BayernKI

BayernKI will provide HPC-/AI-resources for researchers from Bavarian Universities and Bavarian Universities of Applied Sciences. NHR@FAU and LRZ in Garching will host the hardware and offer training, support and services.

Please note that the resources currently available for BayernKI projects are limited. A considerable extension of these resources will be installed in late 2024. Until then, the BayernKI resource access is under a test status.

Hightech Agenda Bayern

 

Information about the systems from LRZ are available in LRZ’s documentation.

Latest News

  • NHR@FAU expands its resources for AI and Deep Learning

    The compute capability at NHR@FAU and LRZ in Garching for AI workloads is going to be expanded substantially. To this end, the Free State of Bavaria provides considerable funding for new investments as a component of the High-Tech Agenda. Both centers will serve as AI competence and computing centers for FAU for all scientific institutions throughout Bavaria.

  • Fast data line between Erlangen and Garching

    A fast communication link connects NHR@FAU with LRZ in Garching. This high-performance network can transmit 100 gigabits per second in each direction and improves the connectivity of the HPC and AI systems of LRZ and NHR@FAU.

  • The City Council of Erlangen approved a further expansion of the southern university campus, which will also provide more space for NHR@FAU in the future. The expansion of NHR@FAU’s resources includes research with and about Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is becoming one of the cornerstones of global competition in science and industry.

  • Hardware delivery on November 6, 2024

    The four “Helma” racks were delivered by MEGWARE and setup started.

  • Publication of Top500 list on November 18, 2024

    Helma hits #79 in the November 2024 Top500 list.

  • Early Access to the system since December 6, 2024

    First friendly users have access to the system.

  • System Usage increased since December 18, 2024

    Heavy load on the system.

Available compute resources

BayernKI projects have access to:

  • GPU cluster Helma (production start: Q1/2025) :
    • Nvidia H100 94 GB HBM2e
  • GPU cluster Alex:
    • Nvidia A100 GPGPUs (with 40 or 80 GB RAM)
    • Nvidia A40 GPGPUs (with 48 GB RAM)
  • CPU cluster Fritz:
    • Intel “Ice Lake” processors (2 x 36 cores) with 256 GB RAM
    • Intel “Sapphire Rapids” processors (2 x 52 cores) with 1 or 2 TB RAM

Upcoming hardware installations in 2025

  • AMD Turin at NHR@FAU
  • 120 NVIDIA H100 94 GB HBM2e at LRZ