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Craig McLean, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration assistant administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, holds a commemorative cowbell in front of the Orion supercomputer at Mississippi State. The new computer, funded by NOAA and housed at 51³Ô¹Ï's High Performance Computing Collaboratory, is the fourth-fastest computer system in U.S. academia. 51³Ô¹Ï and NOAA celebrated Orion with a ribbon-cutting Wednesday [Dec. 18].