{"id":67112,"date":"2018-01-31T18:59:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/138.68.131.130\/?page_id=67112"},"modified":"2018-05-13T21:50:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T21:50:14","slug":"high-performance-computing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sossogroup.uk\/high-performance-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"High Performance Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-781688&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-329340&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; separator_color=&#8221;yes&#8221; sub_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; text_align=&#8221;text-center&#8221;]Long gone are the days when you could hope to further theoretical physical chemistry with the only help of the blackboard.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]While there will always be the need of simple models &#8211; to foster new ideas, to discover general trends, to validate theoretical frameworks &#8211; we care about complexity. Our goal is to bring computer simulations a step closer to the experimental reality, addressing ever-incrasing realistic models and pushing the limits of the time and length scales we can probe as of now. To do that, a laptop simply won&#8217;t do. This is why we strive to secure access to the best High Performance Facilities (HPC) worldwide, from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archer.ac.uk\">UK National Supercomputing Service<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cscs.ch\">Swiss National Supercomputing Centre<\/a>: these huge machines&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;67487&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shape=&#8221;img-round&#8221; radius=&#8221;std&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;60&#8243; back_image=&#8221;67471&#8243; kburns=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-wayh&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;87&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_pixel=&#8221;260&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;68&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_font=&#8221;font-329340&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;200&#8243; text_italic=&#8221;yes&#8221; text_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; separator=&#8221;yes&#8221;]Just a tad bigger than your iPad&#8230;[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]&#8230; provide of the order of 50,000 CPUs and GPUs, enabling cutting-edge computational research that was simply thought to be impossible just a decade ago. And, there is more to come &#8211; check out the latest development in the HPC world at Top 500 (also known as The List). 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