NHR@FAU

Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen

Erlangen-Nürnberg

Interior of the NHR@FAU data centre at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, showing server racks with green and yellow indicator lights from brands including Vertiv and Megware, in a dimly lit machine room.

The Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) is a central facility of the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. NHR@FAU covers HPC and AI/ML in all facets, including infrastructure design and operation, user support, collaboration with developers and scientists, training, research, and application expertise.

Key Expertise and Profile

  • Atomistic simulations in quantum physics/chemistry, operating the Atomistic Simulation Center (ASC) with NHR@ZIB and PC2 
  • Machine learning, mainly LLMs and computer vision 
  • Hardware-efficient and scalable building blocks for sparse solvers 
  • CPU/GPU Performance Engineering and performance tool development
  • Special feature: Coaching by liaison scientists from specific research fields 
  • Monthly events: Beginner’s Introduction, Molecular Dynamics Meet-up, HPC Café 
  • Regular NHR PerfLab Seminar talks.

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Technical Specifications

Center NameNHR@FAU
Total Resources:
# CPU-Cores161 632
# GPUs536
Additional Information
max. job run time [h]24
jupyter notebook available [y/n]y
CPU Resources:
System 1Fritz
CPU-TypeIntel Xeon Platinum 8360Y
# nodes756
# Cores per node72
memory per node [GB]256
System 2Fritz (Big Memory)
CPU-TypeIntel Xeon Platinum 8470
# nodes8
# Cores per node104
memory per node [GB]2048
System 3Fritz (Sapphire)
CPU-TypeIntel Xeon Platinum 8470
# nodes48
# Cores per node104
memory per node [GB]1024
System 4Helma
CPU-TypeAMD EPYC 9965
# nodes264
# Cores per node381
memory per node [GB]768
GPU Resources
System 1Helma
GPUs per node4 x NVIDIA H100
# nodes20
memory per GPU [GB]94
System 2Alex
GPUs per node8 x NVIDIA A40
# nodes34
memory per GPU [GB]48
System 3Alex
GPUs per node8 x NVIDIA A100
# nodes23
memory per GPU [GB]80
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