Bull to build Europe’s first petaflops scale supercomputer | | 2008-07-31 | | | Bull and the Military Applications Department of the French Atomic Energy Authority (CEA) have signed a deal to design and build what will be the first European supercomputer, Tera 100.The machine is being developed as part of the French nuclear weapons simulation program. Developing the new Tera 100 supercomputer will involve significant amounts of research and development work, with Bull and the CEA combining their respective skills and expertise. It will be developed on the basis of open source software and X86 architecture processors. Bull will provide its know-how in the design and operation of high-performance servers, along with the software development expertise needed to operate large-scale systems. The CEA will contribute its expertise in specifications, computer architecture and application development, as well as its in-depth understanding of infrastructures for very large data centres.Petaflops-scale high-performance computing has become essential when it comes to modelling and simulation, with applications in areas such as aeronautics, energy, climatology, life sciences, finance and information processing, and also for sustainable development and energy saving. | |
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