How to read it Mac mini — the daily workhorse 128GB Studio — heavy work 256GB Ultra — biggest local model 512GB research node NVIDIA lab computer — for teaching software that runs on NVIDIA graphics chips Spare — kept switched off until another computer fails Cloud — Public class only This whole page is a plan, not an inventory. Small blocks in a bay are individual computers. Thicker lines mean more conversations can run at the same time. An outlined bay is one this budget has not filled — nothing here is bought or installed.

The topology

Follow a question from a college to the proposed campus computers or approved cloud tools.

How this tool works

How to use this page. Move the money and watch the room fill: an outlined bay is one this budget has not paid for yet. Click any box — or tab to it and press Enter — for what it is, what it does, and which part of the plan proves it.

One-time budget

$120,000

Partial coverage

How busy a day

The optional high-memory research computer

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The proposed topology — how the service connects