Eviden Caught up in Atos’ Financial, Acquisition Struggles

With a longstanding TOP500 supercomputing heritage, a leadership position in European supercomputing, a commitment to build Europe’s first exascale-class system and with major techno- geopolitical stakes on the line, the financial difficulties of Atos and, by extension, its Eviden HPC unit….

Eviden to Deliver Modular Data Center for Europe’s 1st Exascale System

This morning, Eviden made it official: it has been awarded a contract by Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany to build the modular data center to host the EuroHPC JUPITER supercomputer, Europe’s first exascale system. This is not surprising because….

EuroHPC JU Issues Quantum Hosting Call

Dec. 19, 2023 — The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for expression of interest to select hosting entities which will host and operate new EuroHPC quantum computers.  Applications must be submitted by 31/03/2024 at 17:00 CET. More details and all supporting documents are available on this dedicated webpage. The […]

@HPCpodcast: An Architecture Update from RISC-V International CTO Mark Himelstein

Mark Himelstein, chief technology officer at RISC-V International, joins us to discuss the latest developments with the RISC-V instruction set architecture and its growing community and footprint. Topics include: HPC use cases from sensors to supercomputer, achieving customization without loss of compatibility, AI and its impact on chips and systems, and the question on everyone’s mind: when will we see RISC-V in servers and supercomputers? Himelstein also looks at RISC-V’s design wins, including EuroHPC’s backing of R&D to develop HPC hardware and software based on RISC-V. You may also be interested in Shahin’s conversation with Mark in August 2020 to hear how things have evolved since then.

Jules Verne Consortium in France Will Host 2nd EuroHPC Exascale Supercomputer

June 20, 2023 — The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has selected the Jules Verne Consortium to host and operate in France the second EuroHPC exascale supercomputer to exceed the threshold of 1 billion billion calculations per second. This new exascale supercomputer will be managed by GENCI (as hosting entity), the French […]

EuroHPC JU Renews Support of EuroCC and CASTIEL

Stuttgart, Germany — February 3, 2023 — With the start of a new three-year grant, the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has renewed its support of EuroCC and CASTIEL. Together, this pair of projects has been supporting the development of a more consistent standard of expertise in high-performance computing (HPC), highperformance data analytics (HPDA), and artificial […]

EuroHPC JU Picks 6 QuroQCS Sites for Qauntum Computers

The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has selected six sites across the European Union (EU) to host the first EuroHPC quantum computers: IT4I (Czechia), LRZ (Germany), BSC-CNS (Spain), GENCI-CEA (France), CINECA (Italy), and PSNC (Poland). EuroHPC JU said Italy, France, Spain and Poland stood out among the countries expressing interest: For Italy, […]

Atos Talks European HPC Openness and a Hybrid Future of AI, Machine Learning and Quantum Supercomputing

This exclusive Q&A interview was conducted by Nages Sieslack of the ISC 2022 conference organization, with Eric Eppe, head of portfolio and solutions, HPC & Quantum at France-based HPC systems vendor Atos. Nages Sieslack: How are the needs of the European HPC market changing with regard to traditional supercomputing and things like deep learning/AI and […]

EuroHPC Summit Week to Be Held March 22-24 in Paris

The EuroHPC Summit Week 2022 will take place from 22 to 24 March in Paris. The conference will be hosted by GENCI, the French HPC agency, and organised by PRACE, the HPC-GIG project and ETP4HPC.  Save the dates! The EuroHPC Summit Week (EHPCSW) 2022 will gather the main European HPC stakeholders from technology suppliers and HPC […]

Atos Comes into ISC off Strong Year in HPC

Atos, with its BullSequana line of supercomputers, will no doubt be a prominent player at this year’s ISC conference. While ISC is an international HPC event, it has, after all, a strong European flavor – even if this year’s edition isn’t in Frankfurt but instead is virtual (for the last time, we hope). Atos has […]