“Silicon Graphics announced that the Japan Atomic Energy
Research Institute (JAERI) will introduce an SGI Altix
supercomputer as its new core computation system to assist in
developing leading energy systems.“As a result of a competitive bidding process, Fujitsu Limited
in cooperation with SGI Japan will deliver to JAERI the new SGI
Altix 3700 Bx2 model which is based on 2,048 Intel Itanium 2
processors, the Linux operating environment and over 13 terabytes
of memory–the world’s largest memory capacity. The system is
scheduled to fully operate at the end of March 2005…”