Academic Supercomputing in Europe

Iceland

Statistics

Population: 294,000
GDP/capita: € 25,300

Supercomputing facilities for the academia

Icelandic Energy Authority and Institute for Meteorological Research: Beowulf cluster (24 PIII/866 + 24 PIII/1260)

National academic network

The Icelandic University Research Network RHnet links the Icelandic universities and research institutions. Its backbone operates at 1 Gbps. RHnet has a 155 Mbps link to NORDUnet.
The 2005 budget of RHnet is € 0.5 million and it is mainly provided by its users.

http://www.rhnet.is/english