I have confirmed - the new super-computer WILL be running Linux. The offer to contribute during the open day could be a brilliant opportunity for MLUG, but I think it would be great to get somehow involved in the project itself. I have no idea how we can help yet, but we could meet up with the people involved in this project and have an informal chat.
Ramon Casha 2009/5/19 Ramon Casha <[email protected]> > On the Times online today (and probably the treeware version too), there is > an item about a super-computer being commissioned at the department of > Physics at university. I wrote to the person responsible to try to find out > more, and got this interesting response: > > > Dear Mr. Casha, > > Thank you for your interest in our supercomputer project, funded > through the European Regional Development Fund, for which I am the Project > Manager. The project is currently in the tendering stage (we expect a > European tender to be issued shortly), and more details will made publicly > available when the contract is finalised. However I can say that we are > aiming a machine having the x86-64 architecture with a minumum of 500 > processor cores, a low-latency interconnect, and an estimated performance of > 500Gflops or better. > > This facility will be the first of its kind in Malta and has already > excited great interest in the academic community. We also see the > generation of interest in high-performance computing in the computing and > technical sectors outside the University as a prime goal of this project. > In fact, we envisage holding an open day and seminar shortly after the > commissioning of the facility, which you or your organisation may be > interested in contributing to. > If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact > me. > > Regards, > > -- > Louis Zammit Mangion > Department of Physics > University of Malta, > Msida MSD 2080, > MALTA. > Tel: (+356) 23402454 > Fax: (+356) 21312110 > email: [email protected] > > Ramon Casha wrote: > >> Dear Ms Spiteri, >> >> I read about the article on the Times about the supercomputer lab being >> set up within the Department of Physics at University. I am very much >> interested in this project. I am the founder and a member of the Malta Linux >> User Group, and have followed at a distance the development of massively >> parallel processing, particularly using Linux, BSD and other open source >> software. >> >> I wonder whether any other information is available about this project, >> particularly which systems will be used in its implementation. If you could >> direct me to the person(s) who are responsible for implementing this project >> I'd be very grateful. >> >> Ramon Casha >> > > > >
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