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Convex and DISCO Open up a New Dimension of Seismic Processing CONVEX C 1 SUPERCO M PUTER Convex and DISCO Open Up A New Dimension of Seismic Processing DISCO'S 30 Processing Pack­ post-stack residual statics and the age Takes Full Advantage of generation of time slices or oblique the C1 's Fast, Integrated lines in color. All necessary 2D DISCO Scalar and Vector Processing conventions have been expanded to cover 3D applications, making the DISCO TM from CogniSeis Develop­ transition from 2D to 3D processing ment is a premier seismic processing easy package, widely used throughout the very The Cl~ integrated vector and world by seismic contractors. oil com­ scalar processing significantly panies, and universities. enhances the power and speed of DISCO and offers solid price/per­ formance. DISCO has isolated a includes a basic package of practical, computation intensive set of routines problem solving seismic techniques. that all modules call for hea"Y com­ It also includes a number of puting. These routines are tuned to advanced packages that incorporate run at optimum speed in the Convex the latest developments in migration, Cl~ vector processor. advanced velocity analysis, wavelet DISCO: Its Power Comes processing, signal enhancement. From Its Features refraction statics. and vertical seismic The CogniSeis 3D Processing profiles. DISCO is a highly versatile, cost­ package, one of the most powerful Developed and fully supported by effective, state-of-the-art seismic pro­ CogniSeis. DISCO has been specially packages in the DISCO product line, cessing system. DISCO benefits from optimized to take advantage of the is now available on the Convex Cl continuous research into the technol­ Convex Cl supercomputer. The Con­ supercomputer. This package is ca_pa­ ogy that is necessary to overcome Cl is a general purpose, stand­ ble of handling either land or marine vex the many problems associated with alone supercomputer with Cray®-like 3D processing and supports a wide the processing of seismic data. It architecture with integrated scalar variety of navigation coordinate input and vector processing. This means formats in defining the 3D geometry that the Cl supercomputer can oper­ All parameter interpolation is done by ate on single entities of data and also. triangulation. Velocity analysis and as is common in the seismic world, normal move-out use three param­ the Cl can operate on large arrays, or eters: velocity, dipx and dipy Both 3D vectors, of data. This eliminates the finite difference and 3D FK migration need for attached array processors are available. Other highlights of the and special programming considera­ package are true 3D prestack residual tions to make the array processors statics, multi-bin stacking, trace inter­ work. polation. nongather stacking, 3D CONVEX Cl SUPERCOMPUTER AND DISC 0 The Cl, which operates at 40 mil­ lion floating point operations per second, offers high-speed perfor­ mance with the Convex UNIX® virtual memory operating system. The Cl also has massive virtual mem­ ory (4 GBytes), large physical memory (1 GByte), asynchronous 1/0, and a disk striping facility that maximizes . 1/0 throughput. Extensive communi­ cations and networking capabilities Features of all DISCO packages allow the Convex Cl to operate in a DISCO and Convex: All The include: completely modular organi­ heterogeneous computing environ­ Support You Need zation; a powerful control program ment. The Cl can seNe as a stand­ The Cl is supported by an called the DISCO MONITOR which Convex alone processing machine, a advanced fault-prevention and diag­ provides the computer user with development machine, a computa­ nostic system. Additional support is tremendous flexibility and greatly tional seNer to workstations, or any provided by the Technical Assistance simplifies program development; combination of the above. Center and by local field offices. interactive capabilities; an integrated The Convex Cl and DISCO - a data base which is updated for each The Convex C1 Shortens powerful combination for seismic processed line with such information Throughput and Increases as shot, receiver, and common depth Geo-Scientist Productivity processing. point geometry and elevations, Because the Cl is a multi-user/ velocity tables, filters, statics, wavelets, - multi-tasking machine, multiple -~ and well log information; DISCO - CONVEX DISCO jobs can be run simultane­ ,_ macros which can combine desired ously Coupling this power with the modules under one name, thereby Convex Computer Corporation flexibility of DISCO enhances the pro­ simplifying routine processing. 701 N. Plano Road ductivity of all who use the system. Richardson. TX 75081 The C1 Gives DISCO New (214) 952-0200 Power Graphics developed using CogniSe1s IVIS. Attaining new levels of power and Convex and the Convex logo are trademarks of Convex speed Computer Corporation. DISCO is a rrademark of CogniSe1s is critical for meeting todays Development. Cr<!j is a registered trademark of Cr<!j seismic problems. These problems Research. Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T are increasingly demanding vector Although rhe material contained herein has been carefully revievved, Convex Computer Corporation /Convex) does nor processing, large amounts of physical warranr ir ro be free of errors or omissions. Convex reserves memory. and highly tuned 1/0. The the righr ro make corrections. updates. revisions or changes ro rhe information contained herein. Convex does nor war­ CI used these supercomputer fea­ rant the marenal described herein ro be free of parent tures to expand seismic possibilities. infringement. 080-000993-000 Primed in rhe U.S.A. .
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