Semantic Supercomputing

Providing the largest semantic supercomputer worldwide

Semantic algorithms imply a much better performance than simple text indexation. Consequently, substantial computing capacity is needed to apply these sophisticated methods to large corpora. In fact, experimental handling of data requires a supercomputing infrastructure.
The IRF-operated basic system is one of the most powerful systems worldwide that exclusively deals with semantic processing of text.

Hardware Convinced by the IRF concept, systems manufacturer Silicon Graphics, a promoter from the early days, has significantly contributed to building the IRF’s semantic super computing infrastructure. SGI systems are among the most powerful and widely known in the academic context worldwide. In the first version, 80 processor nodes with 360 GB random access memory operate in the form of a large virtual system called LDC (Large Data Collider), modelled on CERN’s LHC (Large Hadron Collider).