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The Grace supercomputer.
Named for a pioneer programmer, the Grace system will address a surge in on-campus demand for high-performance computing. | Image: Texas A&M University Research Communications

Texas A&M University is offering researchers a new flagship high-performance computing platform.

Named in memory of programming pioneer Vice Admiral Grace Hopper, the Grace supercomputer, powered by Dell Technologies, will serve as a platform for ground-breaking discoveries and innovations in science and engineering at Texas A&M. The new Grace supercomputer is 20 times more powerful than the Ada supercomputer it will replace, which has served as the lead supercomputer at Texas A&M’s High Performance Research Computing since 2014.

"The Grace system represents the next generation of supercomputing — reshaping how science and engineering are transforming massive data into solutions that address the world’s greatest challenges," said Texas A&M Vice President for Research Mark A. Barteau. "In the groundbreaking research performed today, access to superior high-performance computing is vital to our mission of advancing knowledge and inspiring innovation. Grace will enable researchers in the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science and across the university to tackle problems once thought impractical or impossible."

Funding for the Grace system comes from Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Research Development Fund with contributions from the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas A&M Health Science Center, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and several individual faculty members in the College of Engineering and the College of Science.

For more information, see the full story about the Grace supercomputer.

Texas A&M Institute of Data Science

The Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) serves and fosters collaborations across the university and its affiliated agencies. TAMIDS is a joint undertaking of Texas A&M University with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. It is an inclusive umbrella organization for data science and facilitates interactions between researchers in diverse application areas and those with expertise in core methodologies, promotes education in data science across the university and pursues outreach to commercial and governmental organizations in the wider data science ecosystem.