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University of Texas is Getting a $60 Million Supercomputer (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the good-moves dept.

The University of Texas at Austin, will soon be home to one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. From a report: The National Science Foundation awarded a $60 million grant to the school's Texas Advanced Computing Center, UT Austin and NSF said Wednesday. The supercomputer, named Frontera, is set to become operational roughly a year from now in 2019, and will be "among the most powerful in the world," according to a statement. To be exact, it will be the fifth most powerful in the world, third most powerful in the US, and the most powerful at a university.

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  1. Dang by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait to play Quake on that thing.

  2. pointless purchase by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look UT Austin, just because you bought yourself a supercomputer doesn't mean its going to be enough to help the Longhorns beat the Sooners no matter how many xFLOPS it can do, or if it can run Witcher 3 in 4k smoothly.