About us

Our company, founded in March 2006, provides tools for analysis, thin film deposition, measurement and control applications from market-leading suppliers. We focus on research, development and process control in the materials science, energy research and semiconductor markets. We have a significant breadth of product offering, including the World market leading thin film metrology company k-Space Associates, Inc. and our 15+ year relationship has included 9 Distributor of the Year awards.

Products and services

k-Space Associates, Inc.

In-situ thin film metrology

European sales partner.

Staib Instruments GmbH

Products for RHEED and surface analysis

UK & Ireland sales partner.

Thought for the month

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. 1870 – 1924

Contact

RTA Instruments Ltd
Highfield
Back Lane,
Monks Eleigh
IP7 7BA
United Kingdom


E: sales at rta-instruments.com

Thursday 16 December 2010

What can you do with 1,760 Sony PS3s?

The answer is build the fastest interactive computer in the US Defense Department and use it for quick processing of ultra-high-resolution satellite imagery, as well as research into artificial intelligence, radar enhancement and pattern recognition ( ... defense department discusses). The PS3 cluster is about the 33rd largest computer in the world. Interestingly, the staff at the US Air Force Research Laboratory reckon that this huge computer power cost is about 5-10% of the cost of an equivalent system built with off-the-shelf computer parts. Another advantage of the PS3-based supercomputer is its energy efficiency: it consumes just 10% of the power of comparable supercomputers. They must be pretty good at Gran Turismo by now.

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