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Unscheduled chip-cpu Downtime: Cooling Issue Resolved

To all chip-cpu users, The cooling issue reported around 2320ET Thursday Jan 15 has been resolved. Maintenance technicians were able to assess and repair the chillers that service the research...

Posted: January 16, 2026, 12:09 AM

Unscheduled chip-cpu Downtime: Cooling Issue

To all chip-cpu users, A cooling issue in a research park computer room necessitated the unscheduled and immediate shutdown of chip-cpu hardware which was housed in that computer room. While...

Posted: January 15, 2026, 11:15 PM

December HPCF Newsletter

Hi everyone, First I want to congratulate everyone for making it to the end of the semester, and a special congratulations to our new graduates! Second, happy holidays! I hope whatever you do...

Posted: December 23, 2025, 2:26 PM

Scheduled Downtime Complete

To all chip users, The DoIT Research Computing Team has completed the downtime scheduled for today. Over the course of the downtime, the team was able to put into place headnode software...

Posted: December 18, 2025, 11:08 PM

Downtime Evening of Thurs Dec 18

To all chip users, The chip cluster will be brought offline for a few hours Thursday Dec 18 starting at 1800ET. This brief downtime is to patch our cluster management head-nodes to avoid...

Posted: December 15, 2025, 2:01 PM