The Leonardo supercomputer was inaugurated in Bologna. It is the fourth most powerful in the world. This supercomputer is capable of carrying out a very high number of calculations per second and will “go into service” to support scientific research activities.
The Leonardo supercomputer was officially inaugurated
Able to perform over a trillion operations in one secondthe new Leonardo supercomputer was officially inaugurated in the presence of President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
Leonardo is the fourth most powerful supercomputer in the world after the American Frontier, the Japanese Fugaku and the Finnish Lumi. Half of the total amount was financed by the European Union. The Ministry for University and Research, the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) also contributed to the project.
Il Minister for University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, he commented: “We are part of the story, not spectators, with supercomputing we have to be where it competes, but supercomputing is a means, it is people who make the difference. Dreams are only possible by great demonstrations of valor such as those shown by the men and women who worked on this “project come true”