Acquisition of a Parallel Graphics Computer for Inter-Disciplinary Computational Science Research

9512270 Nicol拟议的项目是购置一台并行图形计算机--Silicon Graphics Onyx对称多处理器，它将支持各种计算科学研究活动。这台计算机除了支持现有的研究外，还将为启动计算流体力学、流动可视化、材料科学、地球物理以及用于模拟和分析复杂离散系统的并行算法的新的跨学科研究提供焦点。这种计算科学环境将具有以下共同属性：(1)计算机科学家感兴趣的基础研究的并行体系结构，以及(2)足以支持物理学家当代计算和数据可视化要求的存储器、计算能力和复杂的高速图形能力。***

9512270 Nicol The proposed project is to acquire a parallel graphics computer, a Silicon Graphics Onyx symmetric multiprocessor, that will support a wide variety of computational science research activities. This computer will provide a focal point for the initiation of new inter-disciplinary research in computational fluid dynamics, flow visualization, materials science, geophysics, and parallel algorithms for the simulation and analysis of complex discrete systems in addition to supporting existing research. This computational science environment will have the following joint attributes: (1) a parallel architecture of basic research interest to computer scientists, and (2) memory, computational power and sophisticated high-speed graphics capabilities sufficient to support the contemporary computational and data visualization requirements of physical scientists. ***