Saturday, 11. September 2004

Lord of the Rings computers turned into supercomputer-for-hire


A supercomputer used to create special effects in the Lord of the Rings fantasy film trilogy is now open for business in the real world of global commerce.

Ranked 80th among the world's 500 most powerful computers, it can perform 2.8 trillion calculations a second, said New Zealand Supercomputing Centre spokesman Eric Pilon.

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