With the power of 12,000 desktop PCs, the mammoth machine called HECToR is the country's fastest computer and one of the most powerful in Europe.
After years of development, Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to attend the official launch ceremony for the 113 million pound machine.
They could have brought 12,000 quad powered pc's for about £6,000,000 and paralleled them all together
