IBM and Harvard University to deploy CrimsonGridBGL

IBM and Harvard University to deploy CrimsonGridBGL

IBM and Harvard University have announced their plans to deploy the largest Blue Gene supercomputer in American academia.

This supercomputer would be named CrimsonGridBGL and it would rank among the 50 fastest supercomputers. At peak, it would be able to perform 11 trillion floating-point calculations per second (teraflops).

Faculty and researchers from Harvard University would use this machine for a variety of studies, including those focusing on cells, the circulatory system and the heart, computer systems, integrated circuits and the formation of galaxies.

It would also help the researchers to analyze financial risk and epidemiology. The system would pack 4,096 PowerPC processors into two racks. Jayanta Sircar, CIO at DEAS and director of the Crimson Grid Project said on this system: “The existing grid infrastructure, which you can think of as an entry point to accessing the Blue Gene system, will provide a consistent and integrated high speed network for managing workflow.”