BlueGene/Q heads for Melbourne
Posted in HPC, 15th February 2012 22:00 GMT
Professor Jim McCluskey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Melbourne, said the machine’s gigantic capacity would assist life sciences researchers to fast track solutions to some of the most debilitating health conditions.
“Through this supercomputer, scientists will be able to advance their work in finding cures and developing improved treatments for cancer, epilepsy and other devastating diseases affecting the lives of Australians and people worldwide,” he said.
IBM pitches the water-cooled BlueGene/Q as a “green” supercomputer, typically only sucking down 80 kW per rack, with each rack able to kick out 209.7 TFlops. ®