Air Force claims fastest computer in defense.Scientists at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is the air force's main research and development base, and the headquarters of the , Ohio, say they have one of the fastest supercomputers on the planet. The new Eagle computer is ranked 17th in speed worldwide and easily breezes by other computational devices in the Defense Department, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a news release. The machine currently is running through a test phase and is expected to be fully operational next month, says Steve Wourms, director of the aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau systems at Wright-Patterson.
"Researchers with the Defense Department have a large backlog of requirements for the high-end, computational 'big iron' systems," he notes. "This new SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. Altix system will go a long way toward enabling the department to better tackle the most complicated and demanding of technical problems." |
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