Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), February 23, 2021
Atos announces that it has been chosen by the Spanish Point out Meteorological Company (AEMET) to provide and put in its computing and storage technological innovation, by means of the tender “Contracting of Source by means of leasing without having the choice to invest in a Supercomputing Program for the AEMET”. Based on the BullSequana supercomputing architecture from Atos, the new supercomputer will deliver almost 10 situations extra computing ability than the existing a single which was put in in the 2014.
This new supercomputer will fortify and develop AEMET’s existing computing abilities to increase exploration in distinct spots this kind of as weather conditions forecasting, local weather adjust, wave prediction and aid its collaboration with global companies. Furthermore, it supports AEMET satisfy the new strategic, technological and company provision issues, this kind of as planning, supplying and disseminating meteorological information and facts and forecasts, in its 2019-21 Motion Plan, thereby consolidating its presence as a single of the most important meteorological centers in Europe.
“The availability of the new substantial-effectiveness procedure will not only enable for larger computing ability and a reduction in the time vital for the execution of numerical types, but it will also allow us to enhance assets, automate processes and place in position thorough techniques, to market a extra sustainable architecture.” said Raúl Hilara, Telematics Coordinator of the Point out Meteorological Company at AEMET.
“The reality that AEMET has renewed their self esteem in our technological abilities is testament to our abilities and we are very pleased that Atos will go on to be their reference technological innovation provider in supercomputing, accompanying them in the new issues of weather conditions forecasting and local weather adjust. This new achievement strengthens our motivation as a European chief in the meteorology sector. ” said José Camacho, director of HPC & Quantum computing of Atos in Iberia.
This venture will consist of the installation of two clusters geared up with extra than fifty,000 cores dependent on AMD EPYC processor technological innovation, with a ability 5.nine PB of gross storage, connected with a lower latency interconnect community of two hundred Gbits / sec.
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