The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has expanded its high-performance computing (HPC) resources with the procurement of a new supercomputer for numerical simulations and new applications in the field of machine learning. The system is available to researchers from FAU and from all over Germany.

In order to support a wide range of research fields, but also to allow specialization in key research topics of FAU and NHR@FAU, the new system includes a "classic" parallel computer comprising over 900 CPU-based compute nodes, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) partition with more than 150 NVIDIA A100 GPGPUs, and a molecular dynamics module with around 300 NVIDIA A40 GPGPUs, which is particularly tailored to atomistic simulations. An optimized hardware configuration and state-of-the-art direct liquid cooling ensures energy-efficient operation.

The Erlangen National High-Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) was established at FAU on January 1, 2021 with federal and state funding for the procurement and operation of national high-performance computers. In addition, the NHR@FAU procures and operates local HPC resources for FAU.