Cray XT3 Supercomputer

Supercomputer maker Cray has announced deals across several
continents for its new Cray XT3 massively parallel processing system, with
Cray's 'Red Storm' technology. The Japan Advanced Institute of Science &
Technology (JAIST), one of Japan's main academic research centres, will
soon take delivery of an XT3, which it will use to speed advances in the
development of new algorithms for massively parallel computers,
large-scale simulations and visualisation in nanotechnology and
biomechanics.

Cray will install the system with 372 AMD Opteron processors at the
JAIST facility near Kanazawa City, Ishikawa. Meanwhile the Swiss
National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) has also ordered an XT3 with
1100 AMD Opteron processors and a peak performance of 5.9 Teraflop/s.
The new system will boost CSCS' computing capability more than 5-fold
when it starts operating later in the year. It is expected to help achieve
breakthroughs in materials science, environmental science, life science,
astronomy, and chemistry research.

At home, Cray and the US Government have signed an agreement to
continue the development of next-generation supercomputer
technologies. The deal calls for Cray and the Government each to invest
approximately $17m over the next two years.
For more details, visit
www.jaist.ac.jp www.cscs.ch www.cray.com http://www.top500.org/