Installation of the high-performance Linux cluster CHiC in Chemnitz
(on behalf of IBM Deutschland GmbH)
Equipment :
- Number of processor cores : 2,152
- Number of nodes : 538
- Processor type : AMD Opteron 2218
- Interconnect : Infiniband DDR
- Storage system : 60 TeraByte (Xiranet)
- Liquid-cooled server cabinets
Application:
Research projects in the fields of theoretical chemistry, theory of design, technical thermodynamics etc. as well as connection to the German Research Network.
Weight: 21.6 t
For comparison : currently, a conventional PC provides only about one thousandth of the computing capacity of this cluster.
More information from:
Chemnitz University of Technology