VSC5 - Vienna Scientific Cluster 5

It is the fifth-generation high-performance computing (HPC) system developed by a consortium of Austrian universities, including BOKU. It is designed to support advanced scientific research and computational tasks. 

BINF Core Facility has dedicated access to specific computational setting:

  • CPU Nodes each equipped with two AMD EPYC 7713 (adding up to 256 cores) ideal for tasks that require large-scale parallel computations.
  • GPU Nodes each equipped with two NVIDIA A100 cards (40GB memory) and therefore optimized for machine learning, deep learning, and molecular dynamics simulations.
  • High-Memory Nodes which are like the CPU Nodes but with a 2TB of RAM for applications that require extensive memory resources, such as genome assembly or large-scale data processing.

BMB (Biomolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics) cluster

This GPU-based HPC system was established at BOKU in the summer of 2024 as a joint project between the BINF Core Facility and the Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (https://boku.ac.at/en/map/mms), made possible through the support of the BOKU rectorate and the UIP 2023 grant from WWTF (https://www.wwtf.at/funding/programmes/uip/). This state-of-the-art resource will significantly accelerate AI model development and research, forming the backbone of our work in bioinformatics, biomolecular modeling, and AI-driven projects.

The BMB cluster is equipped with the following computational hardware:

  • 6 NVIDIA L40 nodes, designed for memory-intensive applications such as AI model training, evaluation, and 3D structure prediction.
  • 24 NVIDIA GTX nodes, optimized for tasks like molecular simulations, as well as genomics and proteomics analysis.