All posts tagged: HPC

Powering Europe’s HPC ecosystem with ARM systems and software stack

Powering Europe’s HPC ecosystem with ARM systems and software stack

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EUPEX Pilot aims to demonstrate Europe’s capability to build ARM-based systems and a software stack designed for diverse European HPC requirements The ability to build and operate powerful supercomputers is now a key factor shaping technological independence and Europe’s position on the global stage. As major investments continue to flow from the United States and Asia, Europe faces a growing challenge: developing its own technologies while remaining competitive at the highest level. EUPEX, a European project funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, directly addresses this challenge by developing a pilot supercomputing platform entirely based on European technologies, from the hardware to the software stack. The platform will use new ARM-based processors designed for the performance, energy efficiency, and scalability needed in next-generation HPC systems, offering a tangible step toward Europe’s computing independence. The pilot will assemble these processors within a modular architecture and couple them with European-developed software solutions, providing a realistic environment to test readiness, scalability, and operational reliability. In doing so, EUPEX Pilot aims not only to prove that Europe can deliver competitive, …

UK HPC data centre cuts emissions by 75% with renewables

UK HPC data centre cuts emissions by 75% with renewables

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The rapid rise of AI and cloud computing has put the spotlight on one uncomfortable question: can the infrastructure powering this boom grow without overwhelming the energy system? A UK high-performance computing (HPC) data centre may have found a credible answer. By fundamentally rethinking how it sources electricity, it has cut its carbon emissions by 75% while reducing pressure on the grid, offering a practical path forward for an industry under increasing environmental scrutiny. A shift away from traditional energy accounting Stellium Datacenters, which operates one of the country’s largest purpose-built campuses near Newcastle, has overhauled its electricity sourcing. Instead of relying on annual renewable energy averages – a common industry practice –the company now matches its power consumption with renewable generation on an hourly basis. This change addresses a growing criticism of conventional “100% renewable” claims. Many data centres rely on certificates that confirm renewable energy was produced somewhere on the grid over the course of a year. However, that system does not guarantee clean energy was used at the exact time of consumption, …

Livermore Computing: Accelerating excellence in HPC

Livermore Computing: Accelerating excellence in HPC

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Judy Hill, Deputy for High Performance Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), shares a look at the Livermore Computing high-performance computing centre and the groundbreaking work taking place there. High-performance computing (HPC) enables discovery and innovation through the extraordinary simulations it makes possible. HPC is now high on the list of priorities for the US, harnessing its potential to save energy, reduce emissions, boost competitiveness, and strengthen the country’s position as a global technology leader. At U.S Department of Energy (DOE) facilities such as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), HPC has become the ‘third pillar’ of research, joining theory and experiment as an equal partner. LLNL’s premier HPC centre, Livermore Computing, delivers systems, tools, and expertise to support the advancement of HPC capabilities. The centre’s missions are threefold: To learn more about the work taking place at Livermore Computing and the potential this has for a wide range of real-world applications, The Innovation Platform spoke to LLNL’s Deputy for High Performance Computing, Judy Hill. Can you briefly elaborate on how LLNL is contributing to …

Building the HPC ecosystem for tomorrow’s ARM-based supercomputers

Building the HPC ecosystem for tomorrow’s ARM-based supercomputers

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EUPEX Pilot aims to demonstrate Europe’s readiness to build fully sovereign ARM-based supercomputers from chip to software. High Performance Computing (HPC) has quietly become one of the key pillars of modern societies. From climate modelling and weather forecasting to drug discovery, artificial intelligence, industrial design, or energy optimisation, supercomputers now underpin some of the most critical scientific, economic, and societal advances. As data volumes grow exponentially and computational demands continue to rise, access to powerful, efficient, and scalable HPC infrastructures is no longer a luxury; it is a strategic necessity. Beyond its many applications, HPC has also become a strategic asset. The ability to build and operate powerful supercomputers increasingly affects technological independence and Europe’s position on the global stage. With major investments coming from the United States and Asia, Europe faces the challenge of developing its own technologies while staying competitive at the highest level. EUPEX, a European project funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, tackles this challenge head-on. Its goal is to create a pilot supercomputing platform entirely based on European technologies, from …

How JHC is integrating HPC, AI, and quantum

How JHC is integrating HPC, AI, and quantum

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The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) is advancing European high-performance computing by evolving cutting-edge systems such as JUPITER, and integrating AI as well as quantum technologies to tackle complex scientific, societal, and industrial challenges. At the heart of Europe’s scientific computing landscape, the Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia) has grown from a national computational science hub in the 1980s into a global powerhouse of high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and emerging quantum technologies. With a long legacy of innovation, strong collaborations across academia and industry, and a firm commitment to advancing Europe’s digital sovereignty, JSC is shaping the next era of HPC-enabled scientific discovery. Building Europe’s HPC future JSC’s journey began with early adoption of large-scale computing for scientific research, helping position Germany among the pioneers of computational science. Over decades, JSC cultivated an ecosystem that blends national research priorities with European collaborations, academic partnerships, and industrial use cases – from climate science and materials modelling to energy systems and life sciences. A hallmark of JSC’s approach has been its ability …

US HPC research accelerates nonequilibrium quantum materials

US HPC research accelerates nonequilibrium quantum materials

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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has launched a major four-year research collaboration aimed at transforming how scientists understand nonequilibrium quantum materials. The initiative brings together national laboratories and academic partners to harness the power of high-performance computing (HPC) and exascale supercomputers to explore quantum systems pushed far from equilibrium. Known as Controlled Numerics for Emergent Transients in Nonequilibrium Quantum Matter (CONNEQT), the programme is designed to overcome long-standing barriers in modelling and predicting the dynamic behaviour of quantum materials under real-world conditions. The importance of nonequilibrium quantum materials In practical environments, materials are rarely at rest. They are constantly exposed to light, heat, electric currents, magnetic fields, or energy flow, all of which drive them out of equilibrium. For quantum materials, these disturbances can dramatically alter electronic and magnetic behaviour, sometimes revealing properties that remain hidden when the system is stable. Understanding nonequilibrium quantum materials is therefore essential for advancing technologies such as quantum computing, microelectronics, sensing, and information processing. By deliberately driving materials out of balance, scientists can potentially engineer …