In one of those surprise moves that shouldn’t really be a surprise any more, Saudi university KAUST yesterday announced plans that will catapult it into the highest levels of supercomputing research, and ownership, in the world.The new university, which isn’t even due to accept students until September next year, is working with IBM on a system based on the Bluegene/P solution which will match the top ten supercomputers for processing power.
Why Big Iron Matters
September 23, 2008