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Tallahassee, FL., U.S.A. 



FSU SUPERCOMPUTER COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

 Florida State University (FSU) 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Supercomputer for research In computational 

 science. 



Description of Facility/ Instrument ; The current Cyber 205 Is scheduled 

 to be replaced by an ETA-IO supercomputer In January 1988, although 

 it may be provided on a test-site basis In the fall of 1986 If It 

 Is available by then. 



Date of Construction : May 1985, to be updated In 1988 



Construction Cost : 1984 $$ : $19 million plus associated equipment 

 costs (see note below) 



Present International Cooperation 



Natlonallty(s) of Ownership : U.S. 

 Natlonallty(s) of Operational Funding ; U.S. 

 Natlonallty(s) of Management Staff ; U.S. 

 Natlonallty(s) of Researchers ; U.S. 



Other Information : The Department of Energy received $7 million in 

 fiscal year 1985 appropriations to begin funding the FSU super- 

 computer facility. It is planned that Department of Energy re- 

 searchers and contractors will use the facility about 65 percent 

 of the time. The other 35 percent of the time will be allocated 

 to Florida State University, other universities in Florida, univ- 

 ersities in the Southern University Research Association, and 

 Industry. Until the present, the departments of meteorology 

 and physics at Florida State University have been the largest 

 users. 



Note: The current value of the installed equipment is about 

 $15 million ($12 million for the Cyber 205 and $3 million for 

 other hardware). The total cost of the supercomputer equipment 

 over the five-year period of the cooperative agreement between 

 Florida State University and the Department of Energy is estimated 

 to be at least $19 million plus associated equipment costs. 



