Black Budget: Rebuilt Mac Supercomputer Achieves 12.25 Terafloppies

Virginia Tech Improves Supercomputer

After achieving international honors and accolades for building System X, the fastest supercomputer at any academic institution in the world (November, 2003 TOP500 List), Virginia Tech announced today that its rebuilt System X is now operating at 12.25 teraflops. "Virginia Tech will learn of its new ranking when the list is unveiled in November of this year at SuperComputing 2004 in Pittsburgh," said Srinidhi Varadarajan, the lead designer of the system. "We expect to do well."