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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. |
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