Spain – Data-processing machines (hardware) – Suministro de un sistema de cómputo de alto rendimiento (HPC), proyecto EQC2024-008315-P financiado por Gobierno de Aragón, FEDER, Agencia Estatal de Investigación y Universidad de Zaragoza

The University of Zaragoza, for the development of the research lines carried out at the Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A), needs to expand and update the high-performance scientific computing infrastructure of this institute to meet the growing processing requirements derived from the research projects currently underway and the new strategic lines identified by the research groups. Specifically, the supply of a high-performance computing system is required, which must have, at least, one computing node equipped with 4 GPUs with large memory (greater than or equal to 96GB) and six nodes with 2 GPUs each, also with large memory (greater than or equal to 96GB), as well as the necessary interconnection elements for its integration with the current HPC systems of the institute. This acquisition will enable projects that require intensive computing capacity, especially in areas such as deep learning and artificial intelligence, advanced numerical simulations, analysis of large volumes of data or computational modeling, ensuring the scientific competitiveness of the university and the adequate provision of services to the research groups. The infrastructure will enable the development of large-scale deep learning models and complex models such as integral digital twins to offer personalized medical treatments, highly demanding methods of computational capacity and memory through the use of GPUs. All nodes of the infrastructure will be interconnected with each other, through a high-capacity network, to minimize latency in computations and maximize their efficiency. This communication network must be perfectly integrated with the rest of the constituent elements of the infrastructure to achieve maximum efficiency. The new computing system, by integrating with the current HPC service of the Institute, will optimize costs and cover the computational needs of multiple groups of the Division of Biomedical Engineering and the State-of-the-Art Laboratory in Personalized Medicine, to the entire institute, which belongs to 34 recognized research groups, and to groups external to it, leading to highly competitive and excellent multidisciplinary research. The suitability of the proposed contract responds to the need to equip the center with updated and homogeneous resources, with compatible components and guaranteeing an integral solution, both at the hardware level and in terms of integration with the existing infrastructure, all of which is essential to ensure the operability, performance and energy efficiency of the system.