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by Stephen Chapman
A £3.8m supercomputer has arrived at Durham University to accelerate research and development projects.
The high performance computing platform (HPC) known as Bede, has been made by the N8 Research Partnership and its technology is already being user to better understand Covid-19 and how to recover from the pandemic.
“The launch of Bede marks a significant milestone for the research and academic communities across the North and indeed the wider UK and beyond. It will help our researchers to undertake work that incorporates experimental activities underpinned by large data or modelling situations which are unable to be replicated in standard experiments,” explained Dr Annette Bramley, Director of the N8 Research Partnership.