Research and Technology Computing Center (France)
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The Research and Technology Computing Center (Centre de calcul recherche et technologie, CCRT) is a supercomputing center in Île-de-France
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The center started operation in 2003 and is part of the CEA
scientific computing complex in Bruyères-le-Châtel
. It operates the Tera 100
machine, as of July 2011 the fastest supercomputer in Europe with a peak of 1050 Flops.
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
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The center started operation in 2003 and is part of the CEA
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
The Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives or CEA, is a French “public establishment related to industrial and commercial activities” whose mission is to develop all applications of nuclear power, both civilian and military...
scientific computing complex in Bruyères-le-Châtel
Bruyères-le-Châtel
Bruyères-le-Châtel is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.-History:A nunnery was founded at Bruyères-le-Châtel by a noblewoman named Clotilde...
. It operates the Tera 100
Tera 100
Tera 100 is a supercomputer built by Bull SA for the French Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique.It was turned on on May 26, 2010. The computer, which is located in Essonne is able to sustain around 1 petaFLOPs maximum performance and a peak at 1.25 petaFLOPs. It has 4300 Bullx Series S servers ,...
machine, as of July 2011 the fastest supercomputer in Europe with a peak of 1050 Flops.
See also
- TOP500TOP500The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful known computer systems in the world. The project was started in 1993 and publishes an updated list of the supercomputers twice a year...
- National Computer Center for Higher Education (France)National Computer Center for Higher Education (France)The National Computer Center of Higher Education offers computer services for research and higher education in France....
- Supercomputing in EuropeSupercomputing in EuropeSeveral centers for supercomputing exist across Europe, and distributed access to them is coordinated by European initiatives to facilitate high-performance computing...