UT launches one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin is now home to the most powerful supercomputer at any university in the United States — and one of the most powerful in the world.
“Stampede2,” launched at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), was made possible through a $30 million award from the National Science Foundation.
The supercomputer will allow researchers nationwide to answer questions that cannot be addressed through theory or experimentation alone and t