- User authentication and access control was integrated with the central Active Directory to enable single account and password access to both HPC and non-HPC resources and services.
- User home directory was expanded and integrated with the central storage and file system to enable seamless access of files and data across laptop, desktop and HPC systems.
- HPC Portal was upgraded to enable online account registration, cutting the account application time from days to around one hour.
- The second multi-core HPC cluster was introduced with a total of 768 cores, expanding the overall cluster computing pool to more than 1200 CPU cores.