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Open Source SpeedShop Project Opened

Posted by timothy on from the big-money-big-money dept.

drjzzz writes "Federal Computer Week reports that the National Nuclear Security Administration of the US Department of Energy is paying about $3 million of a $6.8 million collaboration between Silicon Graphics and the Universities of Maryland and Wisconsin to develop an open-source version of SpeedShop, SGI's performance analysis tools. This will redress what a SGI engineer characterizes as scarce analysis software for Linux. A "Pro" version will also be developed and sold by SGI. Maybe even those of us without access to ASCI White can tweak our boxen to do 3D simulations of complete nuclear detonations, NNSA's main interest. Now that's what I call homeland security and real respect for the spirit of the second amendment."

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  1. A legit question by Erect+Horsecock · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does SGI have any customers other than the US govt? Everytime they are mentioned in the news it has to do with a branch of the federal government or the military buying a cluster. I know on their website they mention oil/gas research and other scientific fields as customers, but does anybody buy as much sgi gear as Uncle Sam?

    I do have to admit that SGI is the only company that has made me interested in Itanium in any kind of way.

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    I hope you die painfully and alone.
    1. Re:A legit question by Erect+Horsecock · · Score: 2, Interesting

      There is no question about the money, they are at least making enough to stay afloat I believe.
      Will your company stay on SGI gear after they kill off MIPS and Irix and go Linux/IA64? Or are you "solution shopping" for the future?

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      I hope you die painfully and alone.
    2. Re:A legit question by presearch · · Score: 2, Funny

      I am sorry though i can't tell you the company name (wish i could)..

      SecurIT Informatique Inc. Montréal, Québec?

      (security is everyone's responsibility)

  2. Lack of nuclears?! by PickyH3D · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I hope that is UWI - Madison, which actually has a nuclear engineering department.

    Much to most of the Slashdot communities pleasure, I am sure, there are not many nuclear engineering schools left.

    This should be developed by one of the nuclear engineering firms, such as AREVA and not a bunch of students, regardless of whether it is to be open source or not (which most code in the nuclear field ends up being that is used like this).

  3. SGI and University by superpulpsicle · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anytime I hear a company is teaming up with any university to do any project, it just scares me.

    Too many times I hear of stories where students time and effort can't be capitalized. They work just end up counting toward school property.