- Posted 31-May-2021
Malta becomes the newest participant in the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
Malta joins the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), a joint initiative between the EU, European countries, and private partners that pools resources to develop a world-class supercomputing ecosystem in Europe
Malta, formally an Observer on the EuroHPC JU Governing, will now be a full Member, along side the other 32 Participating States.
Background information
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking was established in 2018 and is autonomous since September 2020.
The EuroHPC JU is currently equipping the EU with an infrastructure of petascale and precursor of exascale supercomputers, and developing the necessary technologies, applications and skills for reaching full exascale capabilities by 2023. One supercomputer is currenly operational in Slovenia (Vega); another one (MeluXina) will be officially inaugurated in Luxembourg on 7 June 2021. Five more EuroHPC supercomputers have been procured and will be operational in 2021: Discoverer (Bulgaria), Karolina (Czech Republic), Deucalion (Portugal), Leonardo (Italy), and Lumi (Finland).
In addition, through its research and innovation agenda, the EuroHPC JU is also strengthening the European knowledge base in HPC technologies and bridging the digital skills gap, notably through the creation of a network of national HPC Competence Centres and other pan-European education initiatives.
The EuroHPC machines will be available to European researchers, industry, public administrations and SMEs. They will be a strategic resource for Europe, underpinning advances in sectors such as bio-engineering, weather forecasting, the fight against climate change, personalized medicine, as well as in the discovery of new materials and drugs that will benefit EU citizens.
A new regulation is currently being discussed at EU level and is expected to enter into force in the coming months, aiming to enable a further investment of EUR 7 billion in the next generation of supercomputers, such as exascale, post-exascale and quantum computers and an ambitious R&I programme.
Source: EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (https://bit.ly/3p68iHO)