Terarrim
25-Jul-2007, 19:12
ATLANTA, July 10 -- Georgia Tech is one of the first universities to deploy the IBM BladeCenter QS20 Server for production use, through Sony-Toshiba-IBM (STI) Center of Competence for the Cell Broadband Engine (http://sti.cc.gatech.edu/) in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. The QS20 uses the same ground-breaking Cell/B.E. processor appearing in products such as Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, and Toshiba's Cell Reference Set, a development tool for Cell/B.E. applications.
The Georgia Tech installation includes a cluster of 28 Cell/B.E. processors (14 blades) and supports the operation of Cell-optimized multi-core applications in areas such as digital content creation, gaming and entertainment, security, scientific and technical computing, biomedicine, and finance.
Full article here:
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1657877.html
The Georgia Tech installation includes a cluster of 28 Cell/B.E. processors (14 blades) and supports the operation of Cell-optimized multi-core applications in areas such as digital content creation, gaming and entertainment, security, scientific and technical computing, biomedicine, and finance.
Full article here:
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1657877.html