This cluster incorporates CPUs and graphics processing units (GPUs). This technology greatly enhances the speed with which computer systems process information and represents an important development in supercomputing. Nationally, GPU-accelerated supercomputers have enabled new research projects in areas as diverse as bioinformatics, climatology, and molecular and materials modeling. HPC resources enable researchers to move beyond the limitations of traditional research to produce new understandings of problems and meaningful results that have far-reaching interdisciplinary impact. Part of the focus of HPC is to expand the reach of “big computing” by addressing system-level questions in social, economic, and cultural research. With its advanced computing and communications resources, HPC is helping to create the virtual organizations, virtual worlds, and immersive environments that will continue to transform and globalize higher education in the twenty-first century.