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class="ecl-page-header__title"><span>High Performance Computing</span></h1></div></div></div> </div> <main class="ecl-u-pb-xl" id="main-content"> <div class="ecl-container"> <div class="ecl-row"> <div class="ecl-col-s-12"> <div> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div><div id="block-machinetranslationmessage" class="ecl-u-mb-l"> </div> <div id="block-cnt-theme-main-page-content" class="ecl-u-mb-l"> <article> <div> <div class="ecl-row"> <div class="ecl-col-12"> </div> </div> <div class="ecl-row"> <div class="content_main_wrapper ecl-col-s-12 ecl-col-l-8"> <div > <div class="ecl-u-type-m ecl-u-mb-xl"> <p class="ecl-page-header-standardised__description"> High performance computing refers to computing systems with extremely high computational power that are able to solve hugely complex and demanding problems. </p> </div> <div> <div class="ecl-media-container" data-ecl-media-container="true" data-ecl-auto-init="MediaContainer" ><figure class="ecl-media-container__figure"><div class="ecl-media-container__media"><iframe id="videoplayerI-191399" src="//ec.europa.eu/avservices/play.cfm?ref=I-191399&lg=EN&sublg=none&autoplay=true&tin=10&tout=59" frameborder="0" allowtransparency allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen width="640" height="390" class="media-avportal-content"></iframe></div><figcaption class="ecl-media-container__caption"><p class="ecl-u-mv-none ecl-u-type-prolonged-xs ecl-u-type-color-grey-75"> European Commission </p><p class="ecl-u-mv-xs"> Exscalate4Cov project : supercomputing to identify new therapies for COVID-19 </p></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="ecl-u-d-none">fix-empty</div> </div> <div class="ecl"><p>In the digital decade, high performance computing (HPC) is at the core of major advances and innovation, and a strategic resource for Europe's future.</p> <p>In today’s world, more and more data is constantly being generated, from 79 zettabytes globally in 2021 to an expected 181 zettabytes in 2025 (1 zettabyte is equal to 1 trillion gigabytes). As a result, the nature of computing is changing, with an increasing number of data-intensive critical applications.</p> <p>HPC is key to processing and analysing this growing volume of data, and to making the most of it for the benefit of citizens, businesses, researchers and public administrations.</p> <p>HPC can be used in a large number of application areas: from monitoring and mitigating the effects of climate change and producing safer and greener vehicles to increasing cybersecurity and advancing the frontiers of knowledge in nearly every scientific field.</p> <p>It is also starting to play a key role in medicine: HPC can be used in drug design, from testing drug candidate molecules to repositioning existing drugs for new diseases. And, it can help us understand the origins and evolution of epidemics and diseases.</p> <p>Moreover, HPC has proved to be of great importance in developing new applications and products. It has a direct impact on the digital supply chain, such as designing new materials, cars and aeroplanes, and bioengineering and manufacturing.</p> <p>Today, world-class supercomputers are able to perform more than 10¹⁵ — at least one million billion, operations per second (petascale performance). A few top-of-the-range systems exceed 10¹⁷— at least one hundred million billion, operations per second (pre-exascale performance). The next generation (exascale) will perform more than one billion billion (10¹⁸) operations per second, a computing power level comparable to aggregating the computing capabilities of the mobile phones of the EU’s entire population. </p> <p>Europe's <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/digital-success-stories-jupiter-first-european-exascale-supercomputer">first exascale supercomputer</a>, <span>JUPITER,</span> will be installed <span>in the second half of</span> <span lang="EN-US">2024. One of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world, Jupiter is expected to be the first supercomputer in Europe to surpass the </span><a href="https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/news/effzett/2024/innovative-container-concept"><span lang="EN-US">threshold of one quintillion (a “1” followed by 18 zeros) calculations per second</span></a><span lang="EN-US">. This unprecedented computing capacity will support the development of high-precision models of complex systems and artificial intelligence applications in science and industry. </span></p> <div class="ecl-media-container" data-ecl-media-container="true" data-ecl-auto-init="MediaContainer"><figure class="ecl-media-container__figure"><div class="ecl-media-container__media"><iframe src="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/media/oembed?url=https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dw135wAN83UA&max_width=475&max_height=267&hash=tBJNWEgorlLA_PlHoH6SBth2tWii6WVqBV9xPnauqdk" width="475" height="267" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="DIGITAL success story: JUPITER - Exascale for Europe"></iframe></div><figcaption class="ecl-media-container__caption"><p class="ecl-u-mv-xs"> DIGITAL success story: JUPITER - Exascale for Europe </p></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="ecl-u-d-none">fix-empty</div> <p>As part of the digital decade, HPC is key to Europe’s future prosperity, digital transformation and resilience. With €7 billion in funding from <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en">Horizon Europe</a>, <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/digital-programme">Digital Europe Programme</a> and the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility">Connecting Europe Facility</a> the Commission will strengthen investments in supercomputing.</p> <p>It aims to build up supercomputing and data processing capacities by buying world- class exascale supercomputers, post exascale facilities, and supporting an ambitious HPC research and innovation agenda.</p> <div class="ecl-u-type-m ecl-u-bg-grey-15 ecl-u-border-width-8 ecl-u-border-left ecl-u-border-color-grey"> <div class="ecl-u-pa-m"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/user-subscriptions/2544/create">Subscribe to the latest news on this topic and more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div 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