Main reason.. the tyranny of low expectations: http://www.hector.ac.uk/
63 TFlops peak. #17 in the world. And this is for the whole country, academically speaking.
OTOH, the #1 machine, Blue Gene @ LLNL clocks in @ 596 TFlops peak. That's just 1 machine in an institution that has another machine faster than Hector. Sweden, Spain and India *all* have faster systems.
I know Americans rail on about how the US used to be a great country, but the UK's fall from grace is a profoundly sad thing. The worst part ? Most Brits haven't even realized just how bad things have become.
I'm just glad to have left the place.
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