National Center for Supercomputing Applications (Bulgaria)

For the center of the same name in Illinois, see National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Established2008
Research typeResearch
Field of research
Physical science
Life science
Earth science
AddressUl. Gourko 6, Sofia 1000
LocationSofia
AffiliationsSofia University
Technical University of Sofia
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Operating agency
State Agency for Information Technology and Communications
Websitewww.scc.acad.bg Edit this at Wikidata

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (Bulgarian: Национален център за суперкомпютърни приложения) is a research institution located in Sofia, Bulgaria.

It was established in 2008 with the aim of promoting and regulating high-performance processing operations of scientific information.[1]

The NCSA works in affiliation with scientists and researchers from the Sofia University, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Technical and Medical universities in Sofia, as well as other organizations. The center is under the jurisdiction of the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC).

When established, the center operated the only supercomputer in the Balkan region,[2][3] an IBM Blue Gene/P, which was among the most powerful supercomputers in the world according to TOP500 until November 2009.[4][5] It has two racks with 2,048 850 MHz processors with 8,192 cores. The system is to be upgraded with additional I/O nodes and disk space in the near future.[6]

The supercomputer was switched off in 2015.[7]

  1. ^ „24 часа“ — Супермашина казва къде ще люлее (in Bulgarian)
  2. ^ "BAS now has the only supercomputer in the Balkans" (in Bulgarian). Dnevnik. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  3. ^ "IBM Supercomputer Boosts Bulgaria's Advance Towards Knowledge-Based Economy". IBM Press Room. 9 September 2008. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  4. ^ Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Blue Gene/P solution
  5. ^ "Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) | TOP500 Supercomputer Sites". www.top500.org. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  6. ^ System specifications
  7. ^ "Bulgaria's small computing army". Kapital Daily. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.