EPCC, High performance computing center at University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The EPCC, also known as the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, is a high performance computing center at the University of Edinburgh that operates supercomputers for research and industry. It houses some of the most powerful computing systems in the United Kingdom, including national machines accessible to scientists across the country.
The center was founded in 1990, building on university computing services that had developed through the early 1980s. Over the decades it grew into a national hub for parallel computing and large-scale scientific work.
The EPCC brings together researchers from universities and companies who work side by side on projects ranging from climate models to medical simulations. This kind of partnership between academic teams and private organizations shapes the daily rhythm of the place.
The center sits on the University of Edinburgh campus and is most accessible during university events or open days. On those occasions, tours or explanations of the facility's work are sometimes available to visitors.
In 2023, the EPCC was chosen as the preferred site for the United Kingdom's first exascale computer, a type of machine capable of performing calculations at a scale far beyond today's systems. This class of computer is expected to open new ground in areas like drug discovery and climate forecasting.
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