[LINK] US Grid to double in size

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

One of the 'most innovative Grid Computing initiatives'
in the US is about to double their current CPU capacity
(right now, around 850 CPUs) to do research, eg modeling
coastal storm surges, and advanced genome sequencing..

Eg: <https://gridportal.sura.org/gridsphere/gridsphere>

Friday, 11 August 2006  

WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 11, 2006 -- 

Today's announcement by IBM and the Southeastern Universities Research 
Association (SURA) confirms in principle a three-year relationship under 
which IBM will offer SURAgrid member institutions hardware and software, 
collaborate on SURAgrid projects, and work closely with university 
researchers to exploit the large-scale computing capability of the 
SURAgrid. 

IBM UNIX-based systems are expected to double the current capacity of one 
of the nation's most innovative grid initiatives, uniting resources from 
27 institutions in fifteen states, to increase dramatically its research 
capabilities -- from modeling coastal storm surges to advanced genome 
sequencing. The SURAgrid initiative is actively advancing collaborative 
work in grid computing to support research opportunities ..
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