CNET: Compaq, Nuclear Lab [and Celera] Teaming on Supercomputer

J.W. Bizzaro • January 20, 2001

CNET: Compaq, Nuclear Lab [and Celera] Teaming on Supercomputer

``Compaq Computer is teaming with nuclear research facility Sandia National Laboratories and biotechnology company Celera Genomics to build what is anticipated to be one of the fastest supercomputers in the world.

``The deal, announced Friday at a Department of Energy news conference in Washington, will result in a computer that can perform 100 trillion calculations per second--100 `teraflops'--by 2004, Bill Blake, vice president of high-performance technical computing at Compaq, said in an interview. A second phase, which will be open to other bidders besides Compaq, will result in a `petaflop' machine 10 times faster, the same speed as the Blue Gene machine under design at IBM.

``The machine will benefit from computer hardware and software research from all three partners, Blake said. The computer will be used to extract medically useful information from raw databases of genetic information, but Sandia officials said the advances also will benefit the nation's nuclear weapons program.''

Full story:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4534657.html

Celera's press release:
http://www.pecorporation.com/press/prccorp011901.html

Celera has an audio playback of the press conference, which you can hear over the telephone. Dial (800)642-1687, and enter the conference ID: 818790.

There is no mention if Celera will be able to patent bioinformation discovered in this deal with the US government.

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