BMB has acquired new Supercomputer
The Beijing Meteorological Bureau (BMB) has acquired a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) supercomputer to aid in weather forecasting and air-quality control. The system is capable of sweeping an area up to 44,000 square kilometers to provide hourly numerical weather forecasts for each square kilometer.The new computer, an IBM System p575, will provide ten times the computational power of the BMB’s current weather forecasting system. In addition to providing up-to-the-hour forecasts, the supercomputer will also be used to help predict air quality in Beijing. The system will be employed by BMB to improve the accuracy of forecasts in the regions surrounding Beijing.
