<s>
Distributed	O
Research	O
using	O
Advanced	O
Computing	O
(	O
DiRAC	B-Device
)	O
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
facility	O
used	O
for	O
research	O
in	O
particle	O
physics	O
,	O
astronomy	O
and	O
cosmology	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DiRAC	B-Device
makes	O
use	O
of	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
and	O
provides	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
architectures	I-General_Concept
for	O
use	O
by	O
the	O
research	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
DiRAC	B-Device
was	O
funded	O
with	O
an	O
investment	O
of	O
£12	O
million	O
from	O
the	O
Government	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
's	O
Large	O
Facilities	O
Capital	O
Fund	O
combined	O
with	O
funds	O
from	O
the	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
Facilities	O
Council	O
(	O
STFC	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
consortium	B-Application
of	O
universities	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
DiRAC	B-Device
facility	O
was	O
upgraded	O
with	O
a	O
further	O
£15	O
million	O
of	O
UK	O
government	O
capital	O
to	O
create	O
DiRAC	B-Device
II	O
which	O
has	O
five	O
installations	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
DiRAC	B-Device
is	O
a	O
backronym	O
which	O
honours	O
the	O
theoretical	O
physicist	O
and	O
Nobel	O
laureate	O
Paul	O
Dirac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
