Canberra weighs refresh of Australia’s ageing supercomputer fleet


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The federal government’s top science and technology advisers are finalising advice on Australia’s high performance computing and data needs amid warnings that local researchers are now begging international partners for access to their supercomputers.

InnovationAus.com understands the National Science and Technology Council last year wrote to Science minister Tim Ayres to bring his attention to Australia’s diminishing supercomputing capability.

Only then was the council asked to provide formal advice Australia’s …

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