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supercluster
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supercluster [′sü·pər‚kləs·tər]
(astronomy)
An association of galaxy clusters and groups, typically composed of a few rich clusters and many poorer groups and isolated galaxies.


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Fortifying its unchallenged performance lead among all competing systems, SGI (NYSE: SGI) has announced that its SGI Altix 3000 servers and superclusters continue to rule industry standard benchmarks.
During their long journey, photons from the microwave background encounter huge concentrations of matter, such as superclusters of galaxies.
SGI; Mountain View, CA), say they have developed a new family of high-performance servers and superclusters that will be able to handle big models in a way that equipment from other vendors can't.
 
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