SGI Introduces the SGI BioCluster Life Sciences Workflow Solution

SGI Altix XE Cluster with eXludus Grid Optimizer Delivers 90 Percent Acceleration of BLASTn and 70 Percent Acceleration of HMMER SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With clusters the fastest growing segment of the computer market in biosciences according to the IDC indu...

Itanium Solutions Alliance Selects Sweden's Kiwok as the 2009 Innovation Awards Winner for Humanitarian Impact

...rmation system that integrates 1,600 applications actively used by more than 43,000 students, teachers and other staff into a uniform Web environment. sgi Altix servers running on Itanium processors host tools utilized for online enrollment, e-learning modules, as well as applications allowing students t...

SGI in Biological News

Strange molecule in the sky cleans acid rain, scientists discover

...tory techniques at the University of Pennsylvania and the supercomputing resources available at Purdue, Francisco says. The computation was done on an sgi Altix supercomputer operated by the Office of Information Technology at Purdue. "The key is knowing where to look and how to identify new chemical ...

Women's health-related scientific findings presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers

...ze contributions to the training and career development of investigators in the field of reproductive and womens health, the award is named for former sgi President Frederick Naftolin, M.D., Ph.D., of New York University. It is indeed an honor to receive this award, said Dr. Roberts, professor and vic...

World's biggest heart model simulated at Université de Montréal

...se. The computer on which the simulation was performed, a 768-processor sgi Altix 4700, is the largest shared-memory computing system in Canada. Operat...art. In late October, Potse and Vinet had the opportunity to use the entire sgi Altix system and its1.2TB of shared memory to solve the largest, most detai...

SGI in Biological Technology

Malaysia Genome Institute Advances Bioinformatics Research Using SGI Technology

SGI Altix, Altix XE Cluster and SGI InfiniteStorage Combination Delivers Cohesive NAS/SAN Workflow Environment for All Stages of Research SUNNYVALE, Calif. and LORNE, Australia, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 29th Annual Lorne Genome Conference -- To create an optimal workflow that encom...

UW-Madison picks scalable SGI computer to simulate weather

Rendered data from an experimental CIMSS satellite. Courtesy of UW-Madison. Madison, Wis. To model something as big as the weather, the University of Wisconsin's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies needed a bigger computer. The institute has begun testing its wea...

Synthetic Genomics Inc. and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company Sign Exclusive, Multi-Year Agreement to Develop Next Generation Biofuels Using Photosynthetic Algae

... As part of the multi-faceted agreement, sgi will receive milestone payments for achievements in developing biofuel products. Total funding for sgi in research and development activities and milesto...to third parties. "This agreement between sgi and EMRE represents a comprehensive, long-term res...

Bio-IT World Announces the Winners of its 2009 Best Practices Awards Program

...emi Greyzdorf, IDC Jim Kremidas, Quintiles Alan Louie, Health Industry Insights/IDC Eric Neumann, Clinical Semantics Group Deepak Thakkar, sgi Phillips Kuhl, Cambridge Healthtech Institute Sponsors Sponsors generously underwriting the 2009 Best Practices Awards are Tessella, BlueArc Co...

UK's Institute of Cancer Research and Silicon Graphics Establish Long-Term Alliance to Design and Outfit World-Class Network Biology Lab

...lti-year collaboration, Silicon Graphics, Inc . ( sgi ) (Nasdaq: SGIC ) today announced it will provid...SGIC ), is a leader in high-performance computing. sgi delivers a complete range of high-performance serv...veries, innovation and information transformation. sgi solutions help customers solve their computing cha...

J. Craig Venter Institute Researchers Publish Significant Advance in Genome Assembly Technology

...ssence turning yeast into a genetic factory for specifically designed and optimized processes. This advance is being used by scientists at the company sgi in making next generation biofuels and biochemicals more efficiently. "We continue to be amazed by the capacity of yeast to simultaneously t...

AMDL, Inc. Retains Strategic Growth International Inc. as its Global Investor Relations Advisor

... Company in growing its financial market presence. sgi will assist the Company in establishing a stronger...trong communications is imperative to our success. sgi has a strong reputation with an exceptional team a...nual sales consecutively over the next 3 years." sgi Co-Founder Rich Cooper also commented saying, "We ...

SGI Breakthrough Technology Empowers Genome Center Research Around the World

... sgi Servers and Storage Systems Fuel Faster Time to Di... that plague mankind, breakthrough technology from sgi (Nasdaq: SGIC ) is powering research in genome ce...ter time to discovery. "Exciting combinations of sgi technology enable bioscientists to achieve genome ...

SGI, Introduces Powerful High End Visualization Tools

...med Product of the Year by Linux Journal Magazine, sgi rolled out the latest version of its popular visu...point on a yeah, right wish list. In the Tezro, sgi says, it offers a workstation designed for creativ...e desktop. In other words, just the kind of people sgi wants poring over its product specs to purchase a ...

Chippewa Valley Draws Defense Dollars

... a prototype high-performance computer for the Naval Research Lab, as well as $5 million for improvements to Air Force F-16 flight simulators that use sgi computers. "If finalized, this funding would further boost the growing role of Chippewa Valley companies in producing cutting edge tools for our arm...

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