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The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) designs and operates some of the world's most powerful computing resources.
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User Updates
April 17, 2026
Horizon System Now Accepting Early Operation
TACC is pleased to announce that we are now accepting LRAC submissions for the Horizon supercomputer. Horizon’s Leadership Class Computing capacity is funded by the National Science Foundation and supports the “discovery at the frontiers of science and engineering…through large scale simulation, data analysis, and artificial intelligence applications.”Horizon provides an order of magnitude performance increase over the previous Frontera system and will enable researchers to advance the state of science in every field.Currently, we are only accepting large scale LRAC requests, but smaller research allocations and startup requests will be available in the future.Please review the submission guide for detailed instructions on how to proceed:https://lccf.tacc.utexas.edu/allocations We look forward to working with you!Thank you, The TACC Team
April 15, 2026
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Stampede3 Maintenance April 22 2026
Stampede3 will undergo maintenance April 22nd from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM CST. We will be applying updates to the OPA-400 network alongside cluster-wide changes to our batch scheduler at this time.
April 14, 2026
Ranch Maintenance April 28, 2026
The Ranch archive system will be unavailable on Tuesday, April 28th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CDT. Software updates will be applied during this maintenance window
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Training & Events
MAY 11–15, 2026
TACC Institute: Information-Integrated Decision Support
Master systematic approaches for building end-to-end decision support systems that integrate multiple information sources — scientific research, sensor data, physics-based models, and stakeholder knowledge — to tackle wicked problems with no clear solutions.
JUNE 8–12, 2026
TACC Institute | Practical Machine Learning for Life Science Research
An immersive dive into machine learning best practices and applications in life sciences. This week-long in-person workshop guides participants through machine learning fundamentals up to cutting edge deep learning tools and methodologies for implementation in life sciences research.
JUNE 15-19, 2026
TACC Institute | Applied Parallel Programming
Spend a week with TACC HPC experts learning how to effectively use supercomputing for research and code development.
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TACC Training Basics
A collection of brief step-by-step videos on a variety of training topics.