And they also manufacture their X-series SUVs in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
http://www.bmwusfactory.com/ On 09/21/2012 10:40 PM, Andrew Holway wrote: > BMW make their 'Flagship' new mini in the UK near oxford and also own > Rolls Royce (cars). > > 2012/9/21 Vincent Diepeveen<d...@xs4all.nl>: >> A NATO bunker doesn't even have enough power to run 0.01% of the >> crunching power of BMW, >> which is of course a lot larger, as far as generic crunching >> hardware, than what NCSA has in total. >> >> Furthermore they wouldn't even run a single BMW program in Iceland >> without the prime minister of iceland >> formally allowing machine gunned armed German soldiers defending that >> complex to avoid any >> possible left US soldier of obtaining their biggest industrial >> secrets making it to US car industry. >> >> And all this with a few internet cables to the seismic very active >> Iceland (over 3000 earth quakes a year or so, >> what was it?), with cables which regurarly break, as i noticed myself >> as well when i was in Iceland. >> >> 30% of the time internet didn't even work for entire day to >> continental Europe. >> >> Imagine that BMW has a week delay when a few icelanders try to fix >> the internet cable 3 KM down deep in the ocean, >> needed to connect to Munchen when they try to fix a crucial thing in >> cars that have a problem now and need an upgrade... >> >> That's losing Germany how many billions? >> >> So let's not believe in fairy tales. >> >> Don't make a joke out of German car industry by posting articles as >> if they would be able to carry out any of their huge HPC >> calculations in Iceland. It's not even possible to carry out any >> serious calculation in Iceland and especially not in an old NATO >> bunker not >> within German borders and not under their own nations control. Not a >> single German manager would even *consider* doing that. >> >> On Sep 21, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: >> >>> No, you think it's a lie. >>> >>> This is inappropriate for this list. >>> >>> -- >>> Prentice >>> >>> On 09/21/2012 11:16 AM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>> you post something about HPC in iceleand, but we all know that's a >>>> lie. >>>> That's what i wrote. >>>> >>>> On Sep 21, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: >>>> >>>>> Vincent, >>>>> >>>>> The beowulf mailing list is for discussing matters related Linux >>>>> beowulf >>>>> clusters, and HPC in general. In practice, this list has always >>>>> allowed >>>>> a lot of leeway and discussions often veer of tangentially into the >>>>> science, technology, and the business/politics surrounding HPC. >>>>> >>>>> Even with the large amount of leeway observed on this list, your >>>>> post >>>>> below is inappropriate. After reading it several times, your post >>>>> appears to contain nothing more than a political attack on >>>>> Germany. I >>>>> can find nothing in your post related to Linux clusters, HPC, >>>>> science or >>>>> technology. >>>>> >>>>> There are plenty of forums on the Internet for discussing >>>>> politics. This >>>>> is not one of them. Please post your political attacks elsewhere. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Prentice >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 09/21/2012 10:21 AM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>>>> Typical German marketing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Say A, do B. >>>>>> >>>>>> Knowing how German industry works, they probably will deploy one >>>>>> computer there when they sell a few more BMW's in Iceland. >>>>>> In the meantime their top secret crunching runs on browncoals in >>>>>> Germany of course. >>>>>> >>>>>> A lot cheaper than 4.3 cents a kilowatt hour browncoals are. >>>>>> >>>>>> An article today in the newspaper suggested German Minister >>>>>> Altmaier >>>>>> announced more or less he wants to quit solar panel >>>>>> subsidies, and for now announces to dramatically lower it, >>>>>> which of course in combination with getting rid of nuclear reactors >>>>>> means they're gonna burn even more coals in Germany, >>>>>> as *somewhere* they need this huge amount of energy for their >>>>>> industry. We're speaking about a 50000 megawatt or so. >>>>>> >>>>>> Usually they calculate with householeds and ignore the 90-95% of >>>>>> energy that companies and especially industry consumes... >>>>>> >>>>>> Germany is world champion in saying A and doing B. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 21, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Another news article about datacenters and HPC in Iceland. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Prentice >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-09-20/ >>>>>>> bmw_finds_cool_locale_for_hpc_cluster.html >>>>>>> September 20, 2012 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> BMW Finds Cool Locale for HPC Cluster >>>>>>> Robert Gelber >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Automaker BMW is getting ready to deploy an HPC cluster to run >>>>>>> simulations for designing it next-generation ultimate driving >>>>>>> machines. As with any supercomputing installation, this one is >>>>>>> bound to consume plenty of energy, which translates to high >>>>>>> operational expenses. So the car company decided to search for an >>>>>>> efficient and environmentally friendly plan to manage their >>>>>>> system. >>>>>>> They settled on locating the machine at Verne Global’s Ásbrú >>>>>>> datacenter in Iceland. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> September 20, 2012 >>>>>>> BMW Finds Cool Locale for HPC Cluster >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Robert Gelber >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Automaker BMW is getting ready to deploy an HPC cluster to run >>>>>>> simulations for designing it next-generation ultimate driving >>>>>>> machines. As with any supercomputing installation, this one is >>>>>>> bound to consume plenty of energy, which translates to high >>>>>>> operational expenses. So the car company decided to search for an >>>>>>> efficient and environmentally friendly plan to manage their >>>>>>> system. >>>>>>> They settled on locating the machine at Verne Global’s Ásbrú >>>>>>> datacenter in Iceland. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The country has become an interesting option for datacenter users >>>>>>> because of its perpetually cool climate and cheap energy. >>>>>>> Electricity in the island nation costs roughly 4.3 cents per >>>>>>> kilowatt-hour, thanks to an abundance of renewable energy sources. >>>>>>> The country generates most of its electricity from glacier-fed >>>>>>> rivers and geothermal vents. Given these resources, it’s no >>>>>>> surprise that Verne Global decided to setup their large scale >>>>>>> computing facility at an abandoned NATO Air Force base located in >>>>>>> the city of Keflavík. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Data Center Knowledge reported that Mario Mueller, BMW’s vice >>>>>>> president of IT infrastructure and chair at the Open Data Center >>>>>>> Alliance (ODCA), brought up the company’s plans at this year’s >>>>>>> Intel Developer Forum. The car company will be Verne Global’s >>>>>>> fifth >>>>>>> customer after CCP Games, Datapipe, Opin Kerfi and GreenQloud. It >>>>>>> will also follow ODCA usage models to guide the cluster’s build. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is certainly not the first time a company or organization has >>>>>>> considered alternative approaches to providing energy and cooling >>>>>>> to a large computing installation. Apple is utilizing solar panels >>>>>>> and methane gas from a local landfill to generate electricity for >>>>>>> their iCloud datacenter. The Texas Advanced Computing Center >>>>>>> (TACC) >>>>>>> deployed a top 10 cluster in an oil submersion cooling system and >>>>>>> Facebook built one of the world’s most efficient datacenters in >>>>>>> Prineville Oregon using designs from the Open Compute Project.The >>>>>>> country has become an interesting option for datacenter users >>>>>>> because of its perpetually cool climate and cheap energy. >>>>>>> Electricity in the island nation costs roughly 4.3 cents per >>>>>>> kilowatt-hour, thanks to an abundance of renewable energy sources. >>>>>>> The country generates most of its electricity from glacier-fed >>>>>>> rivers and geothermal vents. Given these resources, it’s no >>>>>>> surprise that Verne Global decided to setup their large scale >>>>>>> computing facility at an abandoned NATO Air Force base located in >>>>>>> the city of Keflavík. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Data Center Knowledge reported that Mario Mueller, BMW’s vice >>>>>>> president of IT infrastructure and chair at the Open Data Center >>>>>>> Alliance (ODCA), brought up the company’s plans at this year’s >>>>>>> Intel Developer Forum. The car company will be Verne Global’s >>>>>>> fifth >>>>>>> customer after CCP Games, Datapipe, Opin Kerfi and GreenQloud. It >>>>>>> will also follow ODCA usage models to guide the cluster’s build. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is certainly not the first time a company or organization has >>>>>>> considered alternative approaches to providing energy and cooling >>>>>>> to a large computing installation. Apple is utilizing solar panels >>>>>>> and methane gas from a local landfill to generate electricity for >>>>>>> their iCloud datacenter. The Texas Advanced Computing Center >>>>>>> (TACC) >>>>>>> deployed a top 10 cluster in an oil submersion cooling system and >>>>>>> Facebook built one of the world’s most efficient datacenters in >>>>>>> Prineville Oregon using designs from the Open Compute Project. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>>>>>> Computing >>>>>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>>>>>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>>>>> Computing >>>>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>>>>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>>>> Computing >>>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>>>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
