Germany’s Fastest Supercomputer Leverages InsydeH2O® UEFI Firmware

Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, is proud to announce that its flagship UEFI firmware, InsydeH2O®, is shipping on the newly launched Atos® BullSequana X1000 line of supercomputers featuring the Intel® Xeon® and Intel Xeon Scalable family of processors.

The BullSequana X1000, a 12-Petaflop machine (able to execute more than 12 million billion operations per second) will be Germany’s fastest supercomputer and one the most powerful computers in the world. Among other activities, the BullSequana X100 will be used in research for the Human Brain Project, which has as its goal to improve the understanding of the processes in the human brain through simulation. 

"The BullSequana X1000 represents a new level of innovation and ultra-energy efficiency for high performance computing systems,” said Trevor Western, VP of Server Engineering at Insyde Software. "Atos’ decision to leverage InsydeH2O for this project shows that Insyde is trusted to meet the critical needs for the world’s most demanding computing designs," added Western.
 

About Insyde Software

Insyde Software (www.insyde.com) is a leading worldwide provider of UEFI firmware, systems management solutions and custom engineering services for companies in the mobile, server, desktop and IoT (Internet-of-Things) computing industries. The company is publicly held (GTSM: 6231) and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan with U.S. headquarters in Westborough, MA. The company’s customers include the world’s leading computing, communications and storage device designers and manufacturers.


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