Atos’s supercomputer to pave the way for Bulgaria’s leading position in high-tech

This will be the most effective supercomputer in Japanese Europe and is envisioned to be operational in July 2021

Paris (France), Prague (Czech Republic), Sofia (Bulgaria) 11 Could 2021

Atos these days announces that Bulgaria’s new EuroHPC supercomputer, which is centered on Atos’ effective BullSequana XH2000 architecture, is now entirely shipped and assembled at Sofia Tech Park in Bulgaria. Atos was selected to construct Bulgaria’s petascale supercomputer by the European Superior Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), the hosting entity, and the consortium “Petascale Supercomputer Bulgaria” (PetaSC-Bulgaria) whose leading associate is Sofia Tech Park.

This will be the most effective supercomputer in Japanese Europe and will enable to leverage Bulgaria’s higher-tech ambitions. Atos’ Czech Republic task teams have already started the configuration exams and the supercomputer is envisioned to start doing work operationally in July 2021.

The supercomputer will enable improve European scientific study and foster innovation by giving access to state-of-the-artwork HPC infrastructure and services to a huge array of consumers from the scientific study neighborhood, marketplace and the general public sector.

It will serve the development of scientific, general public and industrial apps in a lot of fields, including bioinformatics, pharmacy, molecular dynamics and mechanics, quantum chemistry and biochemistry, artificial intelligence, personalized medication, bioengineering, meteorology, and the struggle towards local climate modify.

“We are impressed by the professionalism of the Atos workforce. The work on the supply and installation of the device is ahead of agenda. The major problem for the Consortium “Petascale Supercomputer – Bulgaria” workforce is setting up and building a worthwhile relationship between the academy, the marketplace, the Sofia Tech Park, and the petascale computer system. In this regard, we talk with the existing EuroHPC centers and have initiated conferences with the academy and marketplace associates. We already have the 1st requests for fixing pragmatic tasks in chemistry, medication, and biology. Of class, we are also seeking forward to the upcoming – we are chatting with Atos to include their system and practical experience in quantum computer systems”, explained Peter Statev, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Sofia Tech Park.

“As Europe’s leading supercomputing producer, we are very pleased to be supporting researchers in marketplace and universities across Europe accelerate scientific discovery and to acquire alternatives for existing worries these as these in wellness, vitality and agriculture. The use of artificial intelligence in study has amplified the need to have for far more adaptability and far more versatility in supercomputing, which is specifically what we can deliver with our BullSequana XH2000 so that our clients can reward from the new capacities of hybrid workloads.” explained Agnès Boudot, Senior Vice President, Head of HPC & Quantum at Atos.

The supercomputer is co-financed by the Republic of Bulgaria and EuroHPC JU with a joint financial commitment totaling EUR 11.five million.

In addition to this EuroHPC tender, Atos’ BullSequana will also be utilised in four added EuroHPC supercomputing centres CINECA in Italy, IZUM in Slovenia, with LuxProvide in Luxembourg and in the Minho Highly developed Computing Centre in Portugal, thereby reinforcing Atos’ placement as a European leader in higher-efficiency computing.

31 Atos supercomputers are mentioned in the TOP500 around the globe supercomputer position, with a mixed peak efficiency of 251 petaflops – this is an boost of seventy nine% in petaflops from the TOP500 listing in June 2020.

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Technical Requirements

The size of the RAM reaches above 300 TB and the quantity of cores is a hundred and forty four 384, while the computer system is crafted on AMD EPYC processors cooled by hot h2o and has a quickly disk storage with a capacity of 2 PB. The overall technique is backed up towards a electricity failure by an uninterruptible electricity source with an output of 1 MW. The size of the technique is twelve computing racks and 2 racks with auxiliary infrastructure. The whole intricate weighs above 30 tons.

About Atos

Atos is a worldwide leader in digital transformation with a hundred and five,000 employees and annual income of above € 11 billion. European quantity 1 in cybersecurity, cloud and higher-efficiency computing, the Group presents tailor-made stop-to-stop alternatives for all industries in seventy one nations. A pioneer in decarbonization services and goods, Atos is dedicated to a safe and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos operates less than the models Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), mentioned on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The function of Atos is to enable structure the upcoming of the details area. Its skills and services guidance the development of awareness, instruction and study in a multicultural tactic and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group allows its clients and employees, and members of societies at substantial to live, work and acquire sustainably, in a safe and sound and safe details area.

Extra details for journalists

Atos has been functioning in the Czech Republic considering that September 1, 2011 subsequent the acquisition of Siemens IT Options and Solutions, s.r.o. With far more than 300 employees in four branches, it generated an external income of €63m in 2020. Atos in Bulgaria has far more than 1200 employees doing work in two authorized entities giving world-class IT alternatives for company clients in the CPG (Buyer Packaged Products) and F&B (Foods & Beverage) sectors as nicely as a huge array of stop-to-stop services (twenty+ enterprise features and one thousand+ procedures) in just the Atos group.

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Photograph: Atos BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer at Sofia Tech Park in Bulgaria with Jaroslav Vojtěch, Head of HPC & Big Facts at Atos in Czech Republic.