From developing new rocket fuels to understanding how lightning strikes affect a passenger jet, researchers in Alabama are experiencing revolutionary breakthroughs in productivity with a group of mid-range servers and high-performance storage solutions from Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI). With the new SGI(R) technology, the Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA) provides more than 100 times the computational capacity of its previous supercomputer for a broad range of demanding scientific applications.
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Silicon Graphics(NYSE: SGI) today at the 85th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting announced that SGI(R) Altix(R) systems and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage solutions are assisting two cutting-edge assistant professors in two very diverse fields of research in the Physics and Atmospheric Science Department at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Both researchers are immersed in solving intense computational problems requiring the speed and expandability of SGI(R) high performance compute (HPC) power and storage, and both agree SGI Altix computers turned out to be the best choice for the large data sets they run.
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With a new award-winning supercomputer from Silicon Graphics, the Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research at the University of Mississippi now offers the state’s eight universities the most powerful shared memory system available.
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In conjunction with National Cancer Awareness Month, China Human Proteome Organization, a member of Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) and Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) announce the completed installation of SGI supercomputing and storage solutions for research designed to ultimately link liver-specific proteins to diseases such as hepatitis and liver cancer that could save hundreds of thousands of people dying from liver cancer.
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As the medical community marks the start of National Cancer Awareness Month, scientists around the world are pursuing new approaches to diagnosing and treating cancer with the help of breakthrough technologies from Silicon Graphics . Leading research institutions — including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, and Robarts Research Institute — have turned to SGI computing, visualization and storage solutions to treat and potentially prevent some of the most lethal illnesses known to man.
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