Altix
Altix is Silicon Graphics's line of servers and supercomputers. The line was first announced in Jauary 2003, with the Altix 3000 offering Intel Itanium 2 processor setups running Linux. The systems could originally support up to 64 processors. SGI announced 128-processor systems in February 2004. 256- and 512-processor system are expected by the end of 2004.
NASA's new Columbia supercomputer is based on the Altix architecture and features 10240 processors. It is built from twenty Altix systems interconnected with infiniband.
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Categories: Supercomputers