Talk about a computer with bragging rights! The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) will soon be introducing their very own SGI Altix supercomputer. Responsible for helping with the computation of the energy systems, this must have set Japan back a few dimes and nickels.

My question is whether we will see something like this take shape in the US as well. The overall importance is definitely tied into where it would be placed, I am still finding myself curious regardless.

Silicon Graphics announced that the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) will introduce an SGI Altix supercomputer as its new core computation system to assist in developing leading energy systems.

As a result of a competitive bidding process, Fujitsu Limited in cooperation with SGI Japan will deliver to JAERI the new SGI Altix 3700 Bx2 model which is based on 2,048 Intel Itanium 2 processors, the Linux operating environment and over 13 terabytes of memory - the world’s largest memory capacity. The system is scheduled to fully operate at the end of March 2005.