Irish Centre for High-End Computing, National supercomputing research center in Dublin, Ireland
The Irish Centre for High-End Computing is a research facility in Dublin housing the Kay supercomputer system, which features over 13,000 processing cores for scientific calculations. The system serves researchers across fields ranging from climate modeling to materials science.
The center was founded in 2005 and received recognition as a Nvidia CUDA Research Center in 2010. It later became designated as an Intel Parallel Computing Center in 2014.
The center named its supercomputer Kay after Kathleen Antonelli, an Irish-American ENIAC programmer, through a public selection process in 2018. This choice honors a pioneering woman in early computing history.
Visitors can inquire about available computing resources and research opportunities, though this is a specialized center primarily serving scientists and research institutions. Most activities are focused on professional researchers.
The center partners with Met Éireann to generate advanced climate models used for weather forecasting and climate research in Ireland. This partnership demonstrates how high-performance computing has practical applications in environmental monitoring.
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