NASA opts for SGI for new supercomputer

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited July 2007 in Science & Tech
This is a much needed upgrade for the space-faring men and women of the United States.

<blockquote>SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SGI and NASA today announced that the agency has selected a record-setting SGI(R) Altix(R) supercomputer in its evaluation of next-generation technology to meet future high-performance computing (HPC) requirements. The system was acquired as part of NAS Technology Refresh (NTR), a four-phase procurement process that eventually will replace the Columbia supercomputer system, powered by SGI Altix.</blockquote>

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  • ThelemechThelemech Victoria Icrontian
    edited July 2007
    This is Great News!
    Big NASA fan here:wink:
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited July 2007
    Thelemech wrote:
    This is Great News!
    Big NASA fan here:wink:

    Ohh yeah? Well I've had that beautiful blue NASA emblem sticker on my truck since I was 17... :p
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited July 2007
    Thrax wrote:
    This is a much needed upgrade for the space-faring men and women of the United States....

    And honestly- SGI needed the contract more.
  • ThelemechThelemech Victoria Icrontian
    edited July 2007
    RWB wrote:
    Ohh yeah? Well I've had that beautiful blue NASA emblem sticker on my truck since I was 17... :p

    Ohh yeah? ;D I've been playing Canadian Nasa Astronaut since I was 5!!! Sometimes I still do (maybe that's why my friends have been avoiding me:bigggrin:)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2007
    Silly Canadian, canoes aren't space-worthy.
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