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ASCI Purple will be used to simulate nuclear explosions in 3-D ASCI紫色计算机将被用于三维模拟核爆炸 Scientists will soon be able to observe the first instants after a nuclear warhead detonates. Fortunately， it will be a three-dimensional simulation， made possible by the worlds fastest computer. IBM and the U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday the sale of a $290 million supercomputer， capable of performing 100 trillion calculations per second. Armed with that much computing firepower， a 3-D simulation of the first one-millionth of a second in a nuclear explosion will take eight weeks to calculate. 科学家不久将能观察到核弹头爆炸的第一瞬间。幸运的是，世界上运算最快的计算机使三维模拟核爆炸成为可能。周二，IBM和美国能源部宣布，一台售价为2.9亿美元的超级计算机每秒钟可执行100兆次运算。一个关于百万分之一秒核弹爆炸的情况只需8周就可以通过这台计算机运算并做出它的三维模拟。而这是史无前例的模拟。 ASCI PURPLE， as the massive computer will be called， has a sobering task. Working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories， the hefty computer will be dedicated to the task of monitoring the nations nuclear missile stockpile. 被称作巨大计算机的ASCI紫色计算机承担着极其严峻的任务。这台座落(把座落改为安装)在Lawrence Livermore国家实验室中的重型计算机，将被用于执行监测全国核导弹库的重任。 | 
