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No, the South African array will have its own processing centres: https://www.sarao.ac.za/news/south-africa-will-host-one-of-the-fastest-supercomputers-in-the-
by _djo_ 3y ago
No, the South African array will have its own processing centres:
https://www.sarao.ac.za/news/south-africa-will-host-one-of-the-fastest-supercomputers-in-the-world/ https://www.sarao.ac.za/news/south-africa-will-host-one-of-t...
https://bandwidthblog.co.za/2023/05/16/supercomputer-south-africa-square-kilometre-array/ https://bandwidthblog.co.za/2023/05/16/supercomputer-south-a...
https://www.skao.int/en/explore/big-data/361/science-processing-centres https://www.skao.int/en/explore/big-data/361/science-process...
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago> One of the computers will be based in Cape Town. FYI, it makes sense for this location as it's still (relatively) close the the SKA telescopes, which are of course in a high, dry, remote and sparsely inhabited area. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland,_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland,_South_Africa ) And Cape Town is the nearest large coastal population centre where several sub-sea internet cables connect to the land, so it's closer to the rest of the global network in that regard.
- rantingdemon 3y agoA small correction :). SKA in South Africa is based closer to Carnavron than to Sutherland. https://www.skao.int/en/arrange-visit https://www.skao.int/en/arrange-visit Not that Sutherland is top be ignored, it does host the South African Astronomical Observatory. PS, it gets damn cold there in the desert, even during summer :). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Astronomical_Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Astronomical_Obs...