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BMBF publishes program for high-performance computing with over 300 million euros for research and investmentsThe Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF today published the program High-performance computing for the digital age - research and investments in high-performance computing. The program describes the strategic framework for future high and high performance computing in Germany. Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek explainsTop research in Germany and Europe needs powerful computers to make excellent science and innovations possible.That is why we are investing heavily in a system of high-performance computers at universities and research institutions.Many pressing research questions for example on climate change and coping with pandemics require ever more complex and precise models and tools - from artificial intelligence to digital twins. This also increases the demands placed on high-performance computing. The further development of high-performance computing is therefore a basic requirement for progress in our country and an important element of our technological sovereignty. We want to make our computers and data centers not only efficient but also energy-efficient and economical.I am very pleased that with the high-performance computing program we can now position Germany even better in supercomputing and support research and investments in this area with 300 million euros until 2024. Our goal is clear We want the best and most advanced computing technologies to continue to be available in Germany and Europe in the future - for the success of science and industry. And we have shown that this is possible Germany already has one of the ten most powerful supercomputers in the world - and at the same time the most energy-efficient. So that it stays that way we are consistently continuing our funding and expanding our cooperation with the countries and with our European partners. Background The program High and high performance computing for the digital age - research and investments in high-performance computing includes over 300 million euros in its term until 2024 as well as additional funds that the federal government has already earmarked in the economic stimulus package. These funds are intended to be used among other things for the expansion of supercomputers in Germany to the next level of performance the so-called exascale class. In addition to federal funds there is considerable co-financing by the federal states and the European Union within the framework of the European partnership EuroHPC.Many questions from business and science are answered with the use of massive computing power. Complex systems are simulated on the computer - the climate human organs active pharmaceutical ingredients flows of gases and liquids or processes in distant galaxies. Applications of artificial intelligence machine learning and data analysis open up new areas of research and application. Here too high computing power and intelligent software are required.The new program is intended to promote scientific excellence and the potential for added value in the economy in Germany and Europe through the expansion of computing capacities networking and new technologies.The program includes investments in computer infrastructure in Germany. The Gauss Center for Supercomputing GCS guarantees the availability of high-performance computing at a globally competitive level. The GCS comprises three top-class data centers in Jlich Stuttgart and Munich. The BMBF is investing together with the home states of North Rhine-Westphalia Baden-Wrttemberg and Bavariaregularly to these locations. The current challenge is the technological leap to so-called exascale computers. In order to stay at the forefront here internationally Germany is part of the EuroHPC initiative co-financed by the European Union. In this way not only computers are procured but also investments in technology development hardware software services own competencies and industrial skills.Zur gefrderten Rechnerinfrastruktur gehrt zudem das Nationale Hochleistungsrechnen an Hochschulen NHR. Es besteht aus einem koordinierten Verbund NHR-Verbund von derzeit acht Rechenzentren die von Bund und Lndern gemeinsam finanziert werden. Zentrale Ziele des NHR sind die flchendeckende und bedarfsgerechte Bereitstellung von Hochleistungsrechenkapazitten fr die wissenschaftliche Forschung an Hochschulen die Strkung der Methodenkompetenz der Nutzerinnen und Nutzer Aus- und Weiterbildung sowie die Frderung und Weiterentwicklung des Wissenschaftlichen Rechnens.From summer 2021 researchers from science and industry can apply for funding from the program High-performance computing for the digital age - research and investments in high-performance computing on the basis of competitive tenders.The high-performance computing program is part of the federal governments data strategy. It helps to make data infrastructures in Germany efficient and sustainable.
