Article: SGI Altix 3000 Supercluster Extends Seismic Processing Capabilities At French Oil and Gas Giant Total.

SGI has sold a 256-processor SGI(R) Altix(R) 3000 supercluster to the exploration and production department at Total, the major French oil and gas company. Intended for seismic processing applications, the system will complement the company's already existing SGI infrastructure and will be integrated into its storage area network environment, which is based on The SGI(R) CXFS(TM) shared filesystem.

To be installed at Total's technical center in Pau, France, the SGI Altix system is designed to help Total's 44 exploration and production subsidiaries identify and develop onshore and offshore oil and gas prospects. Seismic analysis, which generates a digital image of ...

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