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October 03, 2006, 03:41 PM ET
Universities Unveil New Supercomputing Projects
A pair of universities have announced ambitious new supercomputing projects that could be a major boon to campus scientists and engineers.
Princeton University has acquired three supercomputers—two traditional models and a cluster of Dell machines—and grouped them in a research center that, campus officials say, is among the most potent such facilities in the country. Research that has typically taken place in Princeton’s chemistry and genetics labs will now be conducted at the new center.
Meanwhile, the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center will use a $59-million grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase and operate a new high-speed machine. The supercomputer, which will be designed by Sun Microsystems, is expected to be completed in 2007. —Brock Read
Categories: Research
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