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Supercomputer boost for IBM and genetic science

Genetics researchers at NuTec Sciences are today expected to announce a deal with IBM which will give them access to one of the fastest supercomputers outside government use.

By Sally Watson

Published: 18 December 2000 15:18 GMT

The multimillion dollar deal will see the genome company install a 5,000 CPU machine at the beginning of next year in its headquarters in Atlanta.

The supercomputer will have a top speed of 7.5 trillion calculations per second.

The race to unravel the human genome has boosted business for IBM and rivals Compaq and Sun at the very top end of their range. NuTec will be renting the machine from IBM.

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