With this I learned a new word for my vocabulary, “petabyte” which is equivalent to 1 quadrillion bytes or 1,000 terabytes, 1,024 gigabytes of data equals 1 terabyte. In short, that’s a lot of data space. Right now many linked computers across domains are used and it can be time consuming, so the data storage capabilities will help speed up the research process. This is the first of a clustered system to exploit power for biomedical research in healthcare. BD
A federal grant will allow Johns Hopkins researchers to purchase a powerful $2 million computer that will speed up their efforts to find new ways to diagnose and treat brain disease, heart illnesses, cancer and other medical ailments. The Institute for Computational Medicine, based at Johns Hopkins' Homewood campus in Baltimore, will receive one of the 20 High-End Instrumentation Grants for 2008 awarded by the National Center for Research Resources, a part of the National Institutes of Health. The one-time grants, announced today, are awarded to support the purchase of sophisticated equipment costing more than $750,000, machines with the potential to impact a wide range of biomedical research. The $2 million grant to the Johns Hopkins institute was the maximum amount allowed for any single project.
$2 million computer will help unravel major medical ailments
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