Supercomputers are systems with huge data processing capacity, capable of performing millions of billions of calculations per second and solving complex problems, in fields like engineering and science. However, this complex hardware requires specific facilities and cooling systems, using up significant amounts of power.

The “Minho Manifesto on European HPC for Science and Innovation” was presented on 18 June during the High-Level Roundtable “High-Performance Computing for Science and Innovation – Bringing together the five new European HPC petascale systems”, which took place under the scope of the Portuguese Presidency

The procurement contract for a new EuroHPC petascale supercomputer has been signed by the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) , the hosting entity, and Fujitsu, the selected vendor.