TAMU Launch
Resource Type
Compute
Latest Status
production
Description

Launch is a regional computational resource that supports researchers incorporating computational and data-enabled approaches in their scientific workflows at The Texas A&M University System Schools. A portion is offered to the national community. Researchers must be based in the US and associated with a US academic research institution.

Launch is a Dell Linux cluster with 45 compute nodes (8,640 cores) and 2 login nodes. There are 35 compute nodes with 384 GB memory and 10 GPU compute nodes with 768 GB memory and two NVIDIA A30s. The interconnecting fabric uses a single NVIDIA HDR100 InfiniBand switch.

Features
Resource supports visualization
GPU use is the main purpose of this resource
General compute use
An intuitive, innovative, and interactive interface to remote computing resources
Resource is allocated by ACCESS
Is an ACCESS Allocated Production Compute resource
Agency supercomputers and advanced architecture systems
AI tools and support
Resources funded from MRI, other programs
Provides Globus data transfer and data sharing services for local storage
Organization Name
Texas A&M University
Global Resource ID
launch.tamu.access-ci.org