The National Science Foundation announced on August 29, 2018 an award of 60 million dollars to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at UT Austin for the acquisition and deployment of a new supercomputer that will be the fastest at any U.S. university and among the most powerful in the world. The new system is called Frontera , Spanish for "frontier," and it will begin operations in 2019.

On this TACC podcast, host Jorge Salazar interviewed Manish Parashar, Office Director for the the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Parashar took time out during the announcement event at TACC to talk more about the Frontera supercomputer.

Story Link: www.tacc.utexas.edu/-/a-new-fronter…nce-discoveries

Music Credit: Raro Bueno, Chuzausen freemusicarchive.org/music/Chuzausen/