Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)

JUPITER | The Arrival of Exascale in Europe

Forschungszentrum Jülich will be home to Europe’s first exascale computer - called JUPITER. The supercomputer is set to be the first in Europe to surpass the threshold of one quintillion (“1” followed by 18 zeros) calculations per second.

Highlights & News

Interview

“With JUPITER, we will have perhaps the most powerful AI supercomputer in the world!”

JUPITER will be installed at Forschungszentrum Jülich next year as Europe’s first exascale supercomputer. At the world's largest supercomputing conference SC23 more detailed information about the technical details of the system have now been announced.

Early Access Program

JUREAP - Call for Participation

To rapidly enable excellent science and maximize the impact of JUPITER as well as enable a smooth start-up for hard- and software, JSC runs the JUPITER Research and Early Access Program (JUREAP). JUREAP starts with a Scalability and Performance Evaluation Phase (SPEP). Applications can be submitted from 15 January.

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Early Access Program

JUREAP – Seeding Exascale in Europe!

The JUPITER Research and Early Access Program (JUREAP) will support early applications on JUPITER to utilize the machine most efficiently. We are building up and extending on experiences with previous systems at JSC to implement a holistic program. JUREAP will target collaboration with about 20 applications on JUPITER that are balanced in terms of methods (including AI) and scientific domains.

Technical Overview

A Deep Dive Into JUPITERs Building Blocks

The purpose of this article is to give background information and provide more technical details of the chosen architectures of the different components. Given that the system installation hast not yet started, information is subject to change and might be modified at any point in time.

Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht, Chair of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich:

"Achieving the level of exascale is the next big step in the field of high-performance computing. The decision to make Jülich the home of Europe’s exascale supercomputer will help Forschungszentrum Jülich to build on its reputation as an outstanding location for supercomputing and an internationally recognized centre of development for pioneering technologies. Our aim is to offer the most powerful infrastructure in Europe that combines neuromorphic computing, supercomputing, and quantum computing, ensuring that various user groups from science and industry can learn and grow together while also benefiting from each other."

Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Lippert, Head of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich:

"The EuroHPC decision enables us to take this significant step towards exascale in cooperation with research and industry, scientific users and funding agencies. Immense challenges exist at various levels – both technical and financial. However, it is important to realise that we are talking about a machine from which the whole of society will benefit. From traffic optimization, autonomous driving, and environmental monitoring right up to digital twins: all these challenges are extremely calculation-intensive and are reliant on new technologies, many of which we can tap into with the modular exascale system."

Funding Agencies

European Union

The acquisition and operation of the EuroHPC supercomputer is funded jointly by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, through the European Union’s Digital Europe programme, as well as by Germany.

EuroHPC JU

The European initiative European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) is funding JUPITER with € 250 million.

BMBF

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) gives its share of € 125 million.

MKW NRW

The Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW) finances another share of € 125 million.