The supercomputing center which refurbished the church of the 19th century

The chapel "Torre Girona" in Barcelona, ​​Spain was built in the 19th century and was used as a Catholic church until the 1960s. Supercomputer jointly built by the Spanish government and IBM laterMareno Salm"Was set up and unusual facilities combined with the latest technology to perform sophisticated calculations for medieval buildings"Barcelona · Supercomputing CenterAs "Catalonia University of TechnologyIt is operated.

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The Barcelona · Supercomputing Center is located on the premises of the Catalonia Tech University.


The appearance is like this, at first glance it is a dignified medieval church ... ...


Inside the chapel has a huge glass-enclosed case, with supercomputers in it.


In a glass-enclosed room there is a rack equipped with Maleno Salm's board and power supply.


I saw it from the side of the entrance. Marenostrum is the world's fourth largest supercomputer as of November 2004, the fifth fastest in the world as of November 2006, but as of 2016 it is a model that is inferior to the state-of-the-art supercomputer . On the other hand, MarenestrumSpanish super computer networkIt is also one of the constituent parts of the genome mapping of human beings and is currently used for research on astrophysics and weather prediction.


From the 2nd floor the ceiling is also glazed.


Torre GironaCivil war in SpainSince it was rebuilt once and it was located in the premises of the Institute of Technology of Catalonia, it seems that it began to be used as a supercomputer center.


In the panoramic view, there is a passage above the supercomputer room so that it can pass through, and there is a seat space on the left where you can watch the video using the projector.