NCSA awarded $208 million for supercomputer

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received funding through the National Science Foundation to build a supercomputer 500 times faster than current supercomputers. This is huge - we're again at the top of supercomputing power! (We were eighth) The National Center for Supercomputing Applications will manage the new system, called "Blue Waters." Way to go NCSA.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will receive $208 million over 4.5 years to acquire and make available a petascale computer it calls "Blue Waters," which is 500 times more powerful than today's typical supercomputers. The system is expected to go online in 2011.

National Science Board Approves Funds for Petascale Computing Systems