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Georgia Institute of Technology
Office of Information Technology
Public Relations - Resource Management

NEWS

April 25, 1996

For more information contact:
Toni Lynn Mills, Program Coordinator II
404-894-8997 or toni.mills@oit.gatech.edu


		Georgia Tech Making Computing History
with Million Dollar Addition to Its Virtual Parallel Supercomputer
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        ATLANTA--Georgia Institute of Technology's Office of Information
Technology (OIT) will soon be home to Silicon Graphics' new $1.5 million
POWER CHALLENGE(TM) 10000, featuring 22 processors, thanks in part to Silicon
Graphics. When installed this month, it will be the largest POWER CHALLENGE
10000 operating at a university or research facility.
        The high performance shared memory parallel system will offer
Georgia Tech researchers twice the performance of its predecessor the POWER
CHALLENGE(TM) system based on the MIPS(R) R8000(R) processor.
        Willy Shih, director of marketing, Advanced Systems Division,
Silicon Graphics said, "Designed specifically for optimal performance on
real applications, the MIPS R10000(TM) microprocessor raises performance
levels through its innovative architecture. Aggressive implementation of
multiple execution units enables the processor's record-setting
performance, delivering the highest operating efficiency and breaking many
of the bottlenecks that hinder conventional processors."
        The high performance system is part of Georgia Tech's and OIT's
effort to develop what has become commonly termed as a "virtual parallel
supercomputer" across the Institute's campus. OIT's Educational
Technologies Senior Research Scientist Mary Trauner said, "This will be a
great campus resource, allowing OIT to expand its campus-wide parallel
computing effort."
        "With the advent of FutureNet and HPCNet, an OIT developed ATM
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) network dedicated to high performance and
distributed parallel computing, existing and future machines can be
integrated allowing researchers to run large programs across multiple
machines effectively using existing facilities," explained Trauner.
FutureNet is a Georgia Tech project aimed at expanding the Institute's high
speed campus network, providing high bandwidth connectivity (10MB - 155MB)
to the Georgia Tech community, including its 6,000 residence hall beds.
        Research in high performance parallel and distributed computing has
been ongoing at Georgia Tech for many years, both in disciplinary topics
like finite element modeling, fluid flow, or simulation methods, and in
required computer science technologies, such as parallel and distributed
architectures, operating systems, and communication protocols.
      
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Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark and POWER CHALLENGE is a
trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.  MIPS and R8000 are registered
trademarks, and R10000 is a trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc.

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Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0700  U.S.A.
PHONE 404-894-8997      FAX 404-894-5561

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MILLS,TONI L. (Information Specialist II, Media Relations) (404) 894-8324
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332-0181 
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