News at the MPCDF

A new issue of the MPCDF computer bulletin Bits&Bytes was released. Read about various tips and tricks for using the high-performance computing systems Raven and Cobra, new releases of the ELPA eigensolver library, binding Python to C++, software publishing, enhancing security by using application (device) tokens instead of passwords, as well as a review of the 60-years anniversary of RZG/MPCDF,  and MPCDF training events. more

The MPCDF has issued a brochure on "High-Performance Computing and Data Science in the Max Planck Society" with examples of science that is currently being supported by the MPCDF services.
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The newly deployed supercomputer of the MPG, Raven, was ranked in the June 2021 edition of the biannual Top500 and Green500 lists of fastest and most energy-efficient supercomputers. more

The deployment of the new high-performance computing system Raven has been completed. Users from the Max Planck Society have access to 1592 compute nodes based on the brand new Intel Xeon IceLake-SP processor, and  192 GPU compute nodes with 4 Nvidia A100 GPUs each. more

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institutes of Developmental Biology in Tübingen and the MPCDF develops new search capabilities that will allow to compare the biochemical makeup of different species from across the tree of life. Its combination of accuracy and speed is hitherto unrivalled. Their results are being published in Nature Methods on April 7. more