National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Blue Waters "Early Science System" delivered to NCSA

Forty-eight cabinets of the Blue Waters sustained-petascale supercomputer have arrived at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications and were powered up over the last few days.

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NCSA visualizations help capture 'Dynamic Earth'

NCSA's Advanced Visualization Laboratory created data-driven scientific visualizations of Hurricane Katrina and the harsh terrain of Venus for "Dynamic Earth," a new immersive digital fulldome production that follows the trail of energy that flows from the sun into the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere.

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