UAB Announces An Expansion, Giving It The Fastest Supercomputer In Alabama By Far

By Jim Bakken

Frank Skidmore, M.D., relies on the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s high-performance supercomputer to help process the brain images he studies to research diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

The latest expansion of the UAB supercomputer – named Cheaha after Alabama’s highest peak – increases the computer’s power fourfold and will reduce the amount of time it takes to process one brain image to less than two hours, an improvement that can lead to advanced diagnosis and treatment, Skidmore says.

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