Spain's Castilla La Mancha University
chooses Bull's NovaScale servers to boost scientific research
University's Institute of Environmental Sciences in Toledo will focus research on areas such as climate change, weather forecasting and molecular protein analysis, thanks to Bull's NovaScale® 6320 server based on Intel® Itanium® 2 processors
Madrid, Paris,
November
9, 2004 -
The University of Castilla-La Mancha has chosen to use a Bull NovaScale® 6320 server at its Institute of Environmental Sciences in Toledo. The high-performance server with 32 Intel® Itanium® 2 processors will be used to execute multiple versions of the Institute's numerical model for atmosphere processes, known as MOMAC.
The server will apply the MOMAC model to simulate climate evolution scenarios at both a continental level and national level for daily weather forecasts. The server will also be used to model and quantify the circulation of atmospheric polluting agents. Finally, it will provide computing capability in the fields of genomic research, molecular and protein analysis, as well as for supporting any massive calculation requiring parallel processing.
"The outstanding capacity and efficiency shown in scientific calculation and the advanced physical partitioning features of the Bull NovaScale® 6320 server make it an ideal system for the type of research conducted by the Institute of Environmental Sciences," said Manuel de Castro, director of the MOMAC Group and Professor at the Castilla-La Mancha Science University. "In addition, Bull has perfectly understood the constraints of our very specific mission."
"Scientific research is constantly at the forefront of technology, pushing the boundaries of high-performance computing and demanding higher processing power with greater scalability," said Tom Garrison, head of enterprise marketing, Intel EMEA. "Intel Itanium 2 processor-based systems deliver optimum levels of performance to support this kind of complex, data-intensive operation, in both academic and enterprise environments. We are delighted that by combining Itanium 2 processors with Bull servers, the Castilla-La Mancha Science University now has a powerful, reliable and scaleable platform that will dramatically enhance its ability to complete cutting-edge research now and in the future."
"The choice of the Castilla-La Mancha University underscores Bull's capacity, through its NovaScale® server range, to help the most advanced European public research institutions address highly complex challenges at the lowest possible cost," said Bruno Pinna, Director of Bull's Intel based servers Business Unit. "It is also a demonstration of the long-standing cooperation between the teams of Bull and those of the University."
Bull NovaScale® 6320 server
The NovaScale® range is at the heart of Bull's strategy to provide its customers with open and modular mainframe-class servers, supporting Microsoft® Windows®, Linux® and GCOS. Specially designed to support mission critical applications, the NovaScale® 6000 series support up to 32 Intel® Itanium® 2 processors with advanced physical partitioning features.
The Bull NovaScale® 6320 server offers very large computing power and bandwidth, and also meets the needs of scientific and technical applications that require performing nodes within cluster or grid architectures.
Bull provides optimized compilers, complete scientific libraries, storage, and clustering solutions. Since their launch in March 2003, Bull NovaScale® servers have won numerous successes, in both commercial applications and High Performance Computing.
For more information about Bull NovaScale, download the "IDC Insight: Bull fills out NovaScale line" at http://www.bull.com/novascale/idc_report/index.php
For more information on the MOMAC and the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Toledo:
http://www.uclm.es/organos/vic_investigacion/web/grupos/intro2.html
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About Bull
Bull designs and develops servers, software and services for an open environment, integrating the most advanced technologies. In this respect, Bull's range of NovaScale servers combines the openness of standards with the robustness of mainframes. It brings to its customers its expertise and know-how to help them in the transformation of their information systems and to optimize their IT infrastructure and their applications.
Bull is particularly present in the public sector, banking, finance, telecommunication, utilities and manufacturing sectors. Capitalizing on its wide experience, the Group has a thorough understanding of the business and specific processes of these sectors, thus enabling it to efficiently advise and to accompany its customers. Its distribution network spreads to over 100 countries worldwide.
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