APPLICATIONS

Global supercomputer leader Cray today announced that it has received an order for a Cray X1E system upgrade and a Cray XD1 supercomputer system from Madison Research Corporation for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). SMDC will use the Cray supercomputers to run computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes to generate aerodynamics models for a wide range of missile configurations, and to simulate phenomena such as jet and shock interactions, combustion modeling, and propulsion flow. SMDC selected the Cray systems for their ability to run larger, more complex simulations and produce higher-resolution results. "We are excited that SMDC is expanding their long-term relationship with Cray. SMDC is giving its researchers access to Cray's latest vector supercomputer technology and, with the purchase of the Cray XD1 system, is also turning to Cray for the first time for a microprocessor-based system," said Cray President Peter Ungaro. The Cray X1E upgrade with 32 multistreaming vector processors is scheduled to be installed this month at SMDC's Simulation Center in Huntsville, AL, where it will be used to support SMDC's global missions. A 1.27-teraflop Cray XD1 system with 144 Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors will be installed in the same facility later this summer. Madison Research Corporation is the prime contractor that operates SMDC's Simulation Center. Funding is through the U.S. Department of Defense's High Performance Computing Modernization Program.