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Merope (supercomputer)
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Merope was a cluster composed of repurposed Intel Xeon X5670 (Westmere) processors that were once part of the Pleiades supercomputer. The system is used both for running real-world computational jobs for NASA scientists and engineers and for testing purposes. Housed in an auxiliary processing center located about 1 kilometer from the NAS facility at NASA Ames Research Center.[1]
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Design | |
Manufacturer | Silicon Graphics International |
Release date | circa 2016 |
Decommission date | May 12, 2021 |
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Operating system | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
CPU | Intel Xeon X5670 |
Memory | 86 TB |
FLOPS | 252 teraflops |
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Merope (pronounced MEH-reh-pee) is named after one of the seven stars that make up the Pleiades open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.