HUN-REN success: Hungary among the first to connect to Europe’s largest supercomputer under the AI Factory Antenna programme

As a result of the successful application by the consortium—established under the leadership of HUN-REN HQ, coordinated by HUN-REN SZTAKI, and comprising the HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) and the Neumann Technology Platform—Hungarian researchers, educators and developers, innovative enterprises and public-sector institutions will now have access to the same cutting-edge AI tools and state-of-the-art supercomputing infrastructure used by Europe’s most competitive players.

Roland Jakab, CEO of HUN-REN, said:

The one-exaflop supercomputer can perform a billion billion operations per second — around 200 times Hungary’s current maximum capacity. In line with the John von Neumann Programme and the updated Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the priority sectors are healthcare, energy, agriculture, manufacturing technology and autonomous systems. For the latter, the HunAIFA project is collaborating with ZalaZONE.

Róbert Lovas (HUN-REN SZTAKI), consortium leader of the Hungarian AI Factory Antenna, said:

HunAIFA is a three-year project with a budget of approximately €10 million. As a result of the successful application, Budapest and the HUN-REN research network could, in the longer term, become one of Central Europe’s leading AI and HPC players by expanding partnerships, thereby strengthening Hungary’s position in Europe’s digital transition.

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