Cray Inc. sells two Cray SX-6 supercomps to the Univ. of Toronto.Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) has announced that it has completed the sale of two interconnected Cray SX-6 supercomputers to the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, . Financial terms were not disclosed. The Cray SX-6 systems will support University of Toronto research related to the Earth's interior and atmosphere. Specific projects include modeling the Earth's magnetic field Earth's magnetic field (and the surface magnetic field) is approximately a magnetic dipole, with one pole near the north pole (see Magnetic North Pole) and the other near the geographic south pole (see Magnetic South Pole). ; simulating ice age development and the accompanying variations in sea level; enhancing a coupled atmosphere-ocean-ice-land climate model; simulating the distribution of methane and carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; in the troposphere troposphere: see atmosphere. troposphere Lowest region of the atmosphere, bounded by the Earth below and the stratosphere above, with the upper boundary being about 6–8 mi (10–13 km) above the Earth's surface. ; and modeling the thermal convection process within the Earth's mantle, which causes plate tectonics plate tectonics, theory that unifies many of the features and characteristics of continental drift and seafloor spreading into a coherent model and has revolutionized geologists' understanding of continents, ocean basins, mountains, and earth history. . "The Cray SX-6 system is ideal for the large-scale calculations we need to make to advance our science, and we are excited about the opportunities it makes available to do innovative and ground-breaking studies," says Pekka Sinervo, professor of physics and vice-dean, Research Infrastructure and Graduate Education in the Faculty of Arts Historically the Faculty of Arts was one of the four traditional divisions of the teaching bodies of universities, the others being theology, law and medicine.[1] Nowadays it is a common name for the faculties teaching humanities. References 1. and Science. "And we have been very impressed with the ability of the Cray and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. partnership to deliver and commission the system." "We are pleased to have completed the sale of these Cray SX-6 supercomputers to the University of Toronto," said Jim Rottsolk, Cray chairman and chief executive officer. "We have exclusive rights to distribute the rebranded NEC supercomputer line in North America, and non-exclusive distribution rights in most other areas of the world. The SX-6 system is the world's most recent high-end, high-bandwidth vector supercomputer product line designed to serve industrial, academic and government customers. The world's most powerful supercomputer system, the Earth Simulator in Japan, is based on the same fundamental technology as the SX-6 system. We are pleased the University of Toronto will use this SX-6 system in climate simulations. This exciting technology is quickly gaining acceptance, and we anticipate a growing order backlog for SX-6 systems in coming months." |
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