Hopper: Imaging Workstation
Named after Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992), a US computer specialist and a pioneer of programming (Wikipedia de|en).
This computer was acquired in 2024 with the fastest graphics card available.
Software
This computer runs under Windows 10 64 bit. It will be upgraded to Windows 11 when the respective LTSC (long term support) version becomes available (anounced for end of 2024). The following imaging software packages are installed:
- Fiji/ImageJ
- Imaris versions 7.6 and 9.7.2 from Bitplane (now part of Oxford Instruments)
- Leica LASX offline version.
A description of these image packages is given on our Software Page.
Hardware
- 256 GB RAM
- Intel Xeon CPU E5-2643 v4 @ 3.1 GHz
- Nvidia RTX4090 GPU with 24 GB memory
- Dell Ultrasharp 43 inch Monitor with 4096 x 2160 pixels
- 2x 4 TB NVM2 M.2 SSD (Samsung 990 PRO)
