Bull to Install Supercomputer at University of Liverpool

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This week Bull Information Systems announced plans to install a 40 Teraflop water-cooled supercomputer at the University of Liverpool.

Cliff Addison, manager of Advanced Research Computing at the University of Liverpool said the university chose Bull because it could provide not only with high-quality HPC solutions but access to extensive expertise and new thinking in HPC and ongoing guidance in implementing and running the solutions and the ability to test out the latest technologies at its industry-leading benchmarking facility. “We also liked Bull’s specific knowledge of and commitment to open source software and its willingness to contribute proactively to the engagement process,” Addison said.

The system interconnect will reportedly be based on InfiniBand. Read the Full Story.