Italian supercomputer centre CINECA selects AVSBologona 06 March 2001 CINECA, a supercomputer centre in Italy, run by a consortium of Italian universities, has selected software from Advanced Visual Systems to visualize a broad range of scientific, analysis and high-performance computing projects at the new state-of-the art facility.
Using AVS/Express Multipipe Edition in conjunction with an SGI Onyx2, Origin 3800 and a CRAY T3E massively parallel computer to project data onto a 150 degree curved screen using a Barco Barron immersive desk connected to three Onyx2 graphics pipes, the Laboratory will undertake, among other projects, the development of breakthrough bioengineering applications and the simulation of cultural heritage data to maintain and protect valuable historic sites.
According to Sanzio Bassini, Manager of CINECA's High Performance Systems
Division, "We are pleased to be able to use the AVS software systems in our Virtual Theater because they open up a wider range of applications for us to use
in our research. We have used AVS's software at the Lab for many years and have
developed a close relationship with the company. As such, the move to empower
our Virtual Theater with AVS/Express was a natural step and it enables us to
consider undertaking larger projects and collaborative research with external
organizations."
"We find it very important to have a tool such as AVS/Express," continued
Bassini, "because the software allows one to be able to build an application on
a laptop computer and visualize the data without any additional effort inside
the Virtual Theater. Partnership is key to our mission at CINECA, and the
partnership with AVS helps us to improve our technologies, especially in the
industrial fields."
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