Against such a backdrop, IBM's Hsu said the new R&D center in Nankang will allow biotech firms to share and explore grid computing by using Big Blue's expertise in computational biology and parallel computing.
"We hope the center will help create Taiwan's first bio-grids -- computer grids that offer computing, data storage and networking resources for life sciences research through the Internet," he said.
This is the second major grid computing initiative undertaken by IBM in Taiwan, following the launch of the Taiwan Integrated Grid for Education and Research, a collaboration with the National Center for High Performance Computing, under the National Science Council.
That project, started in late July, aims to build a powerful computing grid to support R&D efforts of local industry and academia.
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