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Congratulations to the Irish Centre for High-End Computing, whose newest supercomputer, Fionn – announced last week, has secured its place as the 358th fastest computer on Earth. This is the first time in 1.5 years that Ireland has placed on the Top500 … Continue reading →

One week after the release of the latest Top500 list at SC13, the Irish Supercomputer List will announce the first ranked list of the fastest supercomputers in Ireland, on November 27.

Ireland’s new supercomputer ‘Fionn’ has been unveiled today in Dublin. The machine is operated by ICHEC and located at the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group data centre at the Waterford Institute of Technology. It has 8400 cores, including Intel Ivy … Continue reading →

After initial public consultation, and prior to the announcement of the first Irish Supercomputer List in late November 2013, The Irish500 List has re-branded to The Irish Supercomputer List. The new url is www.IrishSupercomputerList.org. Our Twitter handle is @IrishHPCList – … Continue reading →

David Power, Head of HPC at Boston Limited joins Irish Supercomputer List Advisory Committee. Welcome David!

The Irish government has announced €4 million in funding for a new national supercomputer. The announcement comes as part of a €13m package of Exchequer funding being given to the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC), the State’s centre … Continue reading →

Two years ahead of expected deployment, China’s Tianhe-2 has claimed the top spot on the Top500 List with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/s, nearly twice that of second-place Titan, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The newcomer also boasts 3,120,000 cores, … Continue reading →

HPCwire is the #1 news and information portal covering the fastest computers in the world and the people who run them. With a legacy dating back to 1986, HPCwire continues to be the publication of choice globally by business and technology … Continue reading →

Since 2002, Siliconrepublic has embraced its mission to be Ireland’s No 1 resource for technology news. Today it is read by over 250,000 people each month. Irish500 featured in their innovation section: Irish500 begins task of listing Ireland’s supercomputers University … Continue reading →

Click here for press release. The Irish500 Supercomputer List was announced at the 12th Information Technology & Telecommunications Conference on May 9, 2013 at the Athlone Institute of Technology, in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. The first list will be released … Continue reading →