High Performance Computing

Typical use cases for high performance computing (HPC) include simulations and data analysis.

Simulations

Simulations commonly use the model systems of very small or very large scale phenomena, such as proteins, atmosphere, or galaxies. Simulations help you study how they behave based on physics or mathematical approximations. Accurate and realistic models can be very large and need long simulations, which requires a lot of computing power.

Data analysis

For data analysis, HPC is useful in finding correlations and understanding large measurement data sets. Different algorithms can be used for these purposes, for example, pattern matching or deep-learning algorithms. HPC can therefore be applied in such tasks as analyzing gene sequencing data or texts.

Our HPC environments

Our HPC infrastructure offers significant and versatile computing power as well as a large selection of preinstalled software and storage. Get acquainted with our services below, and find what suits your project best. Using our HPC environments might require some preliminary skills, for which we also offer training and support.

Supercomputer LUMI is one of EuroHPC’s world-class supercomputers: it is the fastest and most ecological supercomputer in Europe. With LUMI, researchers are able to solve completely new types of research questions with the combination of HPC, AI and data analytics. LUMI achieves its sustainable performance of 375 petaflop/s mostly with accelerated GPU processors.

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Supercomputer Puhti caters to a wide range of use cases. It allows you to reserve computing and memory resources flexibly, and you can run anything from interactive single-core data processing to medium-scale simulations spanning multiple nodes.

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Supercomputer Mahti is in particular geared towards medium to large-scale simulations requiring petaflops of computing power and a capable interconnect. Mahti has been available for researchers since August 2020.

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Allas is a general-purpose data storage server that provides an environment for storing, sharing, and analysing data. Allas can be accessed on our servers as well as from anywhere on the internet.

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Quantum computing

Quantum computers differ significantly from their digital counterparts when it comes to basic computational operators and operating principles. Kvasi quantum computing simulator is intended for learning to use and develop new quantum algorithms in preparation for the upcoming era of quantum computing.

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