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telecom >> U.S. to Build Fastest Civilian Computer

by Monty Solomon » Wed, 12 May 2004 11:48:56 GMT

By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Viewing supercomputers as crucial to scientific
discovery, the Energy Department will announce plans Wednesday to
build the world's fastest civilian computer at a research laboratory
in Tennessee.

The supercomputer to be built at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in
Tennessee 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
computer for general science "critical to our nation's
competitiveness."

The Associated Press obtained a copy of Abraham's announcement Tuesday.

- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41365558

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