Enabling Discoveries That Advance Science and Society Through Advanced Computing Technologies

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) designs and operates some of the world's most powerful computing resources.

Getting Started
Tour in TACC's Machine Room

Create an Account

Fill out the account request form on the TACC Account Management Portal and it will be reviewed by our User Services team.

Faculty, professional research staff, and postdoctoral researchers may request Principle Investigator (PI) eligibility for their account. PIs are responsible for requesting system allocations and managing their team.

Graduate and undergraduate students can create an account, but must be added to allocations by PIs to use the systems.

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Request an Allocation

To access a system, you must request through an allocation opportunity.

Browse the System List, Allocations, and Software List to help determine what system and allocation fits your research.

If you are a PI, log into your account and request an allocation on the system that fits your research needs.

Allocations

System Status

Documentation

TACC's documentation provides a detailed and comprehensive resource for our high-performance computing systems. Find information on hardware, software, tutorials, and best practices. Discover how TACC can help advance your research and computational goals.

TACC Documentation

User Updates

Vista NVHPC - version 2024.5 Deprecation

We would like to inform you that an older version of NVHPC SDK (24.5) currently installed on Vista will be removed in one month as part of our ongoing efforts to maintain system security and performance.Effective Date of Removal: 5/18/2025We recommend that all users transition to the latest version of NVHPC before this date to avoid any disruption to your workflow. Please submit any question you may have through the TACC Consulting System or feedback form. https://tacc.utexas.edu/portal/tickets

Service Outage Tuesday 8 April 2025

We are currently investigating a DNS-related network issue that is affecting service availability. At this time, all services are down. Our team is actively working on identifying and resolving the issue, and we will provide updates as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience.

Change in Account Policy

Beginning April 10th, all users will be required to have MFA paired in order to activate an account. This will replace the need to pass an IDP check and streamline the registration process. If you have an existing, active account, this will not impact you at this time. In addition to this change, MFA modifications will now be managed in https://accounts.tacc.utexas.edu.If you have any questions, please reach out to the Helpdesk here: https://tacc.utexas.edu/portal/tickets

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Training & Events

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Byte Size Basics

A collection of easily digestible discussions on a variety of training topics.