GLOBAL microprocessor giant Intel has chosen the Hartree Centre, at Daresbury, near Warrington, as its newest Intel Parallel Computing Centre.
This new collaboration allows Intel and the Science and Technology Facility Hartree Centre to work together on designing and testing software for the world’s most advanced microprocessors, the building blocks of the supercomputers of the future.
Initial focus will be on developments that will maximise energy efficiency in supercomputing power, and also on real UK industry requirements, starting with the optimisation of weather prediction software for future generations of the UK Met Office’s supercomputers.
David Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science, said: “Intel has signalled a huge vote of confidence in UK research expertise by choosing the Hartree centre as its newest Intel Parallel Computing Centre.
“Forging these strong business and research partnerships is vital to cementing the UK’s future as a global leader in this field and our role in developing the supercomputers of the future.”
High Performance Computing (HPC) is essential to tackling the world’s health, energy and environmental challenges, from predicting climate change to developing new medical treatments or fuel sources, using supercomputers that can perform trillions of calculations simultaneously per second.
The Intel PCC at the Hartree Centre, which sits within the Sci-Tech Daresbury science and innovation campus, will also develop, test and optimise a next generation of software, the performance of which will be dramatically improved when operating on Intel’s advanced microprocessor technologies.
GLOBAL microprocessor giant Intel has chosen the Hartree Centre, at
Daresbury, near Warrington, as its newest Intel Parallel Computing
Centre.
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