Source: "Computer brings science up a gear," BBC News, January 14, 2008
"One of the largest and most powerful computers in the country has been unveiled in Edinburgh.
"Hector (High End Computing Terascale Resources) is capable of 63 million million calculations a second and is four times faster than its predecessor.
"It represents the equivalent of approximately 12,000 desktop systems.
"The £113m project will run for six years and will enable scientists to develop life-saving drugs and model climate change and epidemic patterns."
Monday, January 14, 2008
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