About Us

The Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) is a central institution of FAU. Within FAU it complements the general IT-services of RRZE. Jointly with Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) Garching it operates the BayernKI infrastructure. Together with eight other HPC centers at German universities it forms the NHR Alliance and offers Tier-2 class capabilities on a national basis.

NHR@FAU’s organizational concept is designed to address high performance computing (HPC) and AI/ML in all their facets, including infrastructure design and operation, user support, in-depth collaborations with developers and application scientists, training, research, and specialized application expertise.

A focal point of our application related support activities are atomistic simulations ranging from quantum physics/chemistry to classical molecular dynamics applications. Within the NHR Alliance we collaborate with NHR@ZIB and PC2 in the Atomistic Simulation Center and offer expert support in chemistry, physics and molecular dynamics simulations.

NHR@FAU has a strong background in the fields of Performance Engineering (PE) for CPUs/GPUs and Performance Tools. We pursue active research and development and offer numerous trainings on these topics and coordinate related NHR-wide activities.

Our AI/ML experts support the broad community to enable and advance their AI/ML research on our large-scale central infrastructure. It is integral part of NHR activities and a central pillar of the BayernKI support services.

The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) supports ground-breaking research and education throughout a wide range of scientific disciplines by offering highly available, secure and energy-efficient services based on cuttingedge IT technology. Today it is one of the foremost European computing centres in the area of scientific research by academic communities.

LRZ has been operating world-class supercomputers for decades. The current supercomputer, the SuperMUC-NG, is no. 8 of the most powerful computers in the world. With a peakperformance of 26.9 Petaflops (almost 30 quadrillion operations per second), 719 Terabytes main memory, 50 Petabytes external data storage, and a high-speed interconnect, the SuperMUC-NG provides first-class information technology for researchers in the fields of e.g. physics, chemistry, life sciences, geography, climate research, and engineering. Throughout the entire computing process, the LRZ focuses closely on supporting our users so they can take optimal advantage of all the resources we have to offer. Last, but certainly not least, SuperMUC-NG’s innovative warm-water cooling system makes it one of the most energy efficient supercomputers worldwide.