Shell will use Linux supercomputer for oil quest

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Author: JT Smith

“Linux, the free computer operating system, is expected to win another high profile victory on Tuesday when Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch/Shell (RD.AS) will announce it is going to install the world’s largest Linux supercomputer. Shell’s Exploration & Production unit will use the supercomputer, consisting of 1,024 IBM X-Series servers, to run seismic and other geophysical applications in its search for more oil and gas.” From a Reuters report on Yahoo.

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