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HPC 2015-16 | European update


How to make HPC happen in Europe


Leonardo Flores Añover and Augusto Burgueño Arjona from the European Commission discuss how and why Europe should play a leading role globally in HPC


High-performance computing (HPC) is one of today’s most important priorities. Europe can attain worldwide leadership in HPC, not for the sake of being the first to get the fastest machine, but to master this strategic technology and put it to the service of a more competitive and innovative Europe and to help us address our societal problems. With a differentiated strategy, sufficient


investment, and political will, Europe has what it takes to be a global player and to achieve


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this ambitious goal. We believe that, with a common effort by all public and private actors in HPC – including EU member states, industry, academia, and the European Commission – Europe can make it happen. Te rationale for such a combined effort


is that the ICT revolution that started several decades ago is far from finished. Over the next few years, we will reach exascale computing; more and faster custom processors will power our everyday devices; and more data will be produced, stored, and transmitted. Forecasts suggest that, by 2020, 25 billion devices will


be connected to the Internet of Tings (IoT)1 generating more than 2 Zettabytes of IP traffic every year. By then, about 40 Zettabytes of data will be created, replicated, and consumed in a single year2


. HPC is the engine to power to this


massively connected digital economy. Behind the scenes, HPC pervades everyday life: cars; planes; glasses; shampoo; and toothbrushes are designed using HPC. Weather forecasts, movie animations, and new drugs tests all depend on supercomputers. HPC is a critical tool in decision-making; while electricity grids, water


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