Northern Germany’s fastest computer

Top ranking for Göttingen supercomputer: in the latest listing of the Top500 wor
Top ranking for Göttingen supercomputer: in the latest listing of the Top500 world’s fastest computers, the ’Emmy’ system installed in Göttingen is 47th in the world. In Germany, Emmy ranks fifth, making it the most powerful computer in Northern Germany. Photo: GWDG
Top ranking for Göttingen supercomputer: in the latest listing of the Top500 world's fastest computers, the 'Emmy' system installed in Göttingen is 47th in the world. In Germany, Emmy ranks fifth, making it the most powerful computer in Northern Germany. Photo: GWDG Göttingen's supercomputer "Emmy" fifth fastest in Germany, 47th in the world Top ranking achieved for Göttingen supercomputer: in the latest listing of the Top500 world's fastest computers, the "Emmy" system installed in Göttingen is 47th in the world. In Germany, Emmy ranks fifth, making it the most powerful computer in Northern Germany. Emmy is a system of the Norddeutschen Verbundes für Hochund Höchstleistungsrechnen (Northern German association for high performance computing, HLRN), which is operated by the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) and the University of Göttingen. "Emmy has enabled enormous progress in research in computational science, artificial intelligence and data science," says Professor Ramin Yahyapour, CIO of the University of Göttingen and CEO of GWDG. Göttingen was recently awarded the contract as a location in the Verbund Nationales Hochleistungsrechnen (national high performance computing network or NHR) with funding of 72 million euros over ten years.
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