High Performance Computing
The series of Lichtenberg high-performance computers at TU Darmstadt provides computing resources for researchers from academia and public research facilities in Germany. The multifaceted architecture of the high performance computer allows for flexible and efficient scientific computing, especially for computationally intensive applications.
Film: The Lichtenberg II with focus on performance and energy efficiency
The new high-performance computer Lichtenberg II includes large memory nodes (this time with 1.5 TByte RAM), as well as new “accelerator” systems with dedicated NVIDIA GP-GPUs. Further, an expansion in the form of several “DGX A100” systems is currently underway, which will support modern AI research. Learn more in our film!
The first expansion stage
The first expansion stage (including this year's expansion) of Lichtenberg II will in future provide its users with a real peak performance of over 3,148 PFlop/s and a total of 257 TByte RAM. This also includes a new high-performance storage system with around 4 PByte for data, most of which has already been operational in 2019. By the end of 2021, the Lichtenberg II high-performance computer will be finally extended and completed by its second major expansion stage.
Furthermore, the new cluster expansion stage not only offers high computing power, but is also operated very energy-efficiently
Funded by the German Federal Government and the State of Hesse
The entire Lichtenberg II system (all expansion stages) is funded by the German Federal Government and the State of Hesse with a total amount of ~15 million euros.
The experts of the “Hessisches Komptenzzentrum für Hochleistungsrechnen” (Hessian Competence Center for High Performance Computing) will provide for consultancy and scientific support on using the cluster efficiently and hosts various workshops on scientific HPC.
-
![Tutorial Einführung zum Lichtenberg-Cluster]()
Picture: HKHLR![Tutorial Einführung zum Lichtenberg-Cluster]()
Picture: HKHLRNew online tutorial “Introduction to the Lichtenberg Cluster” now available
May 25, 2022
Once a month, the Hessian Competence Center for High Performance Computing (HKHLR) offers, currently via Zoom, an introduction to the use of the Lichtenberg Cluster. Now the introduction is also available as an online tutorial.
-
![Ausrufe-Dreieck]()
![Ausrufe-Dreieck]()
Incident: Short Power Outage on Campus Lichtwiese
May 16, 2022
Yesterday (2022-05-16) around 19:33, a short power outage has affected all buildings on campus Lichtwiese.
-
![Ausrufe-Dreieck]()
![Ausrufe-Dreieck]()
Incident: Power failure in HPC-building
May 04, 2022
+++ Update 2022-05-07: after fixing the secondary problems caused by the electrical short, the Lichtenberg HPC has been brought up and is back in normal operation. +++
