|
|
Article: Los Alamos National Laboratory Selects Linux Networx to Build ASCI Computer System; Linux Networx System to Be Largest Opteron(TM) System Delivered This Year.
- Article from:
- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- August 14, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Linux Networx to design, integrate and deliver one of the largest Linux clusters ever built, with a theoretical peak of 11.26 teraops.
Called Lightning, the computer supports the Advanced Simulation and Computing program, or ASCI, which helps ensure the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile in the absence of underground testing.
When delivered to the Metropolis Center for Modeling and Simulation at Los Alamos in September, the cluster is expected to rank among the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The system will also have a delivery ...