NASA Partnership To Revolutionize Supercomputing

NASA is working with two major Silicon Valley corporations, SGI and Intel, to dramatically increase the agency's supercomputing capacity to meet critical national goals. The three organizations have formed a uniquely innovative partnership in which each is contributing resources and capabilities to the joint collaboration.
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New NAS Technical Reports

Check out the latest NAS Technical Reports:

"IP Telephony for Interplanetary Exploration"

"Benchmarking Memory Performance with the Data Cube Operator "

Initial Columbia Results Promising

NASA's new Columbia system has already produced results that foretell breakthrough scientific achievements even before the system is completed. Bo-Wen Shen at Goddard Space Flight Center has obtained accurate hurricane tracking and prediction, at increased (0.25 degree) resolution, with up to a 72-hour forecast.
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Scientist Receives NASA Honor

NAS scientist Guru P. Guruswamy's role in leading the numerical simulation effort of the Abrupt Wing Stall (AWS) phenomenon for an F18E/F aircraft, was recognized via a Turning Goals into Reality (TGIR) 2004 award presented during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. on July 14. Guruswamy's team accurately and successfully simulated AWS on a supercomputer at the NAS Facility, using HiMAP multidisciplinary software. HiMAP is currently in use for NASA's future space projects such as Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV).