Nichols said semi-finalists would be announced around March, following site visits, and that the grant-winner would likely not be announced until June.
The machine put to work earlier this year in an office park just outside Cheyenne also will help scientists understand how solar flares affect satellites and communications.
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming now has a second lightning-quick computer for researchers to use.
Less than a month after the doors opened on the supercomputer in Cheyenne, officials marked the official opening for "Mount Moran," a supercomputer designed and built specifically for UW researchers...