Louisiana, Dell Team on One of Most Powerful Supercomputing Grids; 30 Teraflops of Dell Computing Power to Aid in Academic Research, Hurricane Tracking and Economic Development.ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : DELL) is working with the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI LONI Laboratory of Neuro Imaging LONI Louisiana Optical Network Initiative LONI Library Of Neuropsychological Information ) to help create one of the nation's most powerful supercomputing grids. It will include six Dell server clusters packing 30 teraflops of computing power, or the capability to perform 30 trillion operations per second. The interconnected system is designed to provide a significant increase in computational resources for academic research, including the ability to perform hurricane tracking and storm surge modeling with much greater speed and accuracy. LONI is a fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber network connecting supercomputers at Louisiana's six major research universities. It is designed to vastly increase computation speeds and transform the research capability of Louisiana's educational institutions. Each LONI member campus will host a 132-node supercomputing cluster made up of Dell PowerEdge(TM) 1950 servers with five teraflops of storage. "These advances position LONI and Louisiana to become a world leader in supercomputing and emerging cyber technologies," said Charlie McMahon, LONI executive director. To continue recruiting new businesses to Louisiana, 10 percent of the grid's computing power will be reserved for Louisiana businesses, providing supercomputing capabilities to businesses that could benefit from it. LONI's member institutions include Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ; Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University, at Ruston; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1894, opened 1895 as an industrial institute. It became Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1921 and attained university status in 1970. ; LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit Health Sciences Center - New Orleans; LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport; Southern University and A&MCollege; Tulane University; University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, or UL Lafayette,[1] is a coeducational public research university located in Lafayette, Louisiana, in the heart of Acadiana. ; and the University of New Orleans History UNO was founded in 1958 as the New Orleans branch of Louisiana State University, originally as "Louisiana State University in New Orleans" or "LSUNO", but became more independent and changed the name to "University of New Orleans" in 1974. . "Louisiana is building a world-class supercomputing system that will serve as a boon to the state's businesses and education institutions," said John Mullen, vice president of Dell's Higher Education and Health Care businesses. "Using standards-based Dell technology, LONI can cost-effectively scale to meet future computing needs, making the most of the state's investment." For more information on LONI, visit www.loni.org. About Dell Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell sells more systems globally than any computer company, placing it No. 25 on the Fortune 500. Company revenue for the past four quarters was $57.4 billion. For more information, visit http://www.dell.com. To get Dell news direct, visit http://www.dell.com/RSS. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. |
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