NOVEMBER 17, 2008 -- Fujitsu Network Communications (search for Fujitsu Network Communications) today announced that a three-node configuration of FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM platform will provide two 40-Gbit/sec wavelengths for the SCinet WAN network at the upcoming Supercomputing Conference 2008 (SC08). This network is created each year during the SC conference by volunteers from universities, government, and industry to highlight cutting-edge platforms in high-performance computing (HPC), networking, storage, and analysis.
One FLASHWAVE 7500 node will be co-located with the Ranger supercomputer, one of the top five supercomputers in the world, at the Texas Advanced Computer Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin. A second FLASHWAVE 7500 node residing at the Austin point-of-presence (PoP) will receive 10-Gbit/sec transmissions from other ROADM devices that provide connectivity from as far away as Amsterdam. The third FLASHWAVE 7500 node will be on display in the SCinet NOC at SC08. The three nodes will be interconnected to highlight 40-Gbit/sec optical transmission and 4 x 10-Gbit/sec multiplexing into separate wavelengths, each operating at 40 Gbits/sec.
"The SC08 conference will demonstrate that the requirements for higher capacity interconnection between service elements used by research and education entities continue to grow at a remarkable pace," reports Stephen Carlton, vice president of planning and product management at Fujitsu Network Communications. "With support for up to 40 separate wavelengths of 40 Gbits/sec per wavelength, our FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM is ideal for creating the necessary infrastructure that will allow these service elements to function most efficiently," Carlton contends.
SC'08 will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX, from November 15 to 21, 2008. Show visitors will get a glimpse of the kinds of scientific simulations Ranger is capable of performing, as researchers at TACC demonstrate file sharing applications with their colleagues at SC'08. Ranger, which boasts a peak performance of 579.4 teraflops, and other Petascale systems of its kind are poised to address society's most pervasive challenges such global climate change, high energy physics, new energy sources, and natural disasters.
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