Wednesday, 01 Sep, 2010

Environment

ALICE - the Eco-Friendly Supercomputer

Researchers from the University of Leicester have upgraded their supercomputer, dubbed ALICE (Advanced Leicester Information and Computational Environment), making it eco-friendlier.

To be able to make the necessary upgrades, the University had to spend about USD3.3 million.

It is worth mentioning that ALICE is the masterpiece of Hewlett Packard and is an ideal instrument for research and development projects that are being carried out at the University.

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