The European Commission Announces the Debut of the Leonardo Supercomputer

By
Adrian Gabor
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The European Commission Announces the Debut of the Leonardo Supercomputer

The European Commission has officially announced the inauguration of the Leonardo supercomputer in Bologna, Italy, it being the fourth most powerful supercomputer in the whole world, it being outranked by LUMI, another system hosted by Europe, and placed 3rd in the world in this moment.

"Leonardo's EuroHPC system makes its debut on the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers in fourth place, while LUMI, another EuroHPC system, retains its ranking as the fastest supercomputer in Europe and the third fastest in the world .

With a High Performance Linpack (HPL) performance of 174,70 petaflops, or 174,70 million billion calculations per second, Leonardo came in at number 4 on the Top500 list.

Hosted by CINECA at Bologna Technopole in Italy, this pre-exascale supercomputer is the latest operational supercomputer in the EuroHPC fleet and the second pre-exascale EuroHPC supercomputer to become operational.

Due to its architecture, Leonardo will cover a wide range of computing demands and user needs. Based on the BullSequana XH2000 solution provided by Atos, this world-class machine is particularly suitable for computing-intensive tasks such as data processing, high-performance data analysis (HPDA), artificial intelligence and machine learning. Leonardo is a great asset for European research and industry to innovate and benefit citizens in areas such as medicine, energy and agriculture.

Like all EuroHPC supercomputers, the Leonardo uses a water cooling system for improved energy efficiency.

Leonardo is currently available through an early access program and is expected to become fully operational in the first half of 2023 with an estimated HPL performance of 250 petaflops. The supercomputer will be officially inaugurated on Thursday, November 24, 2022, in Bologna, Italy.”