+ NASA Home + Ames Home + Sitemap + Staff Directory +Home COLUMBIA SUPERCOMPUTER + Scientific Projects + News 2004 NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS 06.23.04 10,240-processor Supercomputer Approved Both houses of Congress approved funding for the 10,240-processor SGI Altix supercomputer on Friday, June 18th. A joint collaboration with SGI and Intel, the new system will provide a 10-fold increase in capacity over the current SGI systems at Ames Research Center-giving NASA Enterprises the capability and capacity to accelerate both science and mission-critical applications simultaneously. The system (currently dubbed "Project Columbia") will be installed at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility in 512-processor increments, with the first installment of 1,024 processors to be delivered on June 28th. NEWS ARCHIVE Visit our News Archive. + 2007 + 2006 + 2005 + 2004 + 2003 Visit Ames News Archive. + View more news Visit NASA News Archive. + View more news + Feedback + Site Help + NASA Privacy Statement, Disclaimer, and Accessibility Certification Editor: Jill Dunbar Webmaster: Ryan Spaulding NASA Official: Rupak Biswas + Contact NAS Last Updated: August 2, 2007