Atos boosts supercomputing power by 10 for Spanish State Meteorological Agency AEMET

Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), February 23, 2021

Atos announces that it has been chosen by the Spanish Condition Meteorological Agency (AEMET) to provide and set up its computing and storage technology, via the tender “Contracting of Source via leasing with no the choice to acquire a Supercomputing Process for the AEMET”. Based on the BullSequana supercomputing architecture from Atos, the new supercomputer will present practically 10 moments more computing potential than the recent 1 which was set up in the 2014.

This new supercomputer will reinforce and extend AEMET’s recent computing abilities to improve research in distinct locations this sort of as climate forecasting, local climate improve, wave prediction and guidance its collaboration with intercontinental organizations. Furthermore, it supports AEMET satisfy the new strategic, technological and service provision challenges, this sort of as making ready, supplying and disseminating meteorological facts and forecasts, in its 2019-21 Action Program, thereby consolidating its presence as 1 of the primary meteorological facilities in Europe.

The availability of the new significant-functionality method will not only allow for increased computing potential and a reduction in the time essential for the execution of numerical designs, but it will also enable us to enhance assets, automate processes and set in area extensive techniques, to endorse a more sustainable architecture.” stated Raúl Hilara, Telematics Coordinator of the Condition Meteorological Agency at AEMET.

The actuality that AEMET has renewed their assurance in our technological abilities is testament to our skills and we are happy that Atos will proceed to be their reference technology service provider in supercomputing, accompanying them in the new challenges of climate forecasting and local climate improve. This new good results strengthens our commitment as a European chief in the meteorology sector. ” stated José Camacho, director of HPC & Quantum computing of Atos in Iberia.

This task will consist of the set up of two clusters equipped with more than 50,000 cores centered on AMD EPYC processor technology, with a potential 5.9 PB of gross storage, connected with a minimal latency interconnect network of two hundred Gbits / sec.

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