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The University of Wyoming has announced that a Wyoming middle school student has won a statewide competition to name one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. The winning name, Derecho, (dr-ei-choe) is for the new system currently being installed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne. It was selected out of more than 200 submissions from Wyoming K-12 students as part of a naming competition that NCAR conducted in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Education and the Wyoming Governor’s Office. “We are v...

April 12, 2021 A Wyoming middle school student has won a statewide competition to name one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. The winning name, Derecho, is for the new system currently being installed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne. It was selected out of more than 200 submissions from Wyoming K-12 students as part of a naming competition that NCAR conducted in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Education and the Wyoming Governor’s Office. “We are very excited to have such a meaningful name ...

New Supercomputer Coming to Wyoming Might Save the World A new report states that a supercomputer is coming to Wyoming and it just might save the world. The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center made the announcement about a massive new computer being built by HP that could advance science as we know it. According to their press release, it's set to be delivered to Cheyenne this year and operational in 2022. Here's a snippet of what this thing will entail from Anke Kamrath, director of NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory: The resulting research will lead to new insights in...

Wyoming Atmospheric Research Center Selects New Supercomputer The new machine will help the National Center for Atmospheric Research conduct the research needed to better understand a range of phenomena that affect society, from the behavior of major wildfires to solar storms. by Wyoming Tribune-Eagle / January 28, 2021 Shutterstock (TNS) — The National Center for Atmospheric Research announced Wednesday that it has selected its next supercomputer for advancing the Earth system sciences, following a competitive open procurement p...

By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily One of the fastest supercomputers in the world will be in operation in Cheyenne by next year, where it will help scientists research a wide range of weather phenomena that affect society. The National Center for Atmospheric Research announced this week that its new supercomputer would be funded by Hewlett-Packard to the tune of $35-$40 million. Once operational, the HPE-powered system is expected to rank among the top 25 or so fastest supercomputers in the world. The supercomputer will be installed in Cheyenne sometime this year and will be operational by ear...