View all newsletters
Receive our newsletter - data, insights and analysis delivered to you
  1. Technology
November 24, 1987

IBM PLANS TO DONATE $40m IN KIND TO CREATE VECTOR PROCESSING COMPETENCE IN EUROPE

By CBR Staff Writer

Now that it has the Vector Facility in place for the 3090 mainframes, IBM is determined to become a major player in the scientific supercomputing business, and to complement the collaborative links it has made in the US, the company yesterday announced a major $40m two-year initiative embracing at least five European universities and research institutes. The company also plans to donate Vector Facilities for 3090 mainframes to 25 other European educational and research institutions under the programme, under agreements which involve the recipients in educating a generation of scientists and technologists skilled in application of supercomputing techniques. The five Centres of Competence will also develop and exchange software and teaching tools, and give IBM access to software developed using the machines. Only one of the five or so establishments has been definitely decided so far – the Centre National Universitaire Sud de Calcul in Montpellier, close by IBM’s South of France mainframe factory, which also manufactures the Vector Facility but three others have indicated keeness to become involved. The Montpellier college has joined up with IBM France to study advanced parallel processing techniques and high-speed networking. IBM will be installing its Parallel Fortran Prototype compiler as part of the project and the university will also be twinned with Cornell University, one of the five US National Science Foundation supercomputer centres over a high speed communications link. CERN, the Centre for European Research into Nucleonics in Geneva, Switzerland also wants to participate in the IBM programme, doing work on the computational aspects of high energy physics. The Technical University of Aachen, West Germany and the University of Leuven in Belgium, are also keen to participate.

Content from our partners
How businesses can safeguard themselves on the cyber frontline
How hackers’ tactics are evolving in an increasingly complex landscape
Green for go: Transforming trade in the UK

Websites in our network
Select and enter your corporate email address Tech Monitor's research, insight and analysis examines the frontiers of digital transformation to help tech leaders navigate the future. Our Changelog newsletter delivers our best work to your inbox every week.
  • CIO
  • CTO
  • CISO
  • CSO
  • CFO
  • CDO
  • CEO
  • Architect Founder
  • MD
  • Director
  • Manager
  • Other
Visit our privacy policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications. Our services are intended for corporate subscribers and you warrant that the email address submitted is your corporate email address.
THANK YOU