Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Will Introduce Linux Supercomputer (Phys.Org)

[Posted November 4, 2004 by cook]

Phys.Org reports on a new SGI Linux-based supercomputer to be installed at Japan's Atomic Energy Research Institute. "As a result of a competitive bidding process, Fujitsu Limited in cooperation with SGI Japan will deliver to JAERI the new SGI(R) Altix(R) 3700 Bx2 model which is based on 2,048 Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors, the Linux(R) operating environment and over 13 terabytes of memory -- the world's largest memory capacity."