Nemeaux
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Nemeaux is a supercomputer
Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling A supercomputer is a...

 at the Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

 Center for Computation & Technology. Nemeaux consists of thirty-two Xserve G5 computers, with an additional dedicated head node. It was purchased with a US$114,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents
Louisiana Board of Regents
The Louisiana Board of Regents is a government agency in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is responsible for coordination of all public higher education in the state...

. Nemeaux is being used primarily for research in computational arts applications (animation rendering, visualization, distributed audio), as well as for a "test-bed" for the Cactus Framework
Cactus Framework
Cactus is an open-source, problem-solving environment designed for scientists and engineers. Its modular structure easily enables parallel computation across different architectures and collaborative code development between different groups...

 and Xgrid
Xgrid
Xgrid is a proprietary software program and distributed computing protocol developed by the Advanced Computation Group subdivision of Apple Inc that allows networked computers to contribute to a single task....

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Nemeaux was decommissioned in 2009.
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