Texas TechSaturday, November 14
Texas Tech lands a $19 million state grant for a new computing cluster in Lubbock
The Daily Lubbock team
If you follow Texas Tech's research push, here's a big one: Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant for a next-generation computing cluster in Lubbock. Texas Tech said its Whitacre College of Engineering received the award.
$19,108,579Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant for Texas Tech's computing cluster
Abbott announced the grant Thursday, Nov. 12.
Source: San Angelo LIVE!
The project will tie artificial intelligence to simulation data and experimental results, which should shorten development cycles for next-generation semiconductor devices and materials. Engineering dean Roland Faller said Texas Tech will be one of the first universities with the newest generation of Nvidia chips. Chancellor Brandon Creighton said the technology will give Texas Tech “the fastest and most powerful computing capability at any public research university in the nation.”
- Team: Faller and seven other Texas Tech faculty
- Research: AI-driven materials discovery and modeling
- Research: AI-enabled epitaxial growth of ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors
- Fund: created after Abbott signed the Texas CHIPS Act in 2023
Texas Tech's new award joins earlier state semiconductor grants
| Project | Award |
|---|---|
| Next-generation computing cluster | New: $19,108,579 |
| New clean room | Earlier TSIF award |
| Wide/ultrawide bandgap semiconductors | Earlier TSIF award |
Sources: EverythingLubbock.com, San Angelo LIVE!
Sources: EverythingLubbock.com, San Angelo LIVE!