<s>
ASCI	B-Device
Blue	I-Device
Pacific	I-Device
was	O
a	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
installed	O
at	O
the	O
Lawrence	O
Livermore	O
National	O
Laboratory	O
(	O
LLNL	O
)	O
in	O
Livermore	O
,	O
CA	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
RS/6000	I-Operating_System
SP	I-Operating_System
massively	B-Operating_System
parallel	I-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contained	O
5,856	O
PowerPC	O
604e	O
microprocessors	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
built	O
as	O
a	O
stage	O
of	O
the	O
Accelerated	B-General_Concept
Strategic	I-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Initiative	I-General_Concept
(	O
ASCI	O
)	O
started	O
by	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Energy	O
and	O
the	O
National	O
Nuclear	O
Security	O
Administration	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
simulator	O
to	O
replace	O
live	O
nuclear	O
weapon	O
testing	O
following	O
the	O
moratorium	O
on	O
testing	O
started	O
by	O
President	O
George	O
H	O
.	O
W	O
.	O
Bush	O
in	O
1992	O
and	O
extended	O
by	O
Bill	O
Clinton	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
