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Lab: Naval Research Laboratory
Category: Computer Systems



4556 Overlook Avenue S.W.
Washington, DC, 20375


Phone: 202-767-3083 ext.
Fax: 202-404-7920

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FUNCTION: Provides the Advanced Information Technology (AIT) Branch and NRL staff the capability to conduct research in virtual engineering, distributed simulation, parallel processing, and collaborative environment technologies.

DESCRIPTION: The NEWAVE facility has been developed as a multiscreen distributed simulation laboratory and viewport. It is powered by SGI workstations and servers, including a 8-CPU Onyx2 InfiniteReality2E with 16 GB Random Access Memory (RAM), 2 graphical pipelines, and hundreds of GB disk space as well as several Pentium Workstations linked to the NRL, HPC Distributed Center with ATM/ SONET networking. The facility is capable of handling high-performance computing, graphics, and distributed simulation. It is a multipurpose facility, that can be used as a command center, battlefield visualization, virtual prototyping, flight simulator, collaborative engineering environment, warfare analysis, wargaming, and many other applications.