High-performance computing system ‘FRIDA’ launched in Slovenia

The University of Ljubljana in Slovenia has launched a new high-performance computing (HPC) system.

Named "FRIDA" and situated on the roof of the college’s Faculty of Computer and Information Science (FRI) building in the Slovenian capital, the containerized data center will be used to support interdisciplinary projects between researchers and private-sector stakeholders.

– University of Ljubljana

FRIDA is capable of performing at up to 708 petaflops of lower precision computation. DCD has approached the University of Ljubljana for comment.

“FRIDA directly supports the mission of FRI, one of the key drivers of technological development in Slovenia, as it connects top research knowledge with state-of-the-art infrastructure and enables breakthroughs in the field of AI and supercomputing,” said the dean of the FRI, associate professor Dr. Mojca Ciglarič, in a statement. “It offers the Slovenian economy a platform for testing future technologies, which we believe represent a major competitive advantage.”