Aurel | Slovakia
The project was launched due to an existing need to create a supercomputer and grid based infrastructure able to provide very complex numerical calculations and modelling for science and research in Slovakia. The Aurel supercomputer introduced a processing power of 128 teraflops per second, 4,000 times more powerful than a standard computer. It weighs 3,100 kilogrammes with an additional 2,000 for other necessary technology; its size can be compared to a standard closet and it contains up to 4,096 processor cores (while a common PC has 2 to 8 cores), a RAM memory of 32 terabytes, and an external disk space of 600 TB, plus an internal disk space of 225.6 TB (a standard PC or laptop has 2-4 gigabytes of RAM). Scientists at the Slovak Academy of Sciences and partner universities have had a supercomputer for complex calculations in basic and applied research from 2012 to 2021.
