DGAP-News: NASA Ames Selects SGI(R) UV(TM), the Big Brain Computer, for a Wide Range of Research


SGI 

23.05.2013 22:15
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

FREMONT, Calif., 2013-05-23 22:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
SGI (Nasdaq:SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced
that NASA's Ames Research Center has selected an SGI(r) UV(tm) 2000 shared
memory 
system to support more than a thousand active users around the country who are
doing research for earth, space and aeronautics missions. 

Installed early this year at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at
Ames, Moffett Field, Calif., Endeavour is a shared-memory system that took the
place of the Columbia supercomputer. Named in honor of the Space Shuttle
Endeavour, the last orbiter built during NASA's Space Shuttle Program, this new
system is based on the latest Intel(r) Xeon(r) processor E5-4600 product family.
This processing power, combined in a large, shared-memory cluster, allows
Endeavour to provide more high-end computing resources for users while
occupying just 10 percent of the previous Columbia system's floor space.
Endeavour will provide large, shared memory capability and will enable
solutions for many NASA science and engineering applications, including
simulation and modeling of global ocean circulation, galaxy and planet
formation, and aerodynamic design for air and space vehicles. 

'A portion of our current code base requires either large memory within a node
or utilizes Open MP as the communication software between tens to hundreds of
processors,' said William Thigpen, high-end computing project manager at the
NAS facility. 'The largest portion of Endeavour is able to meet the large
shared memory requirement with 4 terabytes of addressable memory and can apply
over 1,000 cores against an Open MP application.' 

The new Endeavour system includes a total of 1536 cores and 6TB of global
shared memory. NASA Ames has an existing community of users who could not
easily transition to MPI programming models, and the previous system needed to
be replaced by a new platform to support this community. Today, user
productivity has improved, and the machines are busy. 

'NASA scientists are leading the way in studying climate and earth sciences,'
said Jorge Titinger, president and CEO of SGI. 'This is important work that
affects current and future generations. SGI is proud to partner with NASA to
provide the necessary infrastructure to enable its research.' 

'The Endeavor System has a compelling scientific mission that requires advanced
capabilities in memory size, processing capability and efficiency,' said Raj
Hazra, vice president and general manager of Intel Technical Computing Group.
'Intel provides the essential computing technology to help SGI's innovative
system launch these critical scientific missions into orbit through the Intel
Xeon E5-4600 family of products.' 

About the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division

The NAS Division is enabling advances in high-end computing technologies and in
modeling and simulations methods to tackle some of the toughest science and
engineering challenges facing NASA today. 

About SGI

SGI, the trusted leader in technical computing, is focused on helping customers
solve their most demanding business and technology challenges. Visit sgi.com
for more information. 

Connect with SGI on Twitter (@sgi_corp), YouTube (youtube.com/sgicorp),
Facebook (facebook.com/sgiglobal) and LinkedIn. 

Contact Information:
Ogilvy Public Relations:
Meghan Fintland
415-677-2704
SGImedia@ogilvy.com

(c) 2013 Silicon Graphics International Corp. SGI, UV and the SGI logo are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics International Corp. or
its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. Intel and Xeon
are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. All other trademarks are
property of their respective holders.
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



23.05.2013 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - 
a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Language:     English
Company:      SGI
              
               
              United States
Phone:        
Fax:          
E-mail:       
Internet:     
ISIN:         US82706L1089
WKN:          
 
End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------