From research conducted at the Forschungszentrums Jülich

Alongside experimentation and theory, supercomputers have now become the third pillar of scientific research. The Forschungszentrum Jülich represents one of Europe’s leading supercomputing centres and offers users from the scientific community world-class processing power. Its facilities include JUGENE, currently Germany’s fastest computer, QPACE, one of the most energy-efficient computers worldwide, and JUROPA and HPC-FF, which rank among the most flexible computers in the world.

Jülich experts have the know-how to develop computers of this class, build them with partners from industry, and tap into their potential for a diverse range of questions pertaining to the great social challenges of the future. Some 300 research teams are granted access to one of the Jülich supercomputers each year. Scientists are also provided with support by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) in the form of specifically configured simulation laboratories as well as cross-sectional groups that develop algorithms and methodologies, carry out code optimisations, and augment the performance of the users’ programmes with the help of performance-analysis tools developed at the centre.

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