TACC, McCombs Receive Gifts from Chevron To Educate the Next Generation of Scientists
Published on September 4, 2009 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
The Texas Advanced Computing Center and the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin received gifts totaling $230,000 from Chevron Corporation to train the next generation of scientists and researchers in using advanced computing technologies and state-of-the-art laboratories for breakthrough science.
NSF TeraGrid helps Hayden Planetarium create the most advanced planetarium show ever produced
Published on August 19, 2009 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
High-performance computing systems, visualization resources, and software tools provided by the National Science Foundation TeraGrid helped make the Hayden Planetarium's new space show the most scientifically accurate and advanced planetarium show ever produced, according to many reviewers.
Texas Advanced Computing Center Announces Newly Formed Board of Visitors
The Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin today announced the creation of the TACC Board of Visitors to advise the center and to identify new opportunities in advanced computational research and development.
Texas-Sized Computer Finds Most Massive Black Hole in Galaxy M87
Published on June 8, 2009 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
Astronomers Karl Gebhardt of The University of Texas at Austin and Jens Thomas of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have used new computer modeling techniques to discover that the black hole at the heart of M87, one the largest nearby giant galaxies, is two to three times more massive than previously thought.
TACC Introduces New System for Data-Intensive Computing and Storage
Published on April 6, 2009 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
"Corral," a system for data-intensive computing and storage, is the newest resource to be deployed by the Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Texas Advanced Computing Center Announces Dan C. Stanzione Jr. as Deputy Director
Published on March 16, 2009 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) has named Dan C. Stanzione Jr. to the newly created position of deputy director at the center. As deputy director, Stanzione will track the center's vision, strategy and planning, ensure effective and efficient operations of center-wide activities and programs, and articulate the center's impact and plans to the broader scientific community. He will also play a key role in funding new activities through proposals and partnerships. He will officially begin in this role in June 2009.
TACC provides one-stop-shop for HPC, data analysis and visualization efforts
Published on February 4, 2009 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
Ranger, a key resource on the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid and the most powerful academic system in the world, is now even more attractive to researchers who depend on it to do advanced scientific analysis. With the integration of Spur, they now have the ability to visualize their data immediately.
'Stallion' -- World's Highest Resolution Tiled Display for Open Science Deployed by Texas Advanced Computing Center
Published on November 18, 2008 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
Stallion, the world's highest resolution tiled display, has been deployed by the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin.
Newly transformed ACES Visualization Lab Will Aid Researchers on UT Campus
Published on October, 13, 2008 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
TACC has unveiled one of the most powerful visualization environments in the world in a newly transformed laboratory space on The University of Texas at Austin's main campus. The ACES Visualization Laboratory, a 2,900-square-foot environment on the ground floor of the Advanced Computational Engineering and Sciences (ACES) building, is available for researchers who use scientific visualization as part of the discovery process in their research.
"Ranger" Now Available To Researchers at Texas Higher Education Institutions
Published on July 23, 2008 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
"Ranger," one of the largest open science computing systems in the world, is now available to researchers at all Texas higher education institutions, according to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin.
"Ranger" Supercomputer Gets Processor Boost
TACC has announced that "Ranger," its world-class Sun supercomputer, has been upgraded with new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors. TACC now offers the national open science community a computing resource with a peak performance rating of 579.4 teraflops.
TACC Hosts 2nd Annual Summer Supercomputing Institute
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin today announced that it will host its second annual five-day Summer Supercomputing Institute in Austin from July 28 through August 1.
"Ranger" Supercomputer Marks New Era for Petascale Science
Published on February 22, 2008 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
Ranger, the most powerful supercomputing system in the world for open science research, today will be dedicated by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin. This first-of-its-kind system entered full production on Feb. 4.
TACC Ramping Up Staff to Deploy Ranger, Increase Support for TeraGrid Resources
Published on December 11, 2007 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
The "Ranger" supercomputer, funded by the National Science Foundation Office of Cyberinfrastructure as the first of the new Track2 HPC acquisitions, is scheduled to be in full production at TACC in January 2008.
TACC Partners with IBM's World Community Grid to Address Large-Scale, Global Problems
Published on November 8, 2007 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
TACC at UT Austin has announced its partnership with IBM Corporation's World Community Grid. TACC will assist the philanthropic project by running the software on its staff PCs and installing the client on TACC's new Stampede cluster.
TACC Introduces Science and Technology Affiliates Program to Aid Private Sector Research and Development
Published on October 16, 2007 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
TACC at UT Austin has introduced Science and Technology Affiliates for Research (STAR), a new program that will offer private sector organizations the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of their research and development activities through the use of advanced computing technologies.
TACC Launches Global Academic Supercomputing Consortium to Work toward Solving Global Science Problems
TACC at UT Austin today announced it has launched an international collaboration created to support the use of advanced computational technologies in solving the world's most challenging science and engineering problems.
TACC Summer Supercomputing Institute
Published on May 21, 2007 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
TACC at UT Austin will host a five-day Summer Supercomputing Institute from Aug. 13-17. The Institute will provide researchers with an intensive introduction to using TACC's computing resources, including high performance computing systems, visualization systems and advanced display environments, massive storage systems, and grid computing technologies.
High-Performance Computing Sites Unite to Form the Dell XL HPC Consortium
Published on April 16, 2007 by Faith Singer-Villalobos
TACC and the Maui High Performance Computing Center last week hosted the inaugural meeting of the Dell XL HPC Consortium (Dell XL), the first user group of its kind to focus on the large-scale use of Dell HPC solutions. The meeting took place on April 10 and 11 in TACC's new building in Austin.
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