NCI Supercomputer best in Australia, 24th in world
The National Computational Infrastructure's new Fujitsu Primergy Supercomputer has debuted at number one in Australia, and number 24 in the world on the TOP500 list of best supercomputers, released overnight. The result, announced at SC12, an annual Supercomputing Conference held in Salt Lake City, confirms that the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) is home to the most powerful computer system available to researchers in Australia. Installed at The Australian National University, the supercomputer has been funded by the Australian Government under its Super Science Initiative to advance Australian computational research and, in particular, climate change, earth system science and national water management. Director of NCI, Professor Lindsay Botten, said that the announcement is great recognition of the recently completed supercomputer's capacity. - - "Advanced computational methods form an increasingly essential component of high-impact research. In many cases they underpin discoveries that cannot be achieved by other means, and provide the platform on which to sustain innovation at an internationally competitive level," said Botten. - "The NCI delivers a world-class, high-end computing service to Australian researchers across a broad range of fields, including climate and earth system sciences, astrophysics, computational biology and chemistry, medicine, physics and photonics." - - ANU Pro Vice-Chancellor (e-Strategies) Professor Robin Stanton said that the University was proud to continue its leading role in developing Australia's research infrastructure, and particularly its computational facilities.
