Press Releases

06.06.2019

Switzerland contributing to one of the most competitive supercomputers in the world to be placed in Finland

The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS of ETH Zurich will represent Switzerland in a joint endeavor to acquire,...

05.12.2018

HPC-AI Advisory Council & CSCS announce Swiss Conference & HPCXXL User Group

Announcement of the 10th annual Swiss Conference and HPCXXL User Group in Lugano, Switzerland, 01-04 April, 2019.

11.07.2018

CSCS will store petabyte data for the Paul Scherrer Institute

In the future, research data collected by the large-scale research facilities at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in...

21.12.2017

Swiss HPC Advisory Council Conference 2018 & HPCXXL User Group

The HPC Advisory Council (HPCAC), a leading for community benefit, member-based organization dedicated to advancing...

04.12.2017

Ideal size for computer memory

Ultraprecise simulation of a computer storage technology known as CBRAM reveals its optimal geometry: an insulator...

06.02.2017 – created by ETH Zurich

Bridge the divide

ETH Zurich and EPFL are creating a National Center for Data Science to foster innovation in data science,...

05.01.2017

HPC Advisory Council Announces Global Conference Series for 2017

The HPC Advisory Council announced key dates for its 2017 international conference series in the USA and Switzerland....

07.12.2016

CRAY works with industry leaders and CSCS to reach new performance milestone for deep learning at scale

At the 2016 Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Conference in Barcelona, Spain, global supercomputer leader...

15.11.2016

MeteoSvizzera e il CSCS vincono lo Swiss ICT Award

Quest’anno il riconoscimento assegnato da swissICT (la principale associazione svizzera di categoria per l’informatica)...

11.11.2016

World-leading HPC Centers Partner to Form Accelerated Computing Institute

Leaders in hybrid accelerated high-performance computing (HPC) in the United States (U.S.), Japan, and Switzerland have...

18.08.2016

MeteoSvizzera e CSCS finalisti dello SwissICT Awards con un innovativo modello per previsioni del tempo più accurate per la Svizzera

L’Ufficio federale di meteorologia e climatologia MeteoSvizzera e il Centro Nazionale Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico...

06.04.2016

More computing power for Swiss research

Europe’s most powerful supercomputer Piz Daint is being upgraded, a move that is expected to at least double its...

31.03.2016

The new weather forecasting model for the Alpine region

Today, the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss puts the new high-resolution forecasting model...

02.03.2016

CSCS Announces Second GPU Hackathon

General-purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs) potentially offer exceptionally high memory bandwidth and performance...

23.11.2015

HPC Advisory Council and CSCS Announce Switzerland Conference 2016

The HPC Advisory Council, a leading organization for high-performance computing research, outreach and education, and...

29.10.2015

PASC Conference 2016 sets new standards

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a new co-sponsor of the PASC Conference. The annual conference is...

12.10.2015

Giornata delle porte aperte al CSCS di Lugano

Il 17 ottobre 2015, il Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) apre le porte al pubblico dalle ore 10:00 alle...

15.09.2015

MeteoSwiss and CSCS pave the way for more detailed weather forecasts

At the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano the new “super weather computer” of the Swiss Federal...

21.07.2015

Installation of a microhydro plant at the CSCS pumping station for the production of electrical energy using the cooling water from supercomputers

To further improve its energy efficiency, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) is installing turbines at its...

03.12.2014

High-end connection for rapid large-volume data transfer

The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) has become Switzerland's first service provider for the scientific...

21.03.2014

Europe's most powerful supercomputer cleared for users

Since the end of last year, Switzerland has boasted the most powerful supercomputer in Europe: “Piz Daint”. As of today,...

18.11.2013

“Piz Daint”, the first supercomputer with sustained petaflops-scale performance in Switzerland

The Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) announces that the upgraded Cray XC30 supercomputer “Piz Daint” has...

01.10.2013

Al Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico si calcola con Minergie

Da oggi, martedì 1 ottobre 2013, l’edificio amministrativo del Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) entra...

11.09.2013

New Hybrid Computer Architecture at CSCS Delivers Promising Results

The Swiss National Supercomputing Center’s (CSCS) new Cray XC30 supercomputer from computer manufacturer Cray is making...

12.06.2013

Neuroscience to Benefit from Hybrid Supercomputer Memory

To handle large amounts of data from detailed brain models, IBM, EPFL, and ETH Zürich are collaborating on a new hybrid...

21.03.2013

With “Piz Daint” CSCS enters the path towards petaflop computing

The new CSCS supercomputer named "Piz Daint" is the first and largest Cray XC30 system installed worldwide. Its...

12.11.2012

A supercomputer to understand the failing heart

Biventricular pacemakers fail to improve the faulty contraction of the diseased heart in thirty per cent of patients...

31.08.2012

National high-performance computing strategy set in stone

After almost two years in the making, Switzerland has a new high-performance computing centre – and one of the most...

29.08.2012

Giornata delle porte aperte al CSCS di Lugano

Il 1° settembre 2012, il nuovo edificio del Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) apre le porte al pubblico...

03.11.2011

Building work in Parco Ciani completed

During October the renaturalization work has finally taken place in Parco Ciani in Lugano. The construction of the...

14.09.2011

CSCS to grant 250 million cpu hours

The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) supports Swiss scientist in all matters concerning supercomputing and...

25.08.2011

First glimpse into birth of the Milky Way

For almost 20 years astrophysicists have been trying to recreate the formation of spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way...

15.06.2011

Il CSCS raddoppia la capacità di calcolo

Il Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) annuncia di aver siglato un contratto con Cray Inc., leader mondiale...

18.02.2011

Il CSCS ordina il primo supercomputer Cray XMT di nuova generazione

Il Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) annuncia oggi di aver acquistato dal leader mondiale dei supercomputer...

03.02.2011

Cantiere nuovo centro di calcolo: Completata la costruzione grezza

Il 3 febbraio 2011 il Politecnico federale di Zurigo e l’Implenia Impresa Generale SA festeggiano con tutte le...

02.12.2010

Cantiere nuovo centro di calcolo: montaggio del tetto della sala macchine con l'autogrù più grande del mondo

La costruzione del nuovo centro di calcolo del CSCS a Lugano Cornaredo procede celermente.

29.07.2010

Cantiere del nuovo CSCS a pieno regime: Deliberati ad una ditta ticinese i lavori da impresa generale di costruzione

Dopo la demolizione della vecchia rimessa dei bus, nel cantiere di Cornaredo si sono conclusi i lavori di scavo e la...

25.11.2009

Premi internazionali al Supercalcolo

Il Professor Thomas Schulthess, direttore del Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) con sede a Manno e...

18.09.2009

Einweihung "Monte Rosa" - Das CSCS kehrt zurück an die Weltspitze

Das CSCS hat heute die Installation eines neuen Supercomputers gefeiert. "Monte Rosa" steht allen Schweizer öffentlichen...

25.09.2008

Thomas Schulthess, new CSCS-Director

Thomas Schulthess is the new Director of the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) at Manno. He studied physics...

07.02.2008

Exchanging expertise and experience

The Swiss National Computing Centre (CSCS) and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at...

26.02.2007

Co-direction for further growth

ETH Zurich is devoted to enabling CSCS in Manno to continue to grow as a national supercomputing centre. The...