NOAA is Beefing Up its Forecasting Computers to 5 Petaflops

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will increase its computing power by ten-fold this year to a total of 5 petaflops worth of computing power, creating one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, the agency announced this week.
The first step in the process will be tripling the power of its dual supercomputers this month to 0.776 petaflops each, to create a total of a 1.5 petaflop system. By October the system’s full upgrade should be complete, bringing ea