Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing

Keeping one step ahead of mother nature

By Nick Heath, 6 June 2008 16:50

The current identical IBM supercomputer 1600 clusters, one of which is pictured in the foreground, are made up of 5,000 processors and capable of running at 38 teraflops, with a sustained output of four teraflops. Each of the clusters is based on a 155 IBM pSeries p5-575+.

Photo credit: Nick Heath

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