Compaq sells supercomputers in Japan and AustraliaHouston 18 April 2001 Compaq announced three new supercomputer ales: one in Japan and two in Australia. The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute will install a 1.5Tflop/.s system. APAC Australia will install a 450 processor computer and VPAC in Australia willacquire a 128 processor machine.
In Japan, Compaq announced the awarding of a contract to build a
1.5 Tflop/s system with 908 AlphaServer SC processors for the Japan Atomic
Energy Research Institute at the Kansai Research Establishment's Advanced
Photon Research Center (JAERI-KANSAI) to be used for core research activities
such as X-ray microscopy, ultra-precision machining, and medical diagnosis and
treatment. It will be the largest supercomputer in Japan.
In Australia, Compaq was selected by the Australian Partnership for
Advanced Computing (APAC) based in Canberra at the Australian National
University (ANU) to build a system of more than 450 AlphaServer SC processors
-- the largest system in Australia -- for use by researchers to conduct
innovative large-scale scientific and engineering research, including
chemistry, physics, environmental science and biotechnology.
In a similar agreement, the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing
(VPAC) in Australia also selected Compaq to build an AlphaServer SC
128-processor system for use by researchers in areas such as molecular
modeling for new drugs and pattern discovery for fraud detection.
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