The June 2024 edition of the TOP500, which ranks the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world since 1993, has now been released. This list was announced at ISC 2024, which took place in Hamburg, Germany.
The supercomputer Deucalion, financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan, installed in Guimarães and inaugurated in September last year, appears for the first time in this ranking, marking the debut of this Portuguese infrastructure in this distinction - with position #81 in energy efficiency of the Arm partition and #219 in processing speed.
These recognitions represent an important milestone in the Portuguese scientific and technological panorama., since through this infrastructure, researchers and companies can drive national innovation to new levels of excellence.
Deucalion is part of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking's network of European supercomputers, accessible to the research and innovation communities.
"This recognition from Deucalion reinforces our commitment and commitment to Advanced Computing and the development of supercomputers that achieve internationally recognized performance and efficiency. We will continue this effort to ensure that Portuguese technology and projects in this area continue their path of growth."“, said Francisco dos Santos, vice-president of the FCT.
About Deucalion
Deucalion is a joint project of the FCT, developed through the FCCN, and the European partnership EuroHPC, this supercomputer is capable of achieving a high-performance Linpack (HPL) performance of 3.9 petaflops.
The range of fields that can benefit from Deucalion is vast, from meteorology and climate modeling to fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Consequently, its use could benefit energy efficiency, artificial intelligence, medicine, pharmaceutical/drug production, and other applications.
Located at the University of Minho, Deucalion also appears in the Green500 ranking, a list that ranks supercomputers according to their energy consumption. Thanks to its low carbon footprint, the Portuguese supercomputer ranks 80th on this list.
