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Fri 02 Feb 2008One giant step for cosmic physics in Ireland
IBM's new supercomputer will place Ireland on to the supercomputer Top 500 list and near the top of the new Green 500 list, writes Karlin Lillington.
Irish researchers' long-awaited multimillion-dollar baby - an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer ordered from the US, which was delivered in December and has been operational for the past few weeks - has scientists queuing up to run complex programs that until now required a trip abroad.
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