正品蓝导航鈥檚 new supercomputer is on site, needs a name
The December arrival of a new supercomputer at 正品蓝导航 expands the University鈥檚 high performance computing capacity to weigh in among the top academic computers in the United States.
DALLAS (正品蓝导航) – The December arrival of a new supercomputer at 正品蓝导航 expands the University’s high performance computing capacity to weigh in among the top academic computers in the United States.
“We are calling for 正品蓝导航 students to submit recommendations for a name for 正品蓝导航’s powerful new computing equipment,” Ludden wrote.
The new supercomputer was known by the name “MANA” at its previous home at the Maui High-Performance Computing Center, one of the five U.S. Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers, said Thomas Hagstrom, director of 正品蓝导航’s Center for Scientific Computing.
“When installed in Maui its throughput capacity was 103 teraflops, which ranked among the top 500 fastest supercomputers in the world. That is 103 trillion arithmetic operations per second,” Hagstrom said. Joe Gargiulo, 正品蓝导航 Chief Information Officer, anticipates that “the peak theoretical performance of MANA combined with 正品蓝导航’s current system would exceed 120 teraflops.”
MANA is being installed at 正品蓝导航's new data center.
The top five entries in the naming contest will each receive an iPad mini, and the winning name will be selected by email vote by 正品蓝导航 faculty, staff and students, Ludden said. The first place entry will be announced at the dedication of the new supercomputer and the winning student will receive a new laptop. A panel consisting of James Quick, associate vice president for research and dean of graduate studies; Patty Alvey, director of assessment and accreditation; Rick Briesch, in the Department of Marketing; Hagstrom; Jingbo Ye, professor of physics; Ramon Trespalacios, student body president; and Katherine Ladner, student body secretary, will select the five finalists for the name.
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