CASPIR is expected to significantly enhance Ireland’s high-performance computing capacity.
Ireland is getting a new supercomputer called Computational Analysis and Simulation Platform for Ireland (CASPIR).
The computer is currently being procured by the University of Galway and the European High-Performance Computing (EuroHPC) joint undertaking (JU), and will be managed by the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC). A hosting agreement for the supercomputer was signed last October.
Once operational, the CASPIR supercomputer is expected to significantly enhance national high-performance computing capacity and benefit the country’s research and innovation ecosystem.
Commenting on the procurement, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless, TD said: “Ireland’s new supercomputer will provide the technological means for researchers and innovators to tackle key scientific and societal challenges in areas including health, environment and climate, artificial intelligence, materials science and transport.
