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...powerful, super-fast computers have in recent months been publicized as an important American technological advantage in international trade. NSF officials stressed yesterday, however, the cut off was not due to funding shortages...
Four supercomputers remain in service in the United States, spread around the Midwest and on the West Coast, said Professor of Physics David Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, who is one of Harvard's two board members at the von Neumann site, called the NSF decision "not crippling but somewhat inconvenient...
Weber said the NSF withdrew its support, about $10 million annually, when the parent company of the von Neumann computer manufacturer disbanded the subsidiary. Control Data Corporation decided to "pull the plug" on ETA System, maker of the supercomputer, the NSF director said. He did not elaborate...
...NSF support does not necessarily mean that the von Neumann center will close, Vanderbilt said, although that is likely. Previously, a Minnesota facility cut off by the NSF secured funding from other sources, he said...
...NSF grant accounts for more than half of the center's educational budget this year, which is about $1.2 million, Sadler said...