£3.6m super computer is booted up
A NEW £3.6 million super computer used to design drugs and plan military defence strategies has been launched by Edinburgh University.
Maxwell is more powerful than similar models built previously, but runs on a tenth of the energy and has been tipped to be the first of a new wave of energy efficient super computers.
Maxwell has the capability to conduct massive calculations which will also have benefits for companies and researchers in the financial, medical and business sectors.
Mark Parsons, commercial director of EPCC, the university's super computing centre that built Maxwell, said: "Maxwell represents a major opportunity for Scotland in this exciting technology space."
Graham Fairlie, project manager with Scottish Enterprise's Enabling Technology and Engineering team, said: "Scottish Enterprise has played a key role in the project. We are looking forward to the next phase and continuing to work with the partners to ensure we can help grow the wider Scottish economy."
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