Tag: European Commission
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) is announcing a new HPC cloud project, called Fortissimo, aimed at boosting the competitiveness of European industry, specifically small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who use digital simulation and modeling.
<img style=”float: left;” src=”http://media2.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/Europe_map.png” alt=”” width=”70″ height=”72″ />In what is increasingly seen as a global competition for supercomputing capability, the European Commission this week put forth a plan to double its investment in high performance computing and deploy exascale machines before the end of the decade. The plan would increase Europe’s public HPC spend from €630 million to €1.2 billion and pump a greater share of the money into development, training, and creating “new centres of excellence.”
IDC report recommends strategic investments to create globally-competitive European HPC market.
European Commission once again raises database competition issue.
Europeans initiate Phase Two inquiry; raise concerns about database competition.