<s>
The	O
Ohio	B-Architecture
Supercomputer	I-Architecture
Center	I-Architecture
(	O
OSC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
facility	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
western	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Ohio	O
State	O
University	O
campus	O
,	O
just	O
north	O
of	O
Columbus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Established	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
the	O
OSC	O
partners	O
with	O
Ohio	O
universities	O
,	O
labs	O
and	O
industries	O
,	O
providing	O
students	O
and	O
researchers	O
with	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
advanced	O
cyberinfrastructure	O
,	O
research	O
and	O
computational	O
science	O
education	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
the	O
OSC	O
networking	O
initiative	O
—	O
known	O
today	O
as	O
OARnet	O
—	O
provided	O
the	O
first	O
network	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Center	O
’s	O
first	O
Cray	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
OSC	O
launched	O
the	O
Center	O
’s	O
Industrial	O
Interface	O
Program	O
to	O
serve	O
businesses	O
interested	O
in	O
accessing	O
the	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1989	O
,	O
OSC	O
engineers	O
installed	O
a	O
$22	O
million	O
Cray	O
Y-MP8/864	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
deemed	O
the	O
largest	O
and	O
fastest	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
world	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
