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Computing: SGI 16-processor Graphics Server (nwvisus)

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  • SGI Onyx 350 system
  • 16 800 MHz R16000 processors
  • 32 gigabytes of RAM
  • 3 V12 graphics boards

The primary graphics server in EMSL's Graphics & Visualization Laboratory is code-named NWVisus. This server is comprised of a Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) Onyx 350 system with sixteen 800-MHz R16000 processors, 32 gigabytes of RAM, three graphics pipes, and 820 gigabytes of striped local disk storage.

The system contains digital audio/video output for digital audio/video streaming. The system's digital video network captures users' scientific visualization for real-time recording. The system is equipped with a 23-inch stereo display viewed using CrystalEyes technology (primary display) and two secondary displays. The system is also connected to Christie Mirage 2000 stereo video projection capability to allow for a larger display for presentations and collaborations within a larger group. Users who wish to use this system for their research may submit a proposal for use. Once the proposal is granted, Graphics & Visualization Laboratory staff can provide the training specific to the user's needs.

Users who wish to apply this system to their research may submit a proposal viaUser Access. Once the proposal is granted, Graphics & Visualization Laboratory staff can provide the training specific to the user's needs.

For more information, see the Graphics & Visualization Laboratory website and the Visualization Gallery, which provides examples of work performed at the Graphics & Visualization Laboratory.

  1. High-capacity hydrogen storage in lithium and sodium amidoboranes.
  2. Spectroscopic Studies of the Phase Transition in Ammonia Borane: Raman spectroscopy of single crystal NH3BH3 as a function of temperature from 88 to 330 K.
  3. Shared and closed-shell O-O interactions in silicates.
  4. Science for Problems Under the Surface.
  5. Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Transition-Metal Systems.
  1. Energetics and Dynamics of Electron Transfer and Proton Transfer in Dissociation of MetalIII(salen)-Peptide Complexes in the Gas Phase (Getting a Charge)