Military buys IBM supercomputer
- July
- 10
The U.S. Department of Defense bought a supercomputer from IBM Corp. to provide improved weather forecasting and ocean modeling for naval ships.
The supercomputer, a Power 575 Hydro-Cluster, is one of the most powerful computer systems used by the military and is designed to help users tackle some of the world’s most challenging problems in energy, aerospace and weather modeling.
The supercomputer will be housed at a naval research center at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi that supports the research of more than 1,000 scientists and engineers nationally.
“This system will enhance (Defense Department) research efforts and significantly enhance the ability to perform detailed oceanographic modeling and weather forecasting that will help keep the naval fleet and commercial shippers out of harm’s way,†said Dave Turek, vice president of deep computing for Armonk-based IBM.
The supercomputer is powered by one of the world’s fastest microprocessors and is cooled by a water system that boosts energy efficiency, according to IBM.
Posted by Jay Loomis on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 2:17 pm | 
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