Linux Networx lands deal for NASA Goddard

Linux Networx has signed a deal to provide a supercomputing system to the NASA Center for Computational Sciences at the Goddard Space Flight Center. The company, which specializes in supercomputers built from clusters of Linux-based machines, said Monday that Computer Sciences Corp. ordered a Custom Supersystem to handle a range of heavy-duty applications, from weather modeling to astrophysical simulation.

The 128-node, 3.3 trillion floating-point operations per second (TFLOPS) Supersystem at NASA Goddard will have dual-core Dempsey processors from Intel and an Infiniband Network from Silverstorm Technologies, LinuxNetworx said. It is designed to go up as far as 40 TFLOPS in its full configuration, the Bluffdale, Utah-based company said.

[~Canuck~]

Wouldn't mind a SUPERComputer

Man, I'd go krazy in games on that one. But I have to wonder.... would AMD's chips be superior? Or Intel's? Supposedly AMD is kicking Intel's tail rite now...

[CaptDave86]

AMD not so good at FPO

Unfortunatly AMD still is lacking in the FPO(Floating Point Operations) part of the CPU. intel is better at that and so far always has. Althogh the Opteron did make a (dare I say it) Gigantic leep in the FPO sector.

But yes, I also would have loved to see the Opteron in the new NASA supercomputer.

[~Canuck~]

Wouldn't mind a SUPERComputer

Man, I'd go krazy in games on that one. But I have to wonder.... would AMD's chips be superior? Or Intel's? Supposedly AMD is kicking Intel's tail rite now...

[CaptDave86]

AMD not so good at FPO

Unfortunatly AMD still is lacking in the FPO(Floating Point Operations) part of the CPU. intel is better at that and so far always has. Althogh the Opteron did make a (dare I say it) Gigantic leep in the FPO sector.

But yes, I also would have loved to see the Opteron in the new NASA supercomputer.