Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Template:Langx) is a public research center located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It hosts MareNostrum, a 13.7 Petaflops, Intel Xeon Platinum-based supercomputer, which also includes clusters of emerging technologies. In June 2017[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., it ranked 13th in the world.[1][2] since November 2022[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., it dropped to 88th.[3] It is expected to host one of Europe's first quantum computers.[4]
Location and management
The Center is located in a former chapel named Torre Girona, at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and was established on April 1, 2005. It is managed by a consortium composed of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (60%), the Government of Catalonia (30%) and the UPC (10%). Professor Mateo Valero is its main administrator. The MareNostrum supercomputer is contained inside an enormous glass box in a former chapel.
Budget
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center had an initial operational budget of €5.5 million/year (about US$7 million/year) to cover the period of 2005–2011. The center has had a very rapid growth and in 2018 had a workforce of around 600 workers and an annual global budget of more than 34 million euros.[5]
The Center has contributed to the development of the IBM cell microprocessor architecture.[6]
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MareNostrum 4 supercomputer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (2017)
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MareNostrum 4 supercomputer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (2017)
Staff
- Director: Mateo Valero[7]
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- Computer Sciences director: Jesús Labarta[8]
- Computer Sciences associate director: Eduard Ayguadé[9]
- Life Sciences director: Alfonso Valencia
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- Computer Applications for Science and Engineering director: José María Cela[11]
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In popular culture
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center appears in Dan Brown's 2017 science fiction mystery thriller novel Origin, as the home of the E-Wave device.
Notes
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- ↑ "Jesús Labarta". Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
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- ↑ "José María Cela". Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
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