Provision of High-Performance Computing services for interim Irish National HPC service

Description

The required service shall provide an enhanced replacement service for the current Irish National HPC Service for academic researchers operated by ICHEC. Its primary objective is to provide researchers with high performance compute cycles and data storage capacity via a familiar environment and toolchain (collectively referred to hereafter as the System) so as to minimise the disruption and re-learning for users and staff of ICHEC’s current system. As an interim service bridging a gap until Ireland’s new mid-range EuroHPC system is deployed in 2025, this service must also act as an on-ramp to the wider EuroHPC ecosystem, enabling researchers to scale their applications and port to accelerated architectures. Lot 1: The required service shall provide an enhanced replacement service for the current Irish National HPC Service for academic researchers operated by ICHEC. Its primary objective is to provide researchers with high performance compute cycles and data storage capacity via a familiar environment and toolchain (collectively referred to hereafter as the System) so as to minimise the disruption and re-learning for users and staff of ICHEC’s current system. As an interim service bridging a gap until Ireland’s new mid-range EuroHPC system is deployed in 2025, this service must also act as an on-ramp to the wider EuroHPC ecosystem, enabling researchers to scale their applications and port to accelerated architectures.