The Colorado School of Mines has announced plans to install a new 155 teraflop
hybrid IBM supercomputer dubbed “BlueM” to run large simulations in support of
energy research. The new machine will be housed at NCAR’s Mesa Lab in Boulder
and operate on the Mines’ computing network.
As the first supercomputer of its kind, BlueM features a dual architecture
system combining the IBM BlueGene Q and IBM iDataplex platforms – the first
instance of this configuration being installed together.
BlueM’s predecessor, RA, has been hugely successful but Mines has outgrown
its 23 teraflops. BlueM will provide a greater number of flops dedicated to
Mines faculty and students than are available at most other institutions with
high performance machines. Researchers will be able to run higher fidelity
simulations than in the past, get more time on the machine and break new ground
in terms of algorithm development.
By: Inside HPC
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