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Energy-efficient system drives climate modeling for U Maine computer science professor.

Energy efficiency ranks second when compared to renewable power generation as a solution to climate change, but for Phillip Dickens, a professor at the University of Maine, it is first in the world of supercomputing.

[Scott Kirsner] My most recent Globe column focuses on a hardware start-up, SiCortex, that is based in the Maynard mill complex that was once home to Digital Equipment. Read the blog post.

Now, a decade after Digital's sale to Compaq and slow dissolution, [Jud] Leonard is again showing up every weekday for work at the old mill. As cofounder and chief architect at SiCortex Inc., he's designing a new generation of powerful computers that SiCortex markets as the world's most energy efficient.