2.  What it is  Use  Similar products  Cost

3.  Supercomputer – “Stampede”  Two kinds of INTEL processor › 12,000 eight-core Xeon E5 processors › Intel’s newest MIC chips

4.  Run bigger simulations  Test theories  Research studies  Perform 10 quadrillion operations per sec  Uses 9 megawatts of power per year

5.  The Lonestars  Ranger System  IBM's massive Watson computer  The K computer › World's Fastest Computer

6.  $27 million grant from the National Science Foundation

8. Rubin, Joshua. "Texas university to build powerful supercomputer." CNN Tech. N.p., 22 Sept. 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2011..