Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates41°23′22″N 2°6′58″E / 41.38944°N 2.11611°E / 41.38944; 2.11611
Websitehttps://www.bsc.es/

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spanish: Centro Nacional de Supercomputación) is a public research center located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It hosts MareNostrum, a 13.7 Petaflops, Intel Xeon Platinum-based supercomputer, which also includes clusters of emerging technologies. In June 2017, it ranked 13th in the world.[1][2] As of November 2022, it dropped to 88th.[3] It is expected to host one of Europe's first quantum computers.[4]

  1. ^ "MareNostrum 4 begins operation". BSC-CNS. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. ^ "Top500 List - Supercomputer Sites". www.top500.org.
  3. ^ "TOP500 List - November 2022 | TOP500". www.top500.org. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  4. ^ Granger, Gemma Garrido (2021-10-30). "Barcelona will be southern Europe's first quantum computing hub". Ara in English. Retrieved 2022-10-10.