As the medical community marks the start of National Cancer Awareness Month, scientists around the world are pursuing new approaches to diagnosing and treating cancer with the help of breakthrough technologies from Silicon Graphics . Leading research institutions — including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, and Robarts Research Institute — have turned to SGI computing, visualization and storage solutions to treat and potentially prevent some of the most lethal illnesses known to man.
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A supercomputer in Rochester — Blue Gene/L — recently claimed the title of fastest computer in the world. Minnesota’s history of building the fastest and most powerful computers in the world dates back to the early 1960s. The supercomputer industry fell on hard times in the 1990s, but now may be poised for a renaissance.
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