E-Mail IMAGE: The Frontera expansion added nearly 400 Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 server nodes, housed in 11 racks. view more Credit: TACC Frontera -- the 9th fastest supercomputer in the world, deployed at The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) -- has expanded thanks to a supplemental award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which funded the system, and a substantial contribution from Dell Technologies and Intel. The expansion will contribute to TACC's urgent computing capabilities, accelerating life sciences research during the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting rapid responses to emergencies like hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and other large-scale disasters.