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Hardware
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Hardware is a broad topic covering processing units, memory, communication networks and the physical-technical aspects of high performance computing. It provides the technical basis for computer aided calculations.

The Gauß-Allianz consists of 18 members and their 20 leading HPC computing centres in Germany. On this page you will find information about utilised hardware within our network.

Learn more about specific aspects of hardware in the area of high performance computing on this page in the near future.

HPC-Hardware within the Gauß-Allianz

39 HPC centres
3 15 21
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
54 HPC systems
4 20 30
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
20
Manufacturers
2,889,708
CPU cores
6
Manufacturers
102
Types
17,219
GPGPUs
4
Manufacturers
46
Types
2
Many core processors
1
Manufacturers
1
Types
12,550,319 GB
Main memory
171,300 TB
File system capacity
14
Manufacturers
263,037 TB
Archive capacity
2
Manufacturers
5
HPC centres