UT preps for 2nd supercomputer in 2011
AUSTIN, Texas -- The University of Texas is getting another supercomputer and the $9 million system is expected to be online by February.
The Austin American-Statesman reported Monday that the system will be built by the Texas Advanced Computing Center.
UT has contributed roughly a third of the cost, while the government's National Science Foundation has contributed another third. The rest comes from a group including Texas A&M and Texas Tech, plus individual research organizations.
UT President William Powers Jr. said the collaboration is a natural partnership similar to how universities buy time on research telescopes such as the McDonald Observatory in West Texas.
Another UT supercomputer, known as “Ranger,” was dedicated in February 2008.
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