[LINUX:5432] Edupage, 21 April 1999
imrana (imrana@doruk.com.tr)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:21:18 +0300 (EET DST)
LINUX SHOWING UP IN SUPERCOMPUTERS
The open source operating system Linux is moving toward
supercomputers. Linux's low cost, sharing of software code, and
similarity to Unix are attracting high-performance computing
centers, universities, and government laboratories. Although Linux
is not yet being used on multimillion-dollar supercomputers, the OS
is now being used in scalable clustered systems. Previous attempts
to use Linux in clusters were difficult because there were no
computer makers to support the systems. Now as funding becomes
available, computing centers such as the Albuquerque High Performance
Computing Center are beginning to use cluster computers with Intel
Pentium II processors and the Linux operating system. Albuquerque's
system, called Roadrunner, has 128 Intel Pentium II processors running
at 450 MHz. Engineers at Albuquerque will be able to share work with
those at other supercomputing centers because Linux runs on IBM's
PowerPC processor architecture, Compaq Computer's Digital Alpha
processor, and Sun Microsystems' Sparc technology. Roadrunner is the
most recent addition to the National Technology Grid, a developing
network that will link supercomputers across the U.S. allowing
scientists remote access to high levels of computing power.
(Reuters 04/19/99)
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