The June 2024 edition of the TOP500, which ranks the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world since 1993, has been released. The list was announced at ISC 2024, which took place in Hamburg, Germany.
The Deucalion supercomputer, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan, installed in Guimarães and inaugurated in September last year, appears for the first time in this ranking, marking the debut of this Portuguese infrastructure in this distinction - with position #81 in energy efficiency of the Arm partition and #219 in processing speed.
These recognitions represent an important milestone in the Portuguese scientific and technological panorama, since through this infrastructure, researchers and companies can boost national innovation to new levels of excellence.
Deucalion is part of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking's network of European supercomputers, accessible to research and innovation communities.
"This recognition from Deucalion reinforces our commitment to Advanced Computing and the development of supercomputers that achieve outstanding performance and efficiency at an international level. We will continue this effort so that Portuguese technology and projects in this area continue their growth path," said Francisco dos Santos, vice-president of FCT.
About Deucalion
Deucalion is a joint project between FCT, developed through FCCN, and the European partnership EuroHPC, and this supercomputer is capable of achieving a High Performance Linpack (HPL) performance of 3.9 petaflops.
The range of areas that can benefit from Deucalion is vast, from meteorology and climate modeling, to fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, astrophysics and cosmology. Consequently, its use could have benefits for energy efficiency, artificial intelligence, medicine, in the production of pharmaceutical products/medicines, among other applications.
Located at the University of Minho, Deucalion also features in the Green500 classification, a list that ranks supercomputers according to their energy consumption. Thanks to its low carbon footprint, the Portuguese supercomputer is in 80th place on this list.
