Spain Unveils One of World’s Largest Supercomputers Focused on AI Research
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On December 21, 2023, Spain inaugurated MareNostrum 5, a supercomputer developed by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and operated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. MareNostrum 5 claims a peak performance of 314 petaFLOPS—ranking as the eighth most powerful supercomputer on the Top500 list—and was developed to “strengthen research” in AI applications, with a “particular focus on enhancing European medical research” in fields like drug and vaccine development and “virus spread simulations.” At the inauguration, EuroHPC JU Executive Director Anders Dam Jensen noted that MareNostrum 5 was now “ready for access by European researchers to push the boundaries of scientific and technological innovation.”
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