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Article: National Research Council Develops Supercomputer to Boost Reach of U.S. Telescope
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- August 26, 2008
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Wireless News
08-26-2008
National Research Council Develops Supercomputer to Boost Reach of U.S. Telescope
WIRELESS NEWS-August 26, 2008-National Research Council Develops Supercomputer to Boost Reach of U.S. Telescope (C)2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com
Patented astronomy technology from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) was tested successfully on August 7 - a step toward completion of the U.S. Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) in New Mexico.
NRC said the test demonstrated the power of a Canadian supercomputer, called a correlator, which combines signals from many radio-telescope antennas so that they function as a single astronomical instrument.
NRC engineers designed ...