Atos is the largest European supercomputer manufacturer and one of the leaders in digital solutions worldwide. The supercomputers produced by this French company have been used for more than a decade Vilnius University Faculty of Physics. VU FF recently purchased a new supercomputer from this company VU HPC Sauletekis, which will open up new opportunities for the implementation of science and scientific research.
Supercomputer innovation is an advantage for business and economy
Atos company Bull Baltija UAB, together with partner Duvait, which has more than 15 years of experience in high performance computing (HPC). High Performance Computing, HPC), in the fields of networks, security and data center solutions, integrated and installed new technical, software and storage HPC cluster equipment in the Faculty of Physics. This equipment has more than 4500 computing cores and almost 55 terabytes of RAM. "Supercomputer innovations create new opportunities for science and scientific research and a competitive advantage for business and economy," says VU Faculty of Physics dean prof. Juozas Šulskas. The professor is glad that now Vilnius University with the new supercomputer VU HPC can carry out research and studies using machine learning, artificial intelligence and ultra-big data. With the help of this, which is more than 10 times more efficient than the existing computing system, scientists and researchers have the opportunity to solve much more complex tasks.
There are many areas of application of high-performance equipment
"VU HPC Sauletekis will be used for modeling light energy harvesting electronic systems and photosynthetic molecular electronic materials using quantum chemistry methods. The main states of photosynthetic compounds will be analyzed and excited, Raman spectra and dynamic characteristics of excited states will be modelled, the possibility of proton transfer in conjugated systems and graphene layers will be analysed", - plans where the new supercomputer will be used, says the head of the "EuroHPC" competence center, VU Physics Faculty doc . Dr. Mindaugas Macernis. Organic materials and devices are expected to be widely used in various fields: medicine, energy, and computing. Using a more powerful HPC system, VU researchers will have the opportunity to model quantum computers based on molecular compounds and develop algorithms for quantum calculations.
Lithuania is a member of the European project "EuroHPC".
Thanks to VU's HPC resources and the work performed, Lithuania became a member of the European project "EuroHPC", and Vilnius University became the representative of Lithuania in the joint "EuroHPC" Competence Center for High-Performance Computing. Membership in the European Supercomputer Network is also planned. Europe Grid Infrastructure, EGI). In addition to the Open Access Center for Vilnius University researchers, the HPC infrastructure can also be used by researchers from other Lithuanian scientific institutions and companies.
