New Cray X1E Supercomputer at India's NCMRWF Will Be the Most Powerful Weather Prediction System in the Region15 March 2006
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced that India's National Centre for Medium Range WeatherForecasting (NCMRWF) will acquire a Cray X1E™ supercomputer that willrank as the subcontinent's largest and most powerful numerical weatherprediction (NWP) system. NCMRWF, an agency within India's Department ofScience and Technology located in Noida near New Delhi, recently orderedthe system through Cray partner Hinditron Infosystems, part of HinditronGroup.
The new 64-processor supercomputer will enable NCMRWF to improveforecasting for the nation's agricultural sector and other communities ofinterest by running advanced applications that increase spatial resolutionand forecast length. Scientists at NCMRWF and similar organizationsworldwide make medium-range (three to 10 days) and longer-range forecastsby using detailed global numerical weather prediction models running onhigh-performance computing (HPC) platforms.
"We are looking forward to using our new Cray X1E system, as it may help usin enhancing accuracy, consistency and range of our medium-range global NWPguidance, as well as guidance for forecasting high-impact weather over thecountry and neighborhood," said Dr. A. K. Bohra, head of NCMRWF. "It isexpected to help us improve our Agro-Advisory Services, in which accurate,reliable, location-specific predictions are crucial input. The new Craysystem will allow us to move to a more advanced and comprehensive dataassimilation system, facilitating enhanced use of information fromsatellites, radars and other non-conventional data sources."
"The new Cray X1E installation at NCMRWF continues a technologicalrelationship that extends back to 1989," said Per Nyberg, Cray's EarthSciences Segment director. "With its strong commitment to leading-edgetechnology and research, India represents a vibrant and growing market forCray supercomputers. Throughout the world, Cray supercomputers are givingearth system scientists powerful tools for accomplishing breakthroughresearch and providing significant benefits to their communities."
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"Hinditron Group is very pleased to be associated with Cray in deliveringthe new Cray X1E system in a timely manner, thus contributing to theimportant mission of providing NWP guidance to the Indian agriculturalcommunity and other users," said Hinditron Managing Director SaurabhSonawala.
About the Cray X1E Supercomputer
The Cray X1E system delivers maximum performance for the world's mostchallenging computational problems by combining the processor performanceof traditional vector systems with the scalability of microprocessor-basedarchitectures. High performance interconnect and memory subsystems allowthe Cray X1E system to scale from 16 to 8,192 processors, delivering up to147 teraflops in a single system. The Cray X1E supercomputer and itspredecessor, the Cray X1 supercomputer, are the first vector systemsdesigned to scale to thousands of processors in a single system image. Goto http://www.cray.com/products/x1e/index.html for more information.
About the India National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
A division of India's Department of Science and Technology, NCMRWF isIndia's premier institution for delivering medium-range weatherforecasting, meteorological advisories and customized forecast products.NCMRWF serves Indian farmers through the Agro Advisory Services, and alsoserves various other sectors of economy, as the stakes for accurate weatherforecast in an economy like India are very high. The organization alsocarries out research and development activities in various meteorologicalareas, including understanding of the monsoon in particular and tropicalweather in general. Go to www.ncmrwf.gov.in for more information.
About Hinditron Group
Located in Mumbai, Hinditron Group has established itself as one of thepioneering technology companies in India since its founding in 1966.Hinditron provides complete solutions to clients in a broad spectrum ofenterprises in India and internationally. These solutions includeinformation technology, instrumentation, telecommunication products, videoand broadband, and software products and services. Hinditron has astrategic alliance with Cray Inc. and acts as that company's representativein India.
About Cray Inc.
As the global leader in HPC, Cray provides innovative supercomputingsystems that enable scientists and engineers in government, industry andacademia to meet both existing and future computational challenges.Building on years of experience in designing, developing, marketing andservicing the world's most advanced supercomputers, Cray offers acomprehensive portfolio of HPC systems that deliver unrivaled sustainedperformance on a wide range of applications. Go to www.cray.com for moreinformation.
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