Atos supports Brazil in the race to High-Performance Computing with the installation of a Bull supercomputer in Petropolis (RJ)
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Atos supports Brazil in the race to High-Performance Computing with the
installation of a Bull supercomputer in Petropolis (RJ)
São Paulo / Paris, 7 September , 2015 - Bull, the Atos brand for Atos technology
products and software, provides Brazil with its first Petascale High-Performance
Computing infrastructure for open use by the academic community as part of a
partnership with the National Scientific Computing Laboratory (LNCC) and the
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI).
Designed by Bull, this Petascale High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure
is the biggest supercomputer in Latin America. With the capacity to carry out
1.1 million billion operations a second, the supercomputer will support
scientific research, innovation and the provision of HPC services to the
Brazilian government and society.
Named Santos Dumont, the supercomputer places Brazil among the world's leading
group of nations that have HPC capacities. Areas like meteorology, molecular
dynamics and computational fluid dynamics are already benefiting from having
access to the equipment. Santos Dumont will make significant advances possible
in research and digital simulations in sectors such as energy, oil, chemistry,
physics, the environment, meteorology, astronomy, life sciences and
nanotechnology.
"We are very proud to equip Brazil with a world-class, Petascale High-
Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and to launch a R&D Center in
Petrópolis that is fully integrated with our global R&D," said Philippe Vannier,
Vice-President Executive and Chief Technology Officer at Atos. "With a presence
in this country stretching back over more than 50 years, the collaborative ties
that bind Bull and now Atos to Brazil in terms of leading-edge technologies are
significant. Atos is proud to support Brazil as it moves into a new stage in its
development."
Pedro L. da Silva Dias, LNCC Director: "A longtime dream of the Brazilian
scientific community was to have access to mainframe computers that allow the
realization of "Big Science" in a highly competitive manner. The installation of
Santos Dumont, as the central node of the National System of High Performance
Computing - SINAPAD turns the dream into reality."
The supercomputer was delivered in Petrópolis on July 4(th), 2015. Four special
trucks were needed to transport the supercomputer and the state-of-the-art
mobull containers that house it to the LNCC's facilities. Tests of the equipment
started in August this year.
About Bull
Bull is the Atos brand for its technology products and software, which are today
distributed in over 50 countries worldwide. With a rich heritage of over 80
years of technological innovation, 2000 patents and a 700 strong R&D team
supported by the Atos Scientific Community, it offers products and value-added
software to assist clients in their digital transformation, specifically in the
areas of Big Data and Cybersecurity.
Bull is the European leader in HPC and its products include bullx, the energy-
efficient supercomputer; bullion, one of the most powerful x86 servers in the
world developed to meet the challenges of Big Data; Evidian, the software
security solutions for identity and access management; Trustway, the hardware
security module and Hoox, the ultra-secure smartphone. Bull is part of Atos.
For more information: www.bull.com
About Atos
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a digital services leader with annual pro forma
revenues of around ? 11 billion in 2014 and 93,000 employees in 72 countries.
Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting and Systems
Integration, services, Managed Services and BPO, Cloud Operations, Big Data
solutions, Cyber Security and transactional services through Worldline, the
European leader in the payments and transactional services sector. With its
great expertise in technology and profound knowledge of the industry, the Group
works with clients across different market sectors: Defense, Financial Services,
Health, Manufacturing, Media, Public Sector, Retail, Telecommunications and
Transportation. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and
helps organizations create their firm of the future. The Group is the worldwide
Information Technology Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and is
listed on the Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the Atos, Atos
Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy and Worldline brands.
For further information, visit: www.atos.net
For more information, contact:
Caroline Crouch
Email: caroline.crouch(at)atos.net
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