Partners provide sneak preview of powerful university-based computing facility.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 May 2007-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Partners provide sneak preview of powerful university-based computing facility(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18052007 Troy, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today offered the first glimpse of what is planned to be the world's most powerful university-based supercomputing center.

The Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI), the result of a $100 million partnership involving Rensselaer, IBM, and New York state, is designed to continue advancing semiconductor technology to the nanoscale, while also enabling key nanotechnology innovations in the fields of energy, biotechnology, arts, and medicine. At the heart of the facility is an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer that...

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