Stallo (computer)

Stallo is a supercomputer at the University of Tromsø. It was put into use on the 10 December 2007, then as the world 87th most powerful supercomputer, and reached, in June 2008, a peak of 62nd[1] in the TOP500 list of supercomputers.

Picture of a supercomputer

Usage

Stallo is operated through NOTUR, the Norwegian Metacenter for Computational Science, and is used for a variety of tasks by universities and industry.[2]

Statistics

Stallo is a 1040 CPU / 9,184 core system employing two versions of Intel Xeon chipsets with a peak performance of 104 TFlop/s.[3] Overall Stallo has 19.7 TB RAM and 155.2 TB internal disk capacity.

Name

The name is taken from a mythical figure in Sami folklore, Stallo.

References
  1. "TOP500 entry for Stallo". Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. "NOTUR website". Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. "Stallo user guide". notor.no. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
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