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

This will be the most impressive supercomputer in Japanese Europe and is predicted to be operational in July 2021

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

Atos right now announces that Bulgaria’s new EuroHPC supercomputer, which is based mostly on Atos’ impressive BullSequana XH2000 architecture, is now absolutely sent and assembled at Sofia Tech Park in Bulgaria. Atos was chosen to develop Bulgaria’s petascale supercomputer by the European High Efficiency 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 impressive supercomputer in Japanese Europe and will help to leverage Bulgaria’s significant-tech ambitions. Atos’ Czech Republic venture teams have presently started off the configuration exams and the supercomputer is predicted to start doing the job operationally in July 2021.

The supercomputer will help make improvements to European scientific exploration and foster innovation by offering accessibility to state-of-the-art HPC infrastructure and products and services to a broad range of customers from the scientific exploration community, industry and the general public sector.

It will provide the advancement of scientific, general public and industrial purposes in quite a few fields, including bioinformatics, pharmacy, molecular dynamics and mechanics, quantum chemistry and biochemistry, artificial intelligence, customized medicine, bioengineering, meteorology, and the fight in opposition to weather change.

“We are amazed by the professionalism of the Atos group. The operate on the delivery and installation of the equipment is ahead of schedule. The big challenge for the Consortium “Petascale Supercomputer – Bulgaria” group is making and generating a important relationship involving the academy, the industry, the Sofia Tech Park, and the petascale personal computer. In this regard, we connect with the existing EuroHPC facilities and have initiated meetings with the academy and industry reps. We presently have the initial requests for fixing pragmatic duties in chemistry, medicine, and biology. Of system, we are also looking ahead to the long run – we are chatting with Atos to insert their platform and expertise in quantum computer systems”, claimed Peter Statev, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Sofia Tech Park.

“As Europe’s leading supercomputing manufacturer, we are proud to be supporting scientists in industry and universities throughout Europe accelerate scientific discovery and to produce answers for latest problems this kind of as individuals in well being, power and agriculture. The use of artificial intelligence in exploration has greater the want for far more overall flexibility and far more versatility in supercomputing, which is particularly what we can present with our BullSequana XH2000 so that our shoppers can profit from the new capacities of hybrid workloads.” claimed 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 investment totaling EUR 11.five million.

In addition to this EuroHPC tender, Atos’ BullSequana will also be used in four further EuroHPC supercomputing centres CINECA in Italy, IZUM in Slovenia, with LuxProvide in Luxembourg and in the Minho State-of-the-art Computing Centre in Portugal, therefore reinforcing Atos’ place as a European chief in significant-general performance computing.

31 Atos supercomputers are outlined in the TOP500 globally supercomputer rating, with a merged peak general performance of 251 petaflops – this is an enhance of 79% in petaflops from the TOP500 listing in June 2020.

###

Complex Specifications

The sizing of the RAM reaches about 300 TB and the number of cores is one hundred forty four 384, when the personal computer is created on AMD EPYC processors cooled by hot water and has a quickly disk storage with a capability of 2 PB. The total process is backed up in opposition to a power failure by an uninterruptible power source with an output of one MW. The sizing of the process is twelve computing racks and 2 racks with auxiliary infrastructure. The total advanced weighs about 30 tons.

About Atos

Atos is a international chief in electronic transformation with 105,000 workforce and once-a-year revenue of about € 11 billion. European number a single in cybersecurity, cloud and significant-general performance computing, the Group presents customized stop-to-stop answers for all industries in seventy one nations around the world. A pioneer in decarbonization products and services and goods, Atos is committed to a protected and decarbonized electronic for its clients. Atos operates underneath the manufacturers Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), outlined on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The intent of Atos is to help structure the long run of the details space. Its expertise and products and services guidance the advancement of expertise, training and exploration in a multicultural approach and contribute to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the earth, the Group allows its shoppers and workforce, and customers of societies at massive to reside, operate and produce sustainably, in a protected and protected details space.

Additional details for journalists

Atos has been functioning in the Czech Republic due to the fact September one, 2011 pursuing the acquisition of Siemens IT Solutions and Solutions, s.r.o. With far more than 300 workforce in four branches, it generated an external revenue of €63m in 2020. Atos in Bulgaria has far more than 1200 workforce doing the job in two lawful entities offering earth-course IT answers for corporate clients in the CPG (Consumer Packaged Merchandise) and F&B (Food & Beverage) sectors as effectively as a broad range of stop-to-stop products and services (20+ company features and a thousand+ procedures) within just the Atos group.

Press Contacts:

Bulgaria: Debora Apostolova | [email protected] | +35 98 eighty three 22 twenty five 01

World: Laura Fau | [email protected] | +33 six 73 sixty four 04 eighteen | @laurajanefau

Image: Atos BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer at Sofia Tech Park in Bulgaria with Jaroslav Vojtěch, Head of HPC & Significant Data at Atos in Czech Republic.