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South Africa Raising Bar Super Computing

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Ref: https://www.csir.co.za/south-africa-raising-bar-super-computing

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Collected on 21 September 2026

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This is a CSIR article about the development of high-performance computing in South Africa. It says that the Centre for High Performance Computing, hosted by CSIR, provides a place for advanced scientific and engineering computations and has built Lengau, ranked 121 on the world's Top 500 list of supercomputers.

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Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC)

Researchers can use the Centre for High Performance Computing in Africa to model weather systems, perform advanced computational mechanics, simulate climate change, study battery materials at atomic level, or conduct virtual biomedical experiments.

Who it is for: Scientists and researchers wanting to conduct advanced computational work in Africa
How to act on it: Go to the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC).

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then there is only one place to go; the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC).

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https://www.csir.co.za/south-africa-raising-bar-super-computing

Key Takeaways

Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) hosted by CSIR
South Africa celebrated 10 years of high-performance computing since 2007
Lengau is described as Africa's fastest computer
Lengau ranked 121 on the world's Top 500 list of supercomputers
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC)
Lengau