New supercomputer supports ISR research, development
August 28th, 2009
Desch, one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, will be dedicated during a ceremony here Aug. 31.
The Desch is a custom-designed SGI Altix ICE 8200 supercomputer that has been optimized and will be dedicated exclusively to support real-time translation of synthetic aperture radar data into high-resolution 3-dimensional video images from the Gotcha radar system being developed by Air Force Research Laboratory engineers here.
"The goal is to provide an extremely high-fidelity, all-weather intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance, or ISR, capability that can observe activity over an entire city," said Dr. Dave Jerome, director of the AFRL's Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson.
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The Desch is a custom-designed SGI Altix ICE 8200 supercomputer that has been optimized and will be dedicated exclusively to support real-time translation of synthetic aperture radar data into high-resolution 3-dimensional video images from the Gotcha radar system being developed by Air Force Research Laboratory engineers here.
"The goal is to provide an extremely high-fidelity, all-weather intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance, or ISR, capability that can observe activity over an entire city," said Dr. Dave Jerome, director of the AFRL's Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson.
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