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<h2 id="hardware-models">Hardware Models</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Model #</th><th>Nodes</th><th>Codename</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>SC5832</td><td>972</td><td>Blizzard</td><td>36 blades</td></tr><tr><td>SC1458</td><td>243</td><td>Hail</td><td>9 blades</td></tr><tr><td>SC648</td><td>108</td><td>Snow</td><td>4 blades</td></tr><tr><td>SC162</td><td>27</td><td>Sleet</td><td>a single blade</td></tr><tr><td>SC072 "Catapult"</td><td>12</td><td>Flurry</td><td>Standard Workstation for Application Development</td></tr><tr><td>SC24</td><td>4</td><td>Frost</td><td><a href="/facts/Diagnostic_board/LqEbIQGg">Diagnostic board</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090531211623/http://www.top500.org/2007_overview_recent_supercomputers/sicortex_sc_series">https://web.archive.org/web/20090531211623/http://www.top500.org/2007_overview_recent_supercomputers/sicortex_sc_series</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/01/04/through_ups_and_downs_creative_mill_grinds_on/">http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/01/04/through_ups_and_downs_creative_mill_grinds_on/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Argonne-National-Lab-acquires-first-SiCortex-SC5832-824-1/">http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Argonne-National-Lab-acquires-first-SiCortex-SC5832-824-1/</a></li> <li>Tally, Steve <a href="http://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2008a/080610McCartneySICortex.html">"New green supercomputer powers up at Purdue"</a>.</li> <li>Morgan, Timothy Prickett (19 September 2008). <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/19/sicortex_kicker/">"SiCortex cranks clocks on mega MIPS machines"</a>.</li> <li>Vance, Ashlee (20 November 2006). <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/20/sicortex_sc06/">"Startup takes Reg's coveted 'Top FLOP' award"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/The_Register/3CEJaRob">The Register</a></i>.</li> <li>Morgan, Timothy Prickett (12 March 2009). <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/sicortex_super_nehalem/">"Supercomputer niche chucks rocks at Nehalem"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/The_Register/3CEJaRob">The Register</a></i>.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~stace/sicortexpics/">Installation Photos @ Argonne National Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/interesting_computer_items/sicortex-supercomputer-cpu-pcb">Signed PCB & Rhode Island Computer Museum</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Snell, Addison (27 May 2009). "Powered Down: SiCortex to Sell Off Assets of Company" Archived 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. HPCwire. <a href="http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Powered-Down-SiCortex-to-Sell-Off-Assets-of-Company-46275157.html" target="_blank">http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Powered-Down-SiCortex-to-Sell-Off-Assets-of-Company-46275157.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Morgan, Timothy Prickett (28 May 2009). "Super computer innovator preps for asset sale". The Register. <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/28/sicortex_assets/" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/28/sicortex_assets/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"System Administration Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-16. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064651/http://sicortex.com/registration/download/496/3255/file/System%20Admin%20Guide.pdf.PDF" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064651/http://sicortex.com/registration/download/496/3255/file/System%20Admin%20Guide.pdf.PDF</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>