“Unfortunately, questions about coronal heating and other
complex cosmic problems can be tough or impossible to tackle with
single-processor computers.”
“On Oct. 1, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded
$500,000 to support a new parallel computing facility for Bartol.
The “major research infrastructure” (MRI) grant will support a
parallel system based on 100 linked processors, each of which will
run at speeds up to 600 megahertz, connected by fast Ethernet
hardware, reported Matthaeus, who will serve as principal
investigator for the project.”
“New equipment will support simulations in the fields of
astrophysics, space sciences, condensed matter physics, turbulence
theory, solar physics and more, Matthaeus said. With NSF
funding available through Sept. 30, 2002, Bartol/UD researchers are
investigating a system similar to the Avalon-Beowulf Cluster,
developed by the Los Alamos Center for Nonlinear Studies and
Goddard Space Flight Center….“