Dear all,
A year ago we were awarded ~£100k from a university capital
equipment renewal grant to overhaul our IT infrastructure at YNiC. I
am pleased to say Joe and the wider YNiC team have been working hard
since then and we now have the following equipment.
The open plan desktops are new:
Intel Core i7
14700 28 Core CPUs (up from Intel i7 4770 8 core)
32GB RAM at
5600HMz with 4 64GB models available.
2560x1440 QHD
displays
The stimulus PCs are new:
Intel Core i7
14700 28 Core CPUs (up from i7 4770 8 core)
32GB RAM at
5600HMz
NVIDIA GeForce
RTX 4060 8GB (Up from AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB)
We have also purchased new storage, which will be hosted centrally.
We are currently working to allow access to this, and we will email
YNiC users with details when this is available.
Separate from this equipment renewal grant, we are planning on
upgrading the network switching infrastructure to improve resilience
(funded by central IT). We will also be upgrading the desktop
software, which will come with updated versions of the regular
software packages:
Psychopy 2025.2
Matlab 2025a
Python 3.11
FreeSurfer (7.3,
7.4.1 and 8.1)
FSL 6.0.7.18
A big thank you to Joe and the wider YNiC team for their hard work
in relation to all of this. I hope it makes your experience at YNiC
that bit more enjoyable. Any questions/issues please use the usual
YNiC support ticketing system, or come to YNiC and talk to us :)
Best wishes,
Aidan
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*I work 0.8FTE and my working days are Monday-Wednesday and Friday*
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Prof Aidan J Horner
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Co-Director York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC)
Department of Psychology
University of York
York YO10 5DD
https://www.aidanhorner.org/
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