Project Details
Projekt
HPC cluster nodes
Term
Funded in 2025
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 574442282
High-Performance-Computing (HPC) nodes are being applied for within the new Center for Scientific High Performance Computing (CSHPC) at Saarland University (USAAR) which pools the computing resources of the university. Scientific high-performance computing is a key technology that enables the efficient solution of complex scientific problems through computationally and data-intensive simulations and analyses in scientific disciplines. The project aims to establish urgently needed HPC capacity at the location, particularly for the specific needs of scientific research. Quantum physics, chemistry, and biophysics are priority areas with enormous growth potential at Saarland University. The HPC nodes are to be used in collaborative projects as well as in international collaborations and, prospectively, in the BMFTR project “QIAPO”. Due to current and planned projects, nodes with high virtual memory (RAM) are needed for high-precision quantum-chemical calculations, GPU nodes for NVIDIA CUDA-accelerated simulations with quantum processing units (QPUs) and AI-assisted simulations for various applications, e.g., in biophysics and quantum physics, as well as fast, broadly applicable CPU nodes for parallelizable simulations in physics and chemistry.
DFG Programme
Major Research Instrumentation
Major Instrumentation
HPC-Clusterknoten
Instrumentation Group
7040 Vektorrechner
Applicant Institution
Universität des Saarlandes
