Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday announced a $19.1 million grant to Texas Tech University for a next-generation computing cluster project in Lubbock.
The project will use interconnected high-performance servers that function as a single unified system to handle massive, parallel workloads for semiconductor research and development, according to the governor’s office. Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec said the support will expand the school’s ability to apply advanced computing to challenges in Texas.
Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton said the system will include NVIDIA computing technology. Creighton said the investment will give the university the fastest and most powerful computing capability of any public research university in the nation.
The grant was awarded through the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund. The 2023 Texas CHIPS Act, signed by Abbott, created the fund, which is designed to encourage semiconductor-related companies to expand in the state and to develop the expertise and capacity of Texas higher education institutions.