IBM gets behind physics research
Published: 24 Oct 2002 09:20 BST
The University of Rochester will use five top-end p690 "Regatta" Unix servers from IBM for physics and computing research programmes, Big Blue plans to announce on Thursday. IBM awarded part of the hardware through a grant.
Four 16-processor machines will be used to investigate fusion, the energy source of the sun, and the birth of stars. In addition, a 32-processor machine will be used to investigate "complexity-adaptive processing", in which a computer changes its own chips' configuration so that only the necessary parts of the chip operate, cutting energy consumption.
IBM and rivals such as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard court research programmes as a way of advertising the power of their machines. Researchers tend to make technology choices based on technical considerations rather than marketing.
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