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Energy Dept. program vows to surpass Japan's Earth Simulator
The Associated Press Updated: 8:45 p.m. ET May 11, 2004 WASHINGTON - Viewing supercomputers as crucial to scientific discovery, the Energy Department will announce plans Wednesday to build the world's fastest computer at a research laboratory in Tennessee. The supercomputer to be built at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be funded over the initial two years by federal grants totaling $50 million. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham was to make the formal announcement in a speech Wednesday, in which he will call development of the world's fastest computer for general science "critical to our nation's competitiveness." The Associated Press obtained a copy of Abraham's announcement Tuesday. The project submitted by Oak Ridge scientists envisions a computer capable of sustaining 50 trillion calculations per second. Rest of article: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4955491/ |
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