Computer & electronics hardware

Srinidhi Varadarajan

Conceived and built the worlds third-fastest supercomputer

Year Honored
2004

Organization
Director, Terascale Computing Facility, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Region
Global

"Conceived and built the worlds third-fastest supercomputer from a cluster of 1,100 Apple Macintoshes for $5 million. Other world-class supercomputers, in government, universities, and industry, cost $100 million or more."