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Close-Up on Arizona State University

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Researchers at Arizona State University's High Performance Computing Initiative (HPCI) need world-class computing resources to address complex research problems, from identifying the optical effects of the jet stream over observatories to understanding the effects of environmental transport on global and regional scales.

In building its primary high-performance computing (HPC) cluster, the HPCI team selected Quad-Core IntelŽ XeonŽ processors 5300 and 5400 series to deliver the performance researchers require within their budget. HPCI engineers also adopted IntelŽ software tools to optimize the performance of research applications on the IntelŽ architecture.

"My funding agencies have specific problems that they want me to solve," explains Alex Mahalov, a professor in the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program at Arizona State University (ASU). "With an Intel-based HPC cluster, I can deliver. As a result, I can attract more research funds. These state-of-the-art HPC clusters are also attracting world-class researchers. People are coming to ASU to see the breakthroughs that can be achieved using Intel Xeon processor-based HPC clusters."