gateways around the State that will provide access to the computer and the Center. The NMCAC computer, which exploits the latest technology available from SGI and Intel to make a 172 Teraflop supercomputer, is about 10,000 times faster than a standard desktop computer. This will allow the solution of business and science problems that have been too large and expensive up to now to be solved quickly. The computer will be available to New Mexico business and will allow joint teams of university, National Laboratory and commercial companies to collaborate on problems of interest to New Mexico and to help New Mexico business with competitive advantage. NMCAC's machine will also be available to New Mexico's schools, colleges and universities to support research and education.
Photo: New Mexico Computing Applications Center supercomputer during installation.
The computer will be powered by 3584 Intel processors each with 4 cores for a total of 14,336 processing units. It will be served by over 28 terabytes of RAM or central memory, more than 1-1/2 times the volume of the written records of the Library of Congress. This computer power will allow the solution of problems, such as ground water distribution, the health and future of aquifers, energy distribution, delivery of health care over distance, fighting cancer and product design; many of which can be solved no other way than by simulation on the computer. The computer will be available over the Internet and the State's extreme high-speed computer network, Lambda-Rail. Contacts: Thomas Bowles, Governor Richardson's Science Advisor or William Feiereisen, interim Scientific Director of NMCAC.
