Abstract :
Stanford University, and chief scientist at graphics chipmaker NVIDIA, a company viewed by some as occupying a leadership position in resolving some key issues that exascale computing presents. SGI, manufacturer of mainframes, supercomputers, and high-powered workstations has begun experimenting with low-power processors in supercomputers. It is using the Atom processors Intel developed for handheld computers in place of the Xeons that are used in its top-end Altix UV machines. The Atom processors are used by, among others, Professor Stephen Hawking´s Computational Cosmology Consortium (COSMOS) team based at the University of Cambridge. COSMOS selected a SGI Altix UV 1000 platform to support its research.
Keywords :
computer graphic equipment; cosmology; field programmable gate arrays; mainframes; parallel machines; COSMOS; SGI; Stanford university; Stephen Hawking computational cosmology consortium team; atom processors; chief scientist; exascale computing; graphics chipmaker NVIDIA; handheld computers; high powered workstation; low power processor; mainframes manufacturer; supercomputers manufacturer; top end Altix UV machines;
