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DiRAC - HPC

https://dirac.ac.uk/
Last activity: 04.11.2025
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DiRAC is the STFC-funded integrated supercomputing facility for theoretical modelling and HPC-based research in particle physics, astronomy and cosmology. DiRAC has researchers all over the UK exploiting its computational resources distributed over the following Universities: Cambridge, Leicester, Durham, and Edinburgh. The separate facilities make use of different architecture to optimise the running of different algorithms.
DiRAC provides beginners-level training for their new users through selected course materials and testing. Additional training opportunities are available for further improvement of coding skills, and DiRAC also runs hackathons allowing users to utilise new technology.
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United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
51-200

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Feb 5, 2024New Study Reveals Young Planets Are More Flat Than They Are SphericalJohn Lopez, Tech Times 05 February 2024, 01:02 pm
Jun 28, 2021AMD Leads High Performance Computing Towards Exascale and Beyond— Adoption of AMD EPYC processors in Top500 list of world’s fastest supercomputers accelerates; number of AMD-powered systems doubles since November and EPYC processors power half of the newly ranked systems — — AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD...
Apr 14, 2021NVIDIA CORPORATION NVIDIA : Accelerates World's First TOP500 Academic Cloud-Native Supercomputer to Advance Research at Cambridge UniversityScientific discovery powered by supercomputing has the potential to transform the world with research that benefits science, industry and society. A new open, cloud-native supercomputer at Cambridge University offers unrivaled performance t...

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What has the press written about DiRAC - HPC?

Parsers VC has collected 4 articles mentioning DiRAC - HPC, among them “New Study Reveals Young Planets Are More Flat Than They Are Spherical” (Feb 5, 2024) and “AMD Leads High Performance Computing Towards Exascale and Beyond” (Jun 28, 2021).

Is DiRAC - HPC still active?

Yes, DiRAC - HPC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 4, 2025.