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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 (NHR@FAU):
    • 384 x Nvidia H100 94 GB HBM2e
  • GPU cluster Heinz (LRZ):
    • 120 x Nvidia H100 94 GB HBM2e
  • GPU cluster Alex (NHR@FAU):
    • 304 x Nvidia A100 GPGPUs (with 40 or 80 GB RAM)
    • 352 x Nvidia A40 GPGPUs (with 48 GB RAM)
  • CPU cluster Fritz (NHR@FAU):
    • 988 x Intel “Ice Lake” nodes (2 x 36 cores) with 256 GB RAM
    • 64 x Intel “Sapphire Rapids” nodes (2 x 52 cores) with 1 or 2 TB RAM

BayernKI hardware is an integral part of Helma, but allocations for BayernKI users are also available on Fritz and Alex.
The GPU cluster Heinz is dedicated to BayernKI users only.

 

Upcoming hardware installations in 2025

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