Computing

A UCL-led consortium has been awarded £4m to establish a new national High Performance Computing (HPC) facility for the Materials and Molecular Modelling community.

The third Flagship, launching in 2018, aims to translate 20 years of EU funding for basic research in quantum theory through to applications in networks, sensors and computers. As ever, Europe is behind in commercialisation

China’s new Nebulae Supercomputer has moved to the number two spot, on the tail of the world’s most powerful computer, Jaguar, based at the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory.