Canadian group will buy Japanese supercomputer

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Fujitsu Ltd has made its first sale of a supercomputer in over three years after withdrawing from the US market in 1989 due to sensitive trade issues. The VP240X will be purchased by a not-for-profit consortium made up of ACTC Technologies and Pulsonic Corporation both of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, as well as the University of Calgary. Fujitsu is the leading force in the Japanese supercomputer market but competes with Cray Research Inc, the US's leading manufacturer. Washington has discouraged universities and research organizations in recent years from accepting discounted or donated supercomputers manufactured in Japan. Fujitsu hopes that the sale will improve chances in the US. Officials at Cray Research were not aware of the Canadian deal and did not think it was a contract based on competitive bidding.

Electronic computers, Product information, Statistics, International competition (Economics), Sales, Fujitsu Ltd., Consortia, Japanese Competition, Market, Consortium, Fujitsu VP240X (Supercomputer)

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A fresh eye on the environment: the supercomputer assesses changes

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Supercomputers can provide environmentalists with a way to assess environmental damages from disasters. Supercomputers are capable of performing billions of mathematical operations in seconds, so that complex problems, such as how chemicals interact in the atmosphere, can be modelled. Environmentalists can estimate effects and plan a strategy. Supercomputers are also useful in predicting weather. Such machines can more than pay for themselves by providing warnings of impending storms.

Research, Environmental aspects, Technology application, Pollution, Environmental monitoring, Ecology, Computer simulation, Meteorology, Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991, Simulation

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