Named for a mythical sea monster, Kraken is the world’s fastest university-managed supercomputer and it is here in East Tennessee.
Housed in the National Institute for Computational Sciences on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory campus, Kraken was made possible by a $65 million grant to the University of Tennessee from the National Science Foundation. Kraken is currently the centerpiece of the UT-led National Institute for Computational Sciences.
Having Kraken as a resource for UT, ORNL and private industry scientists and researchers at Cherokee Farm offers an unparalleled opportunity to develop real solutions to globally-significant problems, such as climate change and clean, renewable energy.
Cherokee Farm also will be dedicated to studying how to advance supercomputing power and develop powerful networks to share information.
UT Wins $65M National Science Foundation Supercomputing Grant For Next-Generation Computing System
The University of Tennessee has entered the ranks of the nation's elite in using supercomputing to solve the most significant scientific questions facing humanity. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $65 million to UT to build and operate one of the world's most powerful supercomputers and lead a nationwide partnership to put it to use.
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What is GLORIAD?
GLORIAD, the Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development, is built on a fiber-optic ring of networks around the northern hemisphere of the earth, providing scientists, educators and students with advanced networking tools that improve communications and data exchange, enabling active, daily collaboration on common problems.
Excerpted from GLORIAD website