Andrew Yee[_1_]
May 21st 08, 04:12 PM
Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. May 7, 2008
650-604-3937/207-1323
Nick Knupffer
Intel Corp. Santa Clara, Calif.
408-653-5324
Marla Robinson
SGI, Sunnyvale, Calif.
256-773-2371
RELEASE: 08- 39AR
NASA, INTEL, SGI PLAN TO 'SOUP UP' SUPERCOMPUTER
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA, Intel Corp., and SGI today announced
the signing of an agreement establishing intentions to collaborate on
significantly increasing the space agency's supercomputer performance
and capacity.
Under the terms of a Space Act Agreement, NASA will work closely with
Intel and SGI to increase computational capabilities for modeling and
simulation at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at
NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
"Achieving such a monumental increase in performance will help
fulfill NASA's increasing need for additional computing capacity and
will enable us to provide the computational performance and capacity
needed for future missions," said Ames Director S. Pete Worden. "This
additional computational performance is necessary to help us achieve
breakthrough scientific discoveries."
NASA Ames, Intel and SGI will work together on a project called
Pleiades to develop a computational system with a capacity of one
Petaflops peak performance (1,000 trillion operations per second) by
2009 and a system with a peak performance of 10 Petaflops (10,000
trillion operations per second) by 2012.
"Throughout its history, NASA has sought to explore the most
compelling questions about mankind, Earth, and the worlds that await
our discovery," said Robert "Bo" Ewald, chief executive officer of
SGI. "SGI is proud to be part of this effort. These groundbreaking
new systems powered by SGI and fueled by the latest multi-core Intel
processors, offer a platform for new discoveries that will help us
all achieve the most promising future for the human race. This effort
is important to everyone on this planet."
This collaboration builds on the 2004 deployment of Columbia, which
generated a tenfold increase in supercomputing capacity for the
agency. Meeting NASA's future mission challenges will require
additional computational resources to handle increasingly higher
fidelity modeling and simulation. In 2009, NASA expects to increase
that computing capability 16 times with the Pleiades project, and by
an additional tenfold in 2012.
"Intel, working with SGI, is proud to play an important role in
helping NASA expand the pursuit of scientific discovery," said Diane
M. Bryant, vice president of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group and
general manager or Server Platforms Group, Intel Digital Enterprise
Group. "Systems such as Pleiades challenge the imagination, and guide
our exploration of Earth, space, and beyond. As we approach
performance that was once thought impossible to achieve, our eyes are
opened even wider to the vast possibilities enabled by
supercomputing."
For information about the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility, visit:
http://www.nas.nasa.gov
For information about Intel Corp., visit:
http://www.intel.com/pressroom
For information about SGI, visit:
http://www.sgi.com
For more information on NASA programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. May 7, 2008
650-604-3937/207-1323
Nick Knupffer
Intel Corp. Santa Clara, Calif.
408-653-5324
Marla Robinson
SGI, Sunnyvale, Calif.
256-773-2371
RELEASE: 08- 39AR
NASA, INTEL, SGI PLAN TO 'SOUP UP' SUPERCOMPUTER
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA, Intel Corp., and SGI today announced
the signing of an agreement establishing intentions to collaborate on
significantly increasing the space agency's supercomputer performance
and capacity.
Under the terms of a Space Act Agreement, NASA will work closely with
Intel and SGI to increase computational capabilities for modeling and
simulation at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at
NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
"Achieving such a monumental increase in performance will help
fulfill NASA's increasing need for additional computing capacity and
will enable us to provide the computational performance and capacity
needed for future missions," said Ames Director S. Pete Worden. "This
additional computational performance is necessary to help us achieve
breakthrough scientific discoveries."
NASA Ames, Intel and SGI will work together on a project called
Pleiades to develop a computational system with a capacity of one
Petaflops peak performance (1,000 trillion operations per second) by
2009 and a system with a peak performance of 10 Petaflops (10,000
trillion operations per second) by 2012.
"Throughout its history, NASA has sought to explore the most
compelling questions about mankind, Earth, and the worlds that await
our discovery," said Robert "Bo" Ewald, chief executive officer of
SGI. "SGI is proud to be part of this effort. These groundbreaking
new systems powered by SGI and fueled by the latest multi-core Intel
processors, offer a platform for new discoveries that will help us
all achieve the most promising future for the human race. This effort
is important to everyone on this planet."
This collaboration builds on the 2004 deployment of Columbia, which
generated a tenfold increase in supercomputing capacity for the
agency. Meeting NASA's future mission challenges will require
additional computational resources to handle increasingly higher
fidelity modeling and simulation. In 2009, NASA expects to increase
that computing capability 16 times with the Pleiades project, and by
an additional tenfold in 2012.
"Intel, working with SGI, is proud to play an important role in
helping NASA expand the pursuit of scientific discovery," said Diane
M. Bryant, vice president of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group and
general manager or Server Platforms Group, Intel Digital Enterprise
Group. "Systems such as Pleiades challenge the imagination, and guide
our exploration of Earth, space, and beyond. As we approach
performance that was once thought impossible to achieve, our eyes are
opened even wider to the vast possibilities enabled by
supercomputing."
For information about the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility, visit:
http://www.nas.nasa.gov
For information about Intel Corp., visit:
http://www.intel.com/pressroom
For information about SGI, visit:
http://www.sgi.com
For more information on NASA programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov