Article: Largest Sun Supercomputer in Europe Starts Operation at Julich Research Centre.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) announced the supercomputer JuRoPA2 went online last week at Forschungszentrum Julich in Germany. The new high-performance computing (HPC) system at Julich Supercomputing Centre is the most powerful Sun technology-based computer in Europe, featuring 2,208 nodes supported by the Sun(TM) Constellation System and Sun Blade(TM) X6275 server modules. The Sun Constellation Systems operate with record-setting Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 5570 series and communicate with each other via six newly developed "Project M9" InfiniBand switches from Sun. The "Project M9" switches supply quad data rate (QDR) and up to 648 ports while slashing the amount ...

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