HPE has built a sixth generation high-performance computing (HPC) cluster, called Iridis 6, for the University of Southampton, to be used for advance research in areas such as genomics, aerodynamics, and renewable batteries.

► Aligns with University’s sustainability strategy, providing 4X performance at 70% of the power consumption

► New system to drive key research projects of national and international scale

The system expands existing resources and improves sustainability by delivering exponentially higher performance at lower power consumption. It will be used for research into areas such as cancer treatments, aerodynamics, and lithium battery efficiencies.

The University of Southampton provides some of the largest UK-based HPC resources to public and commercial sectors and offers consultancy and research services to businesses. HPC is a key enabler for its work, driving projects such as those looking at the effects of large constellations and satellites in space, and other innovations. Iridis 6 is part of the university’s ongoing investments in HPC.

The new system was built using the HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers, powered by 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors, to provide advanced performance to support computational science at-scale, requiring modelling and simulation.