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For the IBM product line, see <a href="/wiki/IBM_System_x" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM System x">IBM System x</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_tech_xserve_cluster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Virginia_tech_xserve_cluster.jpg/220px-Virginia_tech_xserve_cluster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Virginia_tech_xserve_cluster.jpg/330px-Virginia_tech_xserve_cluster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Virginia_tech_xserve_cluster.jpg/440px-Virginia_tech_xserve_cluster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Xserve cluster System X at Virginia Tech</figcaption></figure> <p><b>System X</b> (pronounced <i>"System Ten"</i>) was a <a href="/wiki/Supercomputer" title="Supercomputer">supercomputer</a> assembled by <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech" title="Virginia Tech">Virginia Tech</a>'s Advanced Research Computing facility in the summer of 2003. Costing US$5.2 million,<sup id="cite_ref-System_X_History_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-System_X_History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was originally composed of 1,100 <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> <a href="/wiki/Power_Mac_G5" title="Power Mac G5">Power Mac G5</a> computers<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with dual 2.0 GHz processors.<sup id="cite_ref-System_X_History_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-System_X_History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> System X was decommissioned on May 21, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The supercomputer is also known as <b>Big Mac</b> or <b>Terascale Cluster</b>. </p><p>System X ran at 12.25 Teraflops, (20.24 peak), and was ranked #3 on November 16, 2003 <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and #280 in the July 2008 edition of the <a href="/wiki/TOP500" title="TOP500">TOP500</a> list of the world's most powerful supercomputers.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system used error-correcting (<a href="/wiki/ECC_RAM" class="mw-redirect" title="ECC RAM">ECC</a>) RAM, which is important for accuracy due to the rate of bits flipped by <a href="/wiki/Cosmic_ray" title="Cosmic ray">cosmic rays</a> or other interference sources in its vast number of RAM chips. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_X_(supercomputer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The supercomputer's name originates from the use of the <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> for each node, and because it was the first university computer to achieve 10 <a href="/wiki/Flops" class="mw-redirect" title="Flops">teraflops</a> on the high performance <a href="/wiki/LINPACK" title="LINPACK">LINPACK benchmark</a>. In 2003 it was also touted as "the world's most powerful and cheapest homebuilt supercomputer."<sup id="cite_ref-System_X_History_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-System_X_History-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> System X was constructed with a relatively low budget of just $5.2 million, in the span of only three months, thanks in large part to using off-the-shelf Power Mac G5 computers. By comparison, the <a href="/wiki/Earth_Simulator" title="Earth Simulator">Earth Simulator</a>, the fastest supercomputer at the time, cost approximately $400 million to build. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Upgrade_to_Server-Grade_Parts">Upgrade to Server-Grade Parts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_X_(supercomputer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Upgrade to Server-Grade Parts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, Virginia Tech upgraded its computer to Apple's newly released, <a href="/wiki/Xserve" title="Xserve">Xserve</a> G5 servers. The upgraded version ranked #7 in the 2004 <a href="/wiki/TOP500" title="TOP500">TOP500</a> list and its server-grade <a href="/wiki/Dynamic_random_access_memory#Errors_and_error_correction" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamic random access memory">error-correcting memory</a> solved the problem of cosmic ray interference. In October 2004, Virginia Tech partially rebuilt System X at a cost of about $600,000. These improvements brought the computer's speed up to 12.25 Teraflops, which placed System X #14 on the 2005 <a href="/wiki/TOP500" title="TOP500">TOP500</a> list. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_Projects">Similar Projects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_X_(supercomputer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Similar Projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Virginia Tech's system was the model for Xseed, a smaller system also made from Xserve servers and built by <a href="/wiki/Bowie_State_University" title="Bowie State University">Bowie State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. Xseed was ranked #166 in the 2005 <a href="/wiki/TOP500" title="TOP500">TOP500</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/System_G_(supercomputer)" title="System G (supercomputer)">System G</a> has 324 Mac Pros (2592 processor cores) with QDR <a href="/wiki/InfiniBand" title="InfiniBand">InfiniBand</a> in Virginia Tech's Center for High-End Computing Systems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_X_(supercomputer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_supercomputing" title="History of supercomputing">History of supercomputing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_X_(supercomputer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-System_X_History-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-System_X_History_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-System_X_History_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-System_X_History_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130702094516/http://www.arc.vt.edu/resources/hpc/history/sysX_history.php">"System X History"</a>. <i>Advanced Research Computing section of Virginia Tech website</i>. 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