The 576 GB of RAM memory is distributed on 144 eight processor systems and 12 two processor systems. This monster resides in 42 towers covering 1500 square feet of floor. It is as large as a classic 70s mainframe, the IBM 3033 of the 370 series. Today your PC runs on 200 watts and computes about a hundred times as fast while sitting on a corner of your desk. That's called progress.
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Press releases when they happen, a bi-weekly newsletter or the quarterly Envision publication. I hope you have enjoyed this peek at one of America's biggest supercomputer sites. This tour has barely scratched the surface, perhaps one-tenth of one percent of the information available at SDSC without counting other linked sites. It's a fascinating scientific world out there on the net. Bill Nicholls was educated as a physicist, but early in his college career became seduced by the computing side of the force.