BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 26 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Virginia Tech's Advanced Research Computing group (ARC) within the Division of Information Technology has added CPU (central processing unit) memory, and GPU (graphics processing unit) resources to the university's Owl high-performance computing cluster, and researchers are already reaping the benefits. The additional capacity substantially increases access to computing resources, helping meet demand for high-performance computing. The number of ARC users increased by approximately 30 percent year-over-year, and GPU utilization grew by 62 percent in 2025.
The expansion adds 76 CPU nodes each with 96 cores and 768 gigabytes of...