PGS adds another CCray XC supercomputer

OE Staff
Monday, October 17, 2016

PGS has added a further Cray XC supercomputer to its Houston Mega Center. 

The computer is named PGS Galois, after the French mathematician Évariste Galois (1811-1832), and comes in addition to the Cray XC supercomputer PGS Abel delivered last year.

The move allows PGS to run larger jobs, image more complex data, while at the same time reduce lead time and get higher quality results, the Norway-based firm says.  

This will include "cutting-edge" algorithms such as PGS Reverse Time Migration, Separated Wavefield Imaging (SWIM), and Wave Equation Reflectivity Inversion, while also reducing project duration.

"Today's most advanced seismic survey datasets encompass many hundreds of terabytes, and gaining insight from this data lies squarely at the convergence of supercomputing and big data," said Barry Bolding, Chief Strategy Officer at Cray. "The Cray supercomputers allow PGS to quickly process this data into an accurate, clear image of what's lying underneath the sea floor, through kilometers of varied geology. This is an extraordinarily complex computational challenge, and is where PGS excels. We're thrilled PGS continues to rely on Cray supercomputers to power the next generation of seismic processing and imaging."

Categories: Geoscience Geophysics Seismic

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