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70 -- SCIENTIFIC MULTI-PROCESSOR COMPUTER SYSTEM Contact Point, Kevin H Kartchner (Contracting Representative), (505) 845-9175. Scientific Multi-Processor Computer System. Responses to this notice will be used to develop a source list for a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to be issued by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) in mid CY96. SNL has a requirement for a new scientific multi-processor computer system which will be integrated into an existing computer network at the laboratories. The specifications for the new computer system will include: (1) each CPU must be rated at no less than three hundred (300) MFlops for 64-bit IEEE 754 floating-point numbers; (2) the overall system must be rated at no less than seventy-five (75) GFlops for 64-bit IEEE 754 floating-point numbers; (3) the total memory of the system must be no less than sixteen (16) Gbytes; (4) the system must be scalable to at least sixty-four (64) Gbytes; (5) the system must include at least two hundred fifty-six (256) GBytes of disk storage; (6) standard FDDI, Ethernet, and ATM external network interfaces must be provided; (7) the operating system must be compatible with the POSIX standard (POSIX.2); (8) the base services of OSF/DCE must be provided; (9) standard Fortran, C, and C++ compilers must be provided; (10) a supported implementation of MPI version 1.1, or newer, must be provided; (11) an option to increase the memory to thirty two (32) GBytes must be available; and (12) an option to increase the disk storage to five hundred twelve (512) GBytes must be available. Delivery of the new computer system is desired no later than the end of CY97 and should be available for benchmarking by July 1996. Interested vendors who have a scientific multi-processor computer system which can provide the above hardware and software capabilities within the indicated timeframe are invited to furnish a written response to this notice to SNL. The response should address, at least, how the vendor would meet the above requirements. Vendors should bear in mind, however, that substantial computer resources will be required for benchmarking to fully respond to the RFQ which SNL intends to issue, and that no vendor who does not, or cannot, submit benchmark results will be considered for contract award. Written responses should be received no later than 30 days following the date of this CBD. Any information furnished will be considered by SNL to be NOT company sensitive nor proprietary. This is not and RFP or RFQ. Please mark all documents submitted: Ref: KHK/10244. (149)

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