Virginia Tech to upgrade supercomputer with Xserve G5s

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Virginia Tech to Upgrade Supercomputer
to Xserve (Reuters)

Virginia Tech to Upgrade Supercomputer
to Xserve (Reuters) 01/27/2004 01:15 AM
Reuters - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will upgrade its supercomputer that uses Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O)'s PowerMac G5 computers with Apple's recently introduced Xserve G5 servers that have two chips in each box, the university said on Tuesday.

Virginia Tech to upgrade Mac-based
supercomputer to Xserve

Virginia Tech to upgrade Mac-based
supercomputer to Xserve 01/27/2004 01:44 PM
The new system using Xserve G5 servers will be completed in May, the university said today.

Virginia Tech moves supercomputer to
Xserve G5

Virginia Tech moves supercomputer to
Xserve G5 01/27/2004 12:36 PM
Virginia Polytechnic and State University made headlines late last year as they raced to build a supercomputer based on Apple's G5 desktop processor. Now, just months after the 1,100-node Terascale Computing Facility was completed, Virginia Tech has made the decision to move the supercomputer to Apple's 1U rackmount server, the Xserve G5.

Virginia Tech Migrates Mac Supercomputer
to Apple's Xserve

Virginia Tech Migrates Mac Supercomputer
to Apple's Xserve 01/27/2004 10:56 PM
The third-fastest supercomputer cluster located at Virginia Tech is moving from Power Macintosh G5 desktop machines to a similar number of Apple Computer's Xserve G5 rack-mount servers.

Virginia Tech PowerMac G5 to Xserve G5
Upgrade

Virginia Tech PowerMac G5 to Xserve G5
Upgrade 01/27/2004 02:22 AM
Virginia Tech officially announced that they will be migrating their G5 Supercomputer from PowerMac G5s to Xserves. According to the article, the X...

Virginia Tech Upgrade: PowerMac G5 to
Xserve G5

Virginia Tech Upgrade: PowerMac G5 to
Xserve G5 01/27/2004 10:17 AM

Virgina Tech To Upgrade Supercomputer To
Xserve

Virgina Tech To Upgrade Supercomputer To
Xserve 01/27/2004 02:26 AM
By moving to the thinner servers, the supercomputer will consume less power and generate less heat, said Srinidhi Varadarajan, assistant professor of computer science, college of engineering, at Virginia Tech. (Reuters via MyAppleMenu)

Federal agencies eye Virginia Tech
supercomputer upgrade

Federal agencies eye Virginia Tech
supercomputer upgrade 01/27/2004 02:58 PM
Virginia Tech's decision to migrate its supercomputer to Xserve G5s will make the installation more attractive to the federal agencies and organizations negotiating with the university for its supercomputer technology, according to TechWeb...

Virginia Tech Upgrades To Xserve

Virginia Tech Upgrades To Xserve 01/27/2004 11:30 AM

Virginia Tech Cluster Moving to Xserve
G5s?

Virginia Tech Cluster Moving to Xserve
G5s? 01/16/2004 01:05 PM
ThinkSecret provides some confirmation on earlier rumors that Virginia Tech will be migrating from PowerMac G5s to Xserve G5s in their recently assemb...

Own a piece of the Virginia Tech
supercomputer

Own a piece of the Virginia Tech
supercomputer 02/12/2004 11:19 AM
MacMall is currently selling the refurbished Power Mac G5s that were used in Virginia Tech's powerful supercomputer cluster...

Buy Part Of The Virginia Tech
Supercomputer

Buy Part Of The Virginia Tech
Supercomputer 02/12/2004 12:45 PM

G5 Supercomputer Kits from Virginia Tech

G5 Supercomputer Kits from Virginia Tech 11/05/2003 08:14 PM
As mentioned in a previous report, Virginia Tech will begin offering Supercomputer Kits beginning early next year. These kits will provide plans fo...

Virginia Tech swaps out G5 desktops for
Xserve racks

Virginia Tech swaps out G5 desktops for
Xserve racks 01/28/2004 11:25 AM
World's third most powerful supercomputer gets smaller

Apple profiles Virginia Tech G5
supercomputer

Apple profiles Virginia Tech G5
supercomputer 12/23/2003 11:53 AM
There's been a huge media buzz surrounding Virginia Tech's Power Mac G5-based parallel-computing "supercluster." Comprising 1,100 dual-processor G5 systems, Virginia Tech's system is clocked as the third-fastest supercomputing system in the world, at a price that's only a fraction of what other supercomputing systems in its class cost. Now Apple has posted a profile on its Web site of the new system, dubbed "System X."

Virginia Tech Planning To Offer G5
SuperComputer Kit

Virginia Tech Planning To Offer G5
SuperComputer Kit 11/06/2003 10:47 PM

MacMall sells pieces of Virginia Tech G5
supercomputer.

MacMall sells pieces of Virginia Tech G5
supercomputer. 02/11/2004 11:13 PM
MacCentral: MacMall sells pieces of Virginia Tech G5 supercomputer. I still think only a dumbass would buy millions of dollars of equipment and sell it a few months later.

MacMall sells pieces of Virginia Tech G5
supercomputer

MacMall sells pieces of Virginia Tech G5
supercomputer 02/12/2004 03:53 AM
Virginia Tech's Power Mac G5-based supercomputer has already passed into legend among Mac fans, and now you can own a piece thanks to Mac catalog reseller MacMall. They're advertising refurbished Power Mac G5s that until recently powered Virginia Tech's Terascale Computing Facility -- the supercomputing cluster known as System X, sometimes affectionately referred to as Big Mac instead.

iLife '04, Virginia Tech supercomputer
videos posted

iLife '04, Virginia Tech supercomputer
videos posted 01/08/2004 07:18 PM
Apple has posted the iLife'04 introduction video, which highlights the new features of the bundled applications and features Iann Robinson, Sheryl Crow, Tony Hawk and Elijah Woods...

MallMall Sells Pieces Of Virginia Tech
G5 Supercomputer

MallMall Sells Pieces Of Virginia Tech
G5 Supercomputer 02/12/2004 08:47 AM
Virginia Tech's Power Mac G5-based supercomputer has already passed into legend among Mac fans, and now you can own a piece thanks to Mac catalog reseller MacMall. By Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Other News: Virginia Tech Upgrade

Other News: Virginia Tech Upgrade 01/27/2004 11:30 AM
Virginia Tech is looking for a good home for 1,100 2GHz Power Mac G5 duallies.

Xserve G5 Supercomputer

Xserve G5 Supercomputer 06/22/2004 12:43 PM
“A U.S. Army contractor has purchased a $5.8 million, 1,566-server supercomputer from Apple Computer, a real-world cousin to an academic system that briefly appeared high on a list of the most powerful machines,” reports Stephen Shankland on CNET News.com. “The Colsa system, made of dual-processor Xserve G5 machines, is expected to reach about 15 teraflops when it’s up and running this fall, said project manager Mike Whitlock.” [Jun 22]

Supercomputer Upgrading to Xserve

Supercomputer Upgrading to Xserve 01/27/2004 04:07 PM
Reuters reports that Virginia Tech is upgrading its Power Mac G5-based supercomputer to Xserve G5s. “By moving to the thinner servers, the supercomputer will consume less power and generate less heat, said Srinidhi Varadarajan, assistant professor of computer science, college of engineering, at Virginia Tech. ‘It cuts the system’s size down by a factor of three,’ Varadarajan said. ‘The new system will take much less power and generate less heat and free up space.’” [Jan 27]

US Army to get 1,566-Xserve G5
supercomputer

US Army to get 1,566-Xserve G5
supercomputer 06/21/2004 08:40 PM
COLSA, a U.S. Army contractor based in Huntsville, Alabama, today announced the purchase of 1,566 Xserve G5s to build a new supercomputer expected to be one of the fastest in the world...

New Army Supercomputer to be powered by
Xserve

New Army Supercomputer to be powered by
Xserve 06/22/2004 10:51 AM
Colsa Corporation is building a new supercomputer, Mach 5, for the U.S. Army. It will be powered by 1,566 dual-processor Apple Xserve servers and have a peak performance capability of 25 Teraflops per second. It is expected to be the second most powerful in the world. The U.S. Army plans to use it for modelling the aerodynamics of hypersonic flight and will cost around $5.8mn. They plan to finish it by the end of Autumn

Further details on US Army Xserve
supercomputer

Further details on US Army Xserve
supercomputer 06/22/2004 02:13 PM
by Larry Angell - As reported yesterday, Colsa Corp...

Apple looks at COLSA's Xserve G5
supercomputer

Apple looks at COLSA's Xserve G5
supercomputer 09/14/2004 04:50 PM
Apple has posted a three-page profile on the 1,566-node Xserve G5 supercomputer cluster built by US Army contractor COLSA...

OS X Conference: Virginia Tech on the G5

OS X Conference: Virginia Tech on the G5 10/30/2003 09:16 AM
Link 1,100 Power Mac G5s together and it will make the news. Link 1,100 Power Mac G5s together to create the third most powerful academic computing facility in the world, and it will make headlines worldwide and earn project director Dr. Srindhi Varadarajan adulation from Macintosh enthusiasts.

Virginia Tech Supercompuer - Now at #3?

Virginia Tech Supercompuer - Now at #3? 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
MacBidouille links to an interim update on Supercomputer rankings (pdf - Page 53). The latest results give the Virginia Tech G5 Cluster (2,112 Proc...

Other News: Virginia Tech Award

Other News: Virginia Tech Award 06/10/2004 09:59 AM
Virginia Tech wins an award for its G5 supercomputer... with a little help from Steve Jobs.

Virginia Tech and more on tonight's Your
Mac Life

Virginia Tech and more on tonight's Your
Mac Life 11/19/2003 10:33 AM
Virginia Tech, the Berklee College of Music, Macworld Expo and Other World Computing are spotlighted on Wednesday evening's Your Mac Life. Hosted by Shawn King, the weekly QuickTime-Webcast radio show features news and information of interest to Mac users.

Buy a Virginia Tech Cluster PowerMac G5

Buy a Virginia Tech Cluster PowerMac G5 02/12/2004 08:36 AM
In the wake of news that Virginia Tech would be migrating their Supercomputer Cluster from PowerMac G5s to Xserve G5s, the fate of the original PowerM...

Excedent Moves to Virginia Tech Campus

Excedent Moves to Virginia Tech Campus 08/17/2004 02:58 PM
theWHIR Aug 17 2004 6:42PM GMT

Virginia Tech PowerMac Cluster Ranks 3rd

Virginia Tech PowerMac Cluster Ranks 3rd 11/16/2003 11:37 AM
Results from the 22nd edition of the TOP500 List of the World's Fastest Supercomputers were released today. As expected, Virginia Tech's PowerMac G...

Virginia Tech Confirms Switch To Xserves

Virginia Tech Confirms Switch To Xserves 01/28/2004 02:34 PM

A cluster of apple G5 machines at
Virginia Tech

A cluster of apple G5 machines at
Virginia Tech 11/19/2003 08:08 AM
A cluster of apple G5 machines at Virginia Tech ranked number 3 in the Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers. Apparently, the total cost of the system is around $5 million dollars while the two machines that beat it cost more than $300 million.

Virginia Tech cluster awaits G5 Xserves.

Virginia Tech cluster awaits G5 Xserves. 05/17/2004 10:22 PM
Think Secret: Virginia Tech cluster awaits G5 Xserves. And we're behind them in line. :-(

Auburn Beats Virginia Tech in Sugar Bowl
(AP)

Auburn Beats Virginia Tech in Sugar Bowl
(AP) 01/04/2005 12:32 AM
AP - Jason Campbell threw a touchdown pass, John Vaughn kicked three short field goals and Auburn completed a perfect season with a 16-13 victory over ninth-ranked Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl on Monday night.

Virginia Tech Imagebase Offers Images In
A Variety of Categories

Virginia Tech Imagebase Offers Images In
A Variety of Categories 06/30/2004 10:58 AM
When you first visit the Virginia Tech Imagebase you'll be struck by the number of categories of images available. You'll be able to browse image collections from Agriculture to Virginia...
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