Korea Meteorological Administration: “Scrap” supercomputers:
-Purchase by paying 119.2 billion won and sell for 79.2 million won-
2021/10/09
Korea Meteorological Administration:
It was revealed by October 8 that the supercomputers 1-3 were sold for 79.2 million won (7.42 million yen).
At the time of purchase, a total of 119.2 billion won (11.18 billion yen) was paid.
By convention scrap processing:
Initially, I bought a supercomputer of 10 billion won per unit.
Even though there is no performance degradation at the time of replacement
“I was doing scrap processing,” he said.
Rep. Gonning:
Overseas, it is reused for research in its own country or donated to other countries.
Need to consider countermeasures:
The lawmaker confirmed the case overseas.
At the procurement or purchase stage,
There are provisions for disposal,
Recycled for research institutes.
Alternatively, it is donated to underdeveloped countries for diplomatic purposes.
“I bought an expensive supercomputer, so I should decide what to do after using it.”
Chosun Online | Chosun Ilbo
http://www.chosunonline.com/m/svc/article.html?contid=2021100980006
Supercomputer bought for 100 billion won alone, scrap metal processing at 78 million won
It was found that the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
bought supercomputers worth tens of billions of won and replaced them every five years.
Even at the time of disposal,
there were many cases where it still maintained its value as a supercomputer,but the Korea Meteorological Administration was not handling it ‘properly’.
It is pointed out that measures such as preparing a recycling plan from the introduction stage are necessary as this is a project that requires a large amount of tax.
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Cray Awarded $40 Million Supercomputer Contract from the Korea Meteorological Administration
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Cray Inc.
has signed a multi-year, multi-phase contract to provide the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) with a next-generation supercomputer.
Valued at more than $40 million, the award is one of the largest in the area of operational numerical weather prediction in the world to-date,
and will provide KMA with supercomputing, storage, and data management technologies.
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