Upgrading (and Expanding) the Geophysics Computer Network at Purdue

9726013这笔赠款提供普渡大学地球物理计算设施升级费用的部分支持。具体地说，升级将包括购买SUN超级双处理器工作站、SUN超单处理器工作站、内存扩展、SCSI海量存储设备、磁带驱动器、打印机和扫描仪。快速淘汰是计算机行业的标志，这群活跃的地球科学家的计算需求保证了最新的基于Unix的CPU、大量的RAM和海量数据存储能力。7名高级和初级系教员及其研究生将从这些升级中受益，用于需要高级计算的广泛研究，包括模拟地幔动力学、模拟汇聚边界附近的岩石圈变形、模拟冰流动力学、与断层相关的褶皱的地球力学研究、地震层析成像以及模拟水文中介的地貌演变。***

9726013 King This grant provides partial support of the costs of upgrading the geophysics computing facility at Purdue University. Specifically, the upgrade will involve purchase of SUN Ultra dual processor workstations, SUN Ultra single processor workstations, memory expansions, SCSI mass store devices, tape drives, a printer, and a scanner. Rapid obsolescence is a trademark of the computer industry and the computational needs of this active group of geoscientists warrants the latest in UNIX-based CPU's, extensive RAM and massive data storage capabilities. A mix of seven senior and junior departmental faculty members and their graduate students will benefit from these upgrades for a wide range of research requiring advanced computation including, modeling mantle dynamics, modeling lithospheric deformation near convergent boundaries, modeling ice-flow dynamics, geomechanical studies of fault-related folding, seismic tomography, and modeling hydrologically mediated landscape evolution. ***