Australia sets up Raijin supercomputer - Australia's most powerful comp- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Australia's most powerful computer was unveiled, in a boost for climate scientists who need to crunch vast amounts of data to make forecasts and pinpoint extreme weather.

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The Australian National University in Canberra has named the supercomputer Raijin after the Japanese god of thunder, lightning and storms.

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"You could say that we in the climate science community have a need for speed," the head of the Bureau of Meteorology Rob Vertessy said.

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"The simple fact is that supercomputer capacity is a major determinant of our success in this field, but it's always been a struggle to secure access to it."

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Lindsay Botten, director of the ANU's National Computational Infrastructure centre where the computer is housed, said the machine can handle complex simulations and modelling much faster and at a higher resolution than previously available in Australia.

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