MSU Top 5 in supercomputing

Mississippi State University’s Orion supercomputer is the fourth most powerful academic data center in the U.S., according to rankings released this week by Top500.org. Orion is ranked at No. 68 on Top500’s list of the world’s most powerful computing systems. Managed by MSU’s High Performance Computing Collaboratory, Orion was installed on campus last summer with the support of $22 million in grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (Source: MSU 06/30/20) https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2020/06/msu-ranks-fourth-us-academia-supercomputing-power