Collection of ENEA technology and expertise
CRESCO: Computational RESearch centre on COmplex systems: Advanced High Perfomance Computing and Scientific Data Analysis
Application sectors
AerospaceComputer science - information technologiesEnergyMaterials
Problem to solve
Make advanced high-performance scientific computing systems available to obtain numerical simulations of physical models to be validated with data acquired from scientific experiments
Description
CRESCO is a distributed research infrastructure in the DIGIT domain, classified as medium priority in the National Research Infrastructure Plan (PNIR) 2021-2027. It consists of high-performance computing (HPC) resources distributed across multiple computing centers, specifically in Portici, Frascati, Casaccia, and Brindisi. The HPC resources comprise a total of approximately 150,000 processors, with an aggregate peak performance of 13 PFlops. Additionally, the infrastructure includes storage areas totaling approximately 13 PB
Innovative aspects and advantages
- Conventional Intel Xeon CPU
- GPU Intel Max (Pontevecchio)
Admissible applications
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Molecular Dynamics
- Plasma Physics for Nuclear Fusion
- weather forecast and air pollution
Research group involved
Iannone Francesco TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Alderuccio Daniela TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Ambrosino Fiorenzo TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Bucci Luigi TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Buonocore Francesco TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Calosso Beatrice TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Cascone Giovanni TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Catillo Marco TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Chinnici Marta TERIN-ICT-HPC ;De Chiara Davide TERIN-ICT-HPC ;D'onofrio Serena TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Faltelli Marco TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Ferro Gianclaudio TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Fois Matteo TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Funel Agostino TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Giusepponi Simone TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Guarnieri Guido TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Gusso Michele TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Marchio Sara TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Palazzari Paolo TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Palombi Filippo TERIN-ICT-HPC ;Santomauro Giuseppe TERIN-ICT-HPC
Revision date
28-04-2026
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