The Earth Simulator Center

Advanced Visualization and Perception Research Group / Infrastructure

Main systems used by this group for visualization are introduced.

Asterism Ultra Model This GWS is used to control our CAVE system called BRAVE. The specification is as follows. CPU AMD Opteron 8224 SE (3.2GHz Dual Core) x 8 Memory 256GB Graphics NVIDIA Quadro PLEX 1000 Model IV x 2 HDD 8TB

BRAVE BRAVE is the CAVE system and has 4 screens (3 walls and a floor). As a graphic workstation, SGI Onyx3800 is used. The interactive visualization software "VFIVE" is used on this system. Further particular is here. Liquid Crystal Shutter Glasses Controller BRAVE

Xserve G5 PC Cluster The specification is as follows. Master Node Apple PowerMacG5 2.5GHz Quad CPU PowerPC G5 Dual-core (2.5GHz) x 2 Memory 8GB Graphics NVIDIA QUADRO FX 4500, Mem 512MB HDD 500GB Cluster Node Apple XServeG5 2.3GHz Dual CPU PowerPC G5 Dual-core (2.3GHz) Memory 4GB HDD 500GB Storage Xserve RAID, 7TB

Asterism Ultra Model The specification is as follows. CPU AMD Opteron 8224 SE (3.2GHz Dual Core) x 8 Memory 128GB Graphics NVIDIA QUADRO FX 5600 x 2 HDD 8TB Multi Monitors 24 inch, WUXGA(1920x1200) x 4

Onyx3800

This GWS was used to control our CAVE system called BRAVE. Processors 12 Memory 24GB HDD 11TB

Onyx4 This system is used by not only APRG members but also members of other groups. Mainly, AVS/Express is used for visualizing data on this system. Processors 4 Memory 16GB