Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Acquires Cray CS Cluster Supercomputer to Advance Aerospace Research
August 29 2017 - 4:05PM
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today
announced it has delivered a Cray® CS™ cluster supercomputer to
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. The
four-cabinet Cray CS400™ system will power collaborative applied
research with industry partners at the University’s new research
facility – the John Mica Engineering and Aerospace Innovation
Complex (“MicaPlex”) at Embry-Riddle Research Park.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University teaches the science,
practice, and business of aviation, aerospace, and engineering. The
curriculum at Embry-Riddle covers the operation, engineering,
research, manufacturing, marketing, and management of modern
aircraft and the systems that support them. The University engages
in extensive research in astronautics, space and atmospheric
physics, space vehicles, commercial space operations, as well as
unmanned and autonomous aerial, land, surface and underwater
systems.
The University’s new Cray CS system, named “Vega”, which is the
fifth brightest star in the sky and the second brightest star in
the northern celestial hemisphere, is currently in production and
will substantially enhance the University’s position to attract and
conduct both applied and theoretical, externally funded research.
Vega will play an important role in Embry-Riddle’s efforts to build
new collaborations between the University and aerospace companies
to develop, refine, and bring new products and technological
services to market.
“As a powerful numerical research tool, our new Cray system is a
wonderful complement to the new state-of-the-art wind tunnel and
other experimental facilities at the MicaPlex,” said Dr. William
Engblom, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and HPC
Committee Chair. “High-performance computing capabilities are
vitally important to the aerospace and aviation industries, and we
are pleased that our students and faculty can now apply the power
and performance of a Cray supercomputer to their research
projects.”
“Embry-Riddle has a rich, respected history in the aviation and
aerospace communities, and we are honored that a Cray supercomputer
will support their commitment to pioneering research and educating
the next-generation of industry professionals,” said Fred Kohout,
Cray’s senior vice president of products and chief marketing
officer. “Our Cray CS systems leverage our 40-plus years of
designing and building world-class supercomputers, and we are
pleased that industry-leading organizations like Embry-Riddle
continue to recognize the impact Cray supercomputers can have in
achieving breakthrough results.”
The Cray CS cluster supercomputers are industry-standards-based,
highly customizable, and expressly designed to handle the most
demanding range of simulation, research, analytics, and machine
learning problems at scale. Cray CS systems provide flexible node
configurations featuring the latest processor and interconnect
technologies giving customers the ability to tailor a system to
specific needs — from an all-purpose high-performance computing
cluster to an accelerated system configured for shared memory,
large memory, or accelerator-based tasks.
For more information on the Cray CS cluster supercomputers,
please visit the Cray website at www.cray.com.
About Cray Inc.Global supercomputing leader
Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) provides innovative systems and solutions
enabling scientists and engineers in industry, academia and
government to meet existing and future simulation and analytics
challenges. Leveraging more than 40 years of experience in
developing and servicing the world’s most advanced supercomputers,
Cray offers a comprehensive portfolio of supercomputers and big
data storage and analytics solutions delivering unrivaled
performance, efficiency and scalability. Cray’s Adaptive
Supercomputing vision is focused on delivering innovative
next-generation products that integrate diverse processing
technologies into a unified architecture, allowing customers to
meet the market’s continued demand for realized performance. Go to
www.cray.com for more information.
About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully
accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a
nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 80
baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its
colleges of Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering
and Security & Intelligence. Embry-Riddle educates students at
residential campuses in Daytona Beach,
Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and the Worldwide
Campus with more than 125 locations in the United States,
Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and through online programs. The
university is a major research center, seeking solutions to
real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry,
other universities and government agencies. For more information,
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