History of Cyfronet
Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET AGH was established in 1973. Foundation of the Centre was given by the Krakow University Rectors' College members, which in 1971 put forward a proposal to the state authorities to purchase a modern, large and multi-access computer for the Krakow scientific community and create the inter-university computer centre. Formally, the Centre was established on March 23, 1973 by the Minister of Science, Higher Education and Technology under the name Community Computational Centre CYFRONET-KRAKOW. Under this name the Centre operated until 1992, when it was renamed to the Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET-KRAKOW. Another name change took place in December 1998. ACC CYFRONET-KRAKOW converted to the Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET of the University of Science and Technology (ACC CYFRONET AGH). Since 1999, the Centre has been organizationally and financially separate unit of the AGH-UST in Krakow, and now it is one of the largest supercomputing and networking centers in Poland.
Directors:
- 1973-1989 doc. dr hab. inż. Jerzy Kolendowski (1923-1999)
- 1989-2004 prof. dr hab. inż. Marian Noga (1939-2018)
- 2004- prof. dr hab. inż. Kazimierz Wiatr
Please feel invited to visit the following sections:
- Supercomputing resources provided by ACC Cyfronet AGH actually
Milestones
The highlights of Cyfronet's history and significant achievements are presented below:
2024
- For the first time in the history of Polish computer science, four supercomputers from one Polish computing centre (Helios GPU, Athena, Helios CPU and Ares) are ranked on the TOP500 list.
- Helios GPU (89,760 cores, 30.44 PFlops) for the first time on the TOP500 list and ranks 55th place (the June edition).
- Athena (6,144 cores, 7.7 PFlops) for the fifth time on the TOP500 list and ranks 177th place (the June edition).
- Helios CPU (75,264 cores, 3.35 PFlops) for the second time on the TOP500 list and ranks 305th place (the June edition).
- Ares (37,824 cores, 4 PFlops) for the seventh time on the TOP500 list and ranks 442nd place (the June edition).
- Helios GPU ranks 3rd place on the Green500 list (the June edition).
- Meetween, EOSC Beyond, EPICURE, FFplus and PLGrid ICON projects launched.
2023
- Cyfronet AGH honored with the Polonia Minor Award.
- Helios CPU (during installation) for the first time on the TOP500 list and ranks 290th place (the November edition).
- Ares (37,824 cores, 4 PFlops) for the fifth and sixth time on the TOP500 list and ranks 362nd place (the June edition) and 403rd place (the November edition).
- Athena (6,144 cores, 7.7 PFlops) for the third and fourth time on the TOP500 list and ranks 123rd place (the June edition) and 154th place (the November edition).
- The 50th anniversary of Cyfronet.
- DOME, EuroCC 2, EUreka3D, PIONIER-Q projects launched.
2022
- Athena supercomputer with theoretical peak performance 7.7 PFlops is deployed in Cyfronet.
- For the first time in the history of Polish computer science, three supercomputers from one Polish computing centre (Athena, Ares and Prometheus) are ranked on the TOP500 list.
- Prometheus (53,748 cores, 2.65 PFlops) for the fifteenth time on the TOP500 list and ranks 475th place (the June edition).
- Ares (37,824 cores, 4 PFlops) for the third and fourth time on the TOP500 list and ranks 290th place (the June edition) and 323rd place (the November edition).
- Athena (6,144 cores, 7.7 PFlops) for the first and second time on the TOP500 list and ranks 105th place (the June edition) and 113th place (the November edition).
- Inauguration of the LUMI supercomputer.
- EDITH, EUMaster4HPC, FAIRCORE4EOSC, EuroScienceGateway, InterTwin, DT-GEO and Geo-INQUIRE projects launched.