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CIMS has a IBM eServer BladeCenter system capable of peak performance of 4. 5 TeraFlops.

According to the TOP500 List, a ranking of supercomputers published at www. top500. org, CIMS ’ s supercomputer is the fastest in New York City and the 117th fastest supercomputer in the world.

The acquisition of this supercomputer was funded by IBM and federal funding and is used primarily for research by the faculty and graduate and undergraduate students of CIMS.

Computers at CIMS run Windows XP Professional, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems.

There are also many other specialized Linux-based operating systems for research purposes.

Every faculty / student office room is fully equipped with scientific software and computer stations.

Wi-Fi and X terminals are available in public CIMS locations and every faculty / student office.