Short Take: IBM wins supercomputer contract
IBM has won a contract to install a 1,000-processor supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputing Center to be used for academic research. The computer, an RS/6000 SP, will be able to perform a trillion calculations per second. The system will be available over the Web to researchers worldwide.
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IBM has won a contract to install a 1,000-processor supercomputer at the
San Diego Supercomputing Center to be used for academic research. The
computer, an RS/6000 SP, will be able to perform a trillion calculations
per second. The system will be available over the Web to researchers
worldwide.
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