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The Barcelona Supercomputing Centre in Spain ranks number 16 in the global list of fastest computers (Photo: Barcelona Supercomputing Center - National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS))

EU recycles old promise to fund supercomputers

The European Commission implied on Thursday (11 January) that an announcement on the development of supercomputing would see it receive new EU money - but in fact the plan is based on past promises made.

"Commission proposes to invest €1 billion in world-class European supercomputers," said the headline of a press release featuring as the first item in Thursday's daily newsletter from the EU's executive body.

But a...

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