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DDN To Invest $100M In Exascale Computing

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DataDirect Networks (DDN) is investing $10 million in its research and development efforts, specifically directed at resolving key challenges to achieving Exascale levels of performance in scientific computing.

Alex Bouzari (CEO and cofounder, DDN): Data-intensive computing impacts individuals, organizations, industries and governments by enabling the creation of valuable information based on massive volumes of highly complex data.

DDN powers over 60 of the world’s top 100 supercomputers (as ranked by the June 2012 Top500 list).

Upload: 01-13-13

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