The University of Southampton recently launched the Iridis 3 supercomputer, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the UK. The system, which uses
IBM iDataPlex [1] rackmount servers and includes more than 8,000 cores, debuted at number 74 in the Nov. 2009
Top 500 list [2]. The iDataPlex features a half-depth form factor that reduces the airflow required across the components, lowering the power while providing twice the number of servers in the same space as a standard 42U rack. This video from a UK news report provides a closer look at this supercomputer. It runs about 3 minutes, 30 seconds.
For more coverage of information about supercomputing, check out our
High Performance Computing Channel [3]. For additional video, check out our
DCK video archive [4] and the
Data Center Videos [5] channel on YouTube.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] IBM iDataPlex: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/04/23/a-closer-look-at-ibms-idataplex-server/
[2] Top 500 list: http://www.top500.org/system/10243
[3] High Performance Computing Channel: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/category/hpc/
[4] DCK video archive: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/data_center_videos-index.html
[5] Data Center Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/DataCenterVideos
[6] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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