System X (supercomputer)
System X (pronounced "System Ten") was a supercomputer assembled by Virginia Tech's Advanced Research Computing facility in the summer of 2003. Costing US$5.2 million,[1] it was originally composed of 1,100 Apple Power Mac G5 computers[2] with dual 2.0 GHz processors.[1] System X was decommissioned on May 21, 2012.[3] The supercomputer is also known as Big Mac or Terascale Cluster.
System X ran at 12.25 Teraflops, (20.24 peak), and was ranked #3 on November 16, 2003
Background
The supercomputer's name originates from the use of the
Upgrade to Server-Grade Parts
In 2004, Virginia Tech upgraded its computer to Apple's newly released,
Similar Projects
Virginia Tech's system was the model for Xseed, a smaller system also made from Xserve servers and built by Bowie State University in Maryland. Xseed was ranked #166 in the 2005 TOP500.
System G has 324 Mac Pros (2592 processor cores) with QDR InfiniBand in Virginia Tech's Center for High-End Computing Systems.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "System X History". Advanced Research Computing section of Virginia Tech website. Virginia Tech. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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- ^ "System X (Linux/OS X): ARC HPC Resources". Virginia Tech. 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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