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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.” Background: 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