Early Coverage of NASA’s Columbia Supercomputer (2004)

Columbia debuted at #2 on the TOP500 (Nov 2004) and powered the high-resolution modeling work that followed.

TOP500 logo

TOP500 — November 2004 List

BlueGene/L #1 (70.72 Tflop/s); Columbia #2 (51.87 Tflop/s) at NASA Ames (SGI Altix).

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NASA at SC2004 welcome message

NASA at SC2004 — Press Handout

Columbia’s capabilities highlighted at SC04; NAS exhibit & demo program.

NAS News & Highlights: Initial Columbia Results Promising (Aug 2004)

NAS News: “Initial Columbia Results Promising” (Aug 2004)