GRAVITOR II

  Version française

Parallel super computer with 132 processors
for astrophysical simulations



 
 
 

N-body simulation with 8 millions particles Modèle de Kawai et al. calculé sur GRAVITOR

This project is funded and supported by:

  Generalities   Schematic diagram of Gravitor
  Scientific projects   Hardware details
  Software details   Technical details (restricted access, in French)
  Photos of the installation (~1 MB)

Gravitor with the leader of the project, Daniel Pfenniger

Main contributions:

Gilles Simond  (system and web installation)
Paul Bartholdi  (tests, advices)
Alain Hugentobler (Web advices)
Michel Crausaz  (linking up to the cable network)
Jean-François Bopp  (shelf, supervision, air-conditioning)
Daniel Friedli  (Web pages)
Daniel Pfenniger  (studies, installation, management, responsible person)
 

Principal hardware suppliers:

Micromania (almost all the hardware)
Atek  (hardware)
Inikon AG (Foundry Networks   representative in Switzerland)  (Fast Iron II Communicator)
Transtec AG (Fast Ethernet cables)
Migros (shelfs)
 

Principal software suppliers:

Linus Torvald + ~1000 collaborators on Internet (Linux operating system)
Free Software Foundation  (GNU) ("free" software)
RedHat  (Linux distribution)
 

Contact address: Daniel.Pfenniger@obs.unige.ch

Last modifications:  October 15 1999 (DP)