$33 million supercomputer to support ASKAP and SKA science

An artist's impression of the iVEC Pawsey Centre in Perth, Western Australia. Credit: CSIRO.
7 August 2012

CSIRO welcomes the recent announcement by the Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, of the new supercomputer to be installed at iVEC's Pawsey Centre in Perth, Western Australia.

The Pawsey Centre supercomputer will focus on supporting the data-intensive science to be carried out using CSIRO's Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescopes, as well as supporting other research areas including geosciences, nanotechnology and biosciences.

Read Minister Evan's press release.

Read iVEC's press release.

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