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Ithaca, NY., U.S.A. 



NATIONAL ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING CENTER at the 

 Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering 

 Cornell University 



"Big Science" Descriptor: Supercomputers for scientific and engineering 

 research. 



Description of Facility/Instrument : The supercomputer at this center 

 will be a pioneering combination of an IBM 3084 QX mainframe 

 computer with 128 megabytes of main storage attached to a number 

 of FPS 164 and 264 scientific processors which are manufactured 

 by Floating Point Systems. The center will be supported partially 

 by the State of New York. 



Date of Construction ; Late 1985 or early 1986. 



Construction Cost : 1984 $$ : $65.4 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationality(s) of Ownership : U.S. 

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

 Nationality(s) of Management Staff ; Not yet operational 

 Nat:ionality(s) of Researchers : Not yet operational 



Other Information: In response to the expressed need of U.S. researchers 

 for access to supercomputers, the National Science Foundation 

 (NSF) announced in February 1985 the selection of four institutions 

 that will receive approximately $200 million over the next five 

 years to establish and operate National Advanced Scientific Com- 

 puting Centers. Awards will range from $7 million to $13 million 

 per year over the grant period. Each award will have a cost- 

 sharing provision in which the States, industries, and institu- 

 tions will contribute an amount that will approximately double 

 the NSF award. The centers should be available for use by the 

 scientific and engineering research communities in late 1985 or 

 early 1986. Plans call for the supercomputer centers to be con- 

 nected via a nationwide high-speed data network that will allow 

 researchers to communicate with the centers from any location. 

 In addition to providing high quality advanced computing systems 

 for researchers, the centers will educate students and researchers 

 in the use of supercomputers. 



The cost Includes three years of funding for facility opera- 

 tions and maintenance. The NSF component of the funding for this 

 facility will be $21.9 million. The remainder will be supplied 

 from local sources. 



See also the NATIONAL ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING CENTERS 

 to be established at the John Von Neumann Center at Princeton 

 University; the University of Illinois; and the University of 

 California at San Diego. 



