Top HPC centres meet in Barcelona to discuss the challenges of future supercomputers

07 July 2015

Top researchers from six of the largest supercomputing centres got together in Barcelona at the beginning of this month for the Joint Laboratory for Extreme‐Scale Computing (JLESC) to discuss the challenges for future supercomputers. Marc Snir highlighted US Government programs to promote new supercomputing systems; Thomas Lippert discussed the EU Flagship 'Human Brain Project'; and Akira Ukawa explained the point of view from Riken, Japan's largest research institution.

Overcoming the monumental challenges that face the HPC on the road to exascale will take a concerted effort from the entire industry as demonstrated by events such as JLESC and Prace Days, which was held in Dublin at the end of May.

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