Upgrading (and Expanding) the Geophysics Computer Network at Purdue

9726013 King这笔拨款为普渡大学地球物理计算设施升级提供部分费用支持。具体来说，升级将涉及购买SUN Ultra双处理器工作站、SUN Ultra单处理器工作站、内存扩展、SCSI大容量存储设备、磁带驱动器、打印机和扫描仪。快速过时是计算机行业的一个标志，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、广泛的RAM和海量数据存储能力。七名高级和初级系教师及其研究生将从这些升级中受益，用于需要先进计算的广泛研究，包括地幔动力学建模、收敛边界附近岩石圈变形建模、冰流动力学建模、断层相关褶皱的地质力学研究、地震层析成像和水文媒介景观演化建模。＊＊＊

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. ***