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rotation curve fitting \u2014 no external cloud, no CUI compromise.<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hw-grid\">\n      <div class=\"hw-node\">\n        <div class=\"hw-node-header\">\n          <h3>NODE 1 \u00b7 Primary<\/h3>\n          <p>Windows 11 Pro + Ubuntu 24.04 LTS<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-specs\">\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">CPU<\/span><span class=\"spec-value highlight\">Intel Core i9-14900K \u00b7 24c\/32t<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">GPU<\/span><span class=\"spec-value highlight\">RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell \u00b7 96 GB VRAM<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">RAM<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">128 GB DDR5 (4400 MT\/s JEDEC)<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Storage<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">24 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Network<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">Mellanox 50 Gb NIC \u00b7 RoCE<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Power<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">1350W \u00b7 Pure sine UPS + Furman PST-8<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Cooling<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">Arctic Pro 360 AIO \u00b7 NZXT H7 Flow<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"hw-node\">\n        <div class=\"hw-node-header\">\n          <h3>NODE 2 \u00b7 Compute<\/h3>\n          <p>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS \u00b7 Headless HPC<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-specs\">\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">CPU<\/span><span class=\"spec-value highlight\">Intel Core i9-14900K \u00b7 24c\/32t<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">GPU<\/span><span class=\"spec-value highlight\">RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell \u00b7 96 GB 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\u00b7 Near-zero latency tensor exchange\n      <span>\u21c4<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hw-tier-divider\">\n      <span class=\"hw-tier-label tier2\">Tier 2<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hw-tier-title tier2\">&#8220;Little Blackie&#8221; \u2014 Agile Inference Node<\/div>\n    <div class=\"hw-tier-subtitle\">Continuous AI orchestration, quantized model testing, and cybersecurity microsegmentation \u2014 always-on without spinning up the full cluster.<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hw-single\">\n      <div class=\"hw-single-header\">\n        <h3>INFERENCE NODE \u00b7 Continuous Operation<\/h3>\n        <p>Dedicated LLM inference &amp; security testing workstation<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"hw-specs\" style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:0 24px;\">\n        <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">CPU<\/span><span class=\"spec-value highlight\">Intel Core i9-12900K<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">GPU<\/span><span class=\"spec-value highlight\">NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">RAM<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">96 GB DDR5<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Storage<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">8 TB NVMe (2\u00d7 4 TB)<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Power<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">Corsair CX750M 80+ Bronze<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Cooling<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">Noctua NH-D15S \u00b7 7-fan positive pressure<\/span><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hw-tier-divider\">\n      <span class=\"hw-tier-label tier3\">Tier 3<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hw-tier-title tier3\">Secure Mobile Compute &amp; Endpoint Layer<\/div>\n    <div class=\"hw-tier-subtitle\">Zero Trust orchestration, data triage, and edge 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class=\"spec-label\">Accel<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">PrimoCache RAM-disk I\/O<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Role<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">Publication authoring \u00b7 prelim astrophysics<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"hw-laptop\">\n        <div class=\"hw-laptop-header\">\n          <h3>Support &amp; Testing Node<\/h3>\n          <p>Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 15ISK<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"hw-specs\">\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">CPU<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">4-core processor<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">RAM<\/span><span class=\"spec-value highlight\">32 GB DDR4<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Storage<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">2 TB (1 TB NVMe + 1 TB SSD)<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">OS<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">Windows 11 Pro<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Accel<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">PrimoCache disk acceleration<\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"hw-spec-row\"><span class=\"spec-label\">Role<\/span><span class=\"spec-value\">Zero Trust testing \u00b7 admin &amp; file ops<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hw-strategic\">\n      <strong>\u26a1 Strategic Acquisition Note<\/strong>\n      The entirety of EPS Research&#8217;s primary hardware infrastructure was procured and assembled by October 31, 2025, preempting significant market price increases. 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