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Technology (JAIST) has selected the new Cray XT3 massively parallel
processing (MPP) system as the main system for its high-performance
computing facility.

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The Cray XT3 computer system is designed to run very challenging, high-end
scientific research and engineering applications with superior scalability,
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The May/June issue of "Science Watch" offers an extended list of total
citations and citation impact spanning the leading 25 institutions. It also
lists the top 25 highly cited authors, as well as the top veterinary
medicine/animal health research journals.
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JAIST, one of Japan's premier academic research centers, will use the new
computer system to speed advances in the development of new algorithms for
massively parallel computers, large-scale simulations and visualization in
nanotechnology and biomechanics, and computational science.

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