Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 December 2006-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07122006 Troy, N.Y. - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will continue to advance the frontiers of computational science with the help of IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer.

Awarded under IBM's Shared University Research (SUR) program, this Blue Gene will complement the $100 million partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and New York state to create one of the world's most powerful university-based supercomputing centers. The equipment will provide a resource for scientists to gain experience with the Blue Gene computing environment, while also supporting a project to...