OIL & GAS

Silicon Graphics Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. and Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd. today announced that Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS) - a premier research laboratory established by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has invested in high performance computing technology and solutions powered by SGI and Intel to drive innovation in its weather forecasting and climate research programmes. C-MMACS's newest acquisition is the Intel® Itanium® 2 processor-based SGI® Altix® 350 server that will enhance weather and ocean modeling work for rainfall prediction in India. The newly installed server with 12 Itanium 2 processors will be used to run MOM4 - a code used extensively by ocean and weather modeling agencies around the world. The Modular Ocean Model (MOM) is a numerical representation of the ocean's hydrostatic primitive equations, and is designed primarily as a tool for studying the global ocean climate system. The onsite technical co-operation between SGI and Intel engineers supported C-MMACS scientists to recompile the code on the SGI Altix 350 platform with Intel compilers and 64-bit Linux® operating system. This resulted in a considerable performance improvement over previously used platforms. SGI® technology has powered weather forecasting in half of the world's weather centers, while high-end SGI systems have enabled researchers to speed the search for answers to complex questions on environmental trends and global warming for many years. "With this deployment, we will be able to establish ourselves as a leading user of future proof technologies in the research sector. This deployment will also add a critical dimension to our IT infrastructure, enabling C-MMACS to enhance our research and development capabilities," said Dr Gangan Pratap, Scientist-In-Charge, C-MMACS. Added Mr. Thangavelu, Scientist, C-MMACS, "The combination of powerful Intel Itanium 2 processors, 64-bit Linux and the scalability of SGI Altix 350 provides a combination which is highly suited for the demanding modeling work being carried out at C-MMACS." "Our work with C-MMACS underlines Intel's strategy and on-going effort to build a wide base of trusted and tested business solutions, based on the Intel Architecture", says Shrikant Patil, Director - Solutions Group, South Asia, Intel Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd. "Through initiatives like this, with leading technology providers like SGI, we hope to extend our engagement with the scientific and research community and facilitate greater collaboration between Intel and leading research communities across the region." "We are extremely proud that a premier research organization like C-MMACS has selected the SGI Altix 350 server for their core research. The combination of Intel Itanium 2 processors, SGI NUMAflex architecture and 64-bit Linux has created a power house compute platform that enables a significantly higher degree of efficiency in solving complex scientific and technical problems like ocean and weather modeling," said Dr Prasad Medury, Managing Director, Silicon Graphics Systems (India) Pvt Ltd. CSIR established in 1988 the CSIR Center for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, in short called C-MMACS. The Center is located in the Belur campus of the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), in Bangalore. The policies and programmes of the Center are approved and monitored by a high level Advisory Committee under the Chairmanship of the Director General of CSIR,. Comprising members drawn from various academic, research and development and industrial institutions. The Center has a core scientific technical staff, with a dozen Ph.D's in varied areas, notably physical, mathematical and engineering sciences.