A Supercomputer in a Chapel, and a Synchrotron, Show Catalonia's High-Tech Aspirations

23 March 2016

While I was in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress last month, I had the chance to visit the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. It houses the MareNostrum 3, the largest supercomputer in Southern Europe. It's an interesting facility, housed in a former chapel, creating an interesting juxtaposition between old and new. (Having graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the concept of a computing center inside a former chapel brought back some memories.)

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