News University of Groningen and NVIDIA High Performance Computing

[Tefra]

The Center for High Performance Computing and Visualization (www.rug.nl/rc/hpcv) at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands offers scientists state-of-the-art facilities for virtual reality, visualization, and supercomputing. It houses the fastest computer in the Netherlands, a 12288 core BlueGene/L. However, neuroscience researcher Dr. Hans van Hateren has found that PC-based GPUs from NVIDIA provide better performance for his work to simulate neuronal responses in the human eye.

[Tefra]

Dr. van Hateren explains: "With NVIDIA’s technology, it’s possible to use fast algorithms that closely mimic the complex physical and chemical processes occurring in the human retina. The high performance of NVIDIA’s solutions means we’re able to create simulations which very accurately match the way retinal neurons behave. Not only has NVIDIA technology been instrumental in the development of this retinal model, its high performance allows us to mimic some of the complex processes involved in human sight. The results of these simulations are providing new insights into how we see."
For more information visit: www.rug.nl/rc/hpcv.


Btw for the super computers geeks like me let me give you some numbers

The 6-rack IBM BlueGene/L at the University of Groningen is the fastest supercomputer in the Netherlands and one of the fastest in the world. The system, called Stella, consists of 12,288 CPU cores

* Memory: 1.5 Terabyte
* CPU's: 12,288
* FPU's: 24,576
* FAN's: 360
* STP cabels: ±1000
* Power: ±100KWatt/hour

[Azrael]

Gotta love the power consumption of that behemoth. 100 000 watt psu any one .

[beezee]

hehe, but will it run Crysis with maxed-out settings?

[Tefra]

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Originally Posted by beezee hehe, but will it run Crysis with maxed-out settings?

lmao yeah but supercomputers are build for greatest reasons, calculate things that human brain would need billions of years.

The answer though is NO, because most of the super computers have unix/linux OS.

[Azrael]

you also forgot to mention, if the nvidia card worked better, oyu'd have to assume this this is built for calculational (is that even a word?) speed... you might be able to get dos games to work .