Centre for High Performance Computing SA

The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is responsible for operating and deploying high performance scientific computing. The CPHC, in 2016, joined the petaflop club when the CSIR unveiled the fastest computer in Africa . Called Lengau, which is a Setswana word for Cheetah. These machines are measured in terms of floating operations per second, or FLOPS. High performance computers are so fast they can process thousand-trillion calculations (a petaflop)Fast processing speeds allowed researchers, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to model the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These computing resources are a key player for academic and industry research. Researcher institutions can puse these systems to advance scientific discovery while commercial firms improve their efficiency or competitiveness. The CHPC is part of the | National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System(NCIS), and is supported by the South AfricanDepartment_of_Science_and_Innovation Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)