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State of the Union: Commission sets out new ambitious mission to lead on supercomputing

The Commission has proposed a new Regulation for the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking to maintain and advance Europe's leading role in supercomputing and quantum computing. It will support research and innovation activities for new supercomputing technologies, systems and products, as well as foster the necessary skills to use the infrastructure and form the basis for a world-class ecosystem in Europe. The proposal would enable an investment of €8 billion in the next generation of supercomputers – a substantially larger budget compared to the current one.

European Commision

May 28, 2021

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Commission welcomes Council's support for a €7 billion investment in Europe’s supercomputing infrast

The European Commission welcomes today's General Approach in the COMPET Council by Research Ministers on the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking Regulation.

Technical University of Ostrava

June 29, 2021

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KAROLINA HAS SUCCEEDED, TWICE, IN THE TOP500 LIST OF THE MOST POWERFUL SUPERCOMPUTERS IN THE WORLD

On Monday afternoon, the eyes of all supercomputer fans were literally glued to the announcement of the results of the TOP500 list, which determines the ranking of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The TOP500 list has been announced since 1993, twice a year – in late June at the ISC International Conference in Germany and in November at the Supercomputing Conference in the USA. Especially tense moments were experienced this year at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in Ostrava, which has sent the Karolina supercomputer to the competition.

Institute of Information Science

July 15, 2021

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Slovenian HPC Vega System, the first operational EuroHPC system, on Top 500

Slovenian national supercomputer HPC Vega has placed Slovenia at the 21st place among countries featuring their systems on the Top 500 supercomputer lists this June. HPC Vega, hosted at Institute of Information Science in Maribor, has been a collaboration of Slovenian partners and the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and has scored a major success by being the first EuroHPC system to start production and accept international European users. It is also the largest system in Slovenia, where it has been established within the national project HPC RIVR tasked to upgrade national infrastructure in HPC and science data systems as well as support regional development. HPC Vega is serving a number of users from very different disciplines, and is managed by IZUM and a team of national experts from the national consortium SLING who are also involved in the future EuroHPC project Leonardo, thereby fostering national and international collaboration.

European Commision

July 14, 2021

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Adoption of Council Regulation to Establish New EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

he Economic and Financial Affairs Council has adopted the Council Regulation on establishing the new European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). This marks the start of the EU and EuroHPC JU’s ability to draw funds from the Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and the Connecting Europe Facility programmes that will, together with the investment of the participating states and the EuroHPC Private Members, be worth around €7 billion. This will be done with a view to Europe becoming a world leader in high-performance computing and quantum computing. The promotion of these two fields is vital, as they are a strategic resource for powering innovative applications to understand and design efficient solutions to address many complex societal, scientific and industrial challenges

European Council

July 13, 2021

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Adoption of Council Regulation to Establish New EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

Today the Council adopted a regulation on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC). The regulation paves the way for the development within Europe of the next generation of supercomputers. Today’s decision contributes to the EU’s strategic autonomy and delivery of the European Research Area. The goal is clear: to make Europe a world-leading actor in super computing. It will help tackle global challenges and help ensure the EU's green and digital transitions.