Supercomputer to be built in Debrecen

Hungary's most powerful supercomputer is scheduled to be operating in Debrecen University, in the eastern part of the country, by the end of 2014. It is another project that will be realized in the country from European Union funds.

According to the head of the sciences faculty, István Gaál, who is also the deputy chancellor, the National Informatics Infrastructure Development Institute won HUF 1.9 billion (EUR 6.3m) of European Union funding for the investment at the university.

Miklós Nagy, the institute’s head, said that the machine would have a capacity of 200 teraflops, putting it in mid-field among the world’s top 500 supercomputers.