<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d060d999-2fb9-4733-b52b-16b018065b72/60612766-7445-4797-8FB6-0090E66A6919/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Virginia+Tech&gwp=13" href="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Virginia+Tech&gwp=13" style="font-size: 11px;">www.answers.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Virginia+Tech&gwp=13"><H2>Research computing</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Virginia+Tech&gwp=13"><P>In 2003, Virginia Tech created a <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/supercomputer">supercomputer</A> which ranked as the 3rd fastest in the world. The system was made from 1100 dual processor <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/power-mac-g5">Power Macintosh G5s</A> and cost US$5.2 million. The supercomputer, called <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/system-x">System X</A>, was disassembled shortly after it was ranked in order for it to be replaced with Apple's <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/xserve">rack-based servers</A> which consume both less space and power.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Virginia+Tech&gwp=13"><P>Internet networking research is an important part of Virginia Tech's history. It has participated in <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/suranet">Suranet</A>, <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/internet2">Internet2</A>, <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/abilene-network">Abilene</A>, the <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/national-lambdarail">Lambda Rail</A> and other such networks. Virginia Tech also participates in the management of <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/net-work-virginia">Net.Work.Virginia</A> and the <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/mid-atlantic-crossroads">Mid Atlantic Crossroads</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/60612766-7445-4797-8FB6-0090E66A6919/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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