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Top 500 - vishnu - 09-06-2025
Just for funzies I often look at the list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, today at number 168 is the HPE/SGI 8600, the HPE link takes a long time to load, so be patient:
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00016640enw
EDIT: Note that on the front panel, all it says is SGI, tellingly not HPE. And (as I'm so fond of pointing out), the vast majority of the SMP code running in the Top 500 is SGI based.
RE: Top 500 - Intuition - 09-08-2025
AT the bottom of the doc.. it says Dec 2023... so HP is using SGI tech and branding after purchasing it?
Wow.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
What would someone do with it though? Make some A.i. music?
RE: Top 500 - vishnu - 09-08-2025
(09-08-2025, 04:35 PM)Intuition Wrote: someone do with it though? Make some A.i. music?
Actually, the page on what they're doing with it is kind of interesting, link:
www.nasa.gov/ames/core-area-of-expertise-supercomputing
At my place of employ, we use the supercomputing cluster at the University of Minnesota to model the uptake ablation for the Navy's M41 vertical launch system, link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_41_vertical_launching_system
RE: Top 500 - jan-jaap - 09-08-2025
Pleiades is still in the Top 500 (#218 as of June 2025).
It's been upgraded a couple of times, but considering it's been in operation since 2008 it's quite impressive.
There's currently an Altix ICE 8200 rack on eBay that could well have originated from it or at least a similar system. There's still a ton of Infiniband fiber hanging from it that you can also see in the Pleiades system
RE: Top 500 - Intuition - 09-08-2025
Pretty cool Vishnu, I was kidding of course... since I have no idea what superclusters do these days besides power Midjourney or other Ai "ventures".
I do like the look of the server with the color lines. Almost as if someone was trying to nod to old SGI.
RE: Top 500 - vishnu - 09-09-2025
NCSA has a comprehensive list of the projects they're working on, pretty interesting really:
ncsa.illinois.edu/research/project-highlights