AMD announced a collaboration with Eviden, a leading advanced computing brand under the Atos Group, to build Alice Recoque, France's first and Europe's second supercomputer to achieve an exaflump (10^14) of computing power, to meet the demands of next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Alice Recoque is built on Eviden's latest supercomputing platform, BullSequana XH3500, and comprises 94 racks interconnected via a BXIv3 network for high-performance scalability. It features AMD EPYC "Venice" CPUs and Instinct MI430X GPUs, along with SiPearl Rhea2 CPUs based on the Arm architecture, and storage solutions provided by DDN. The system operates at approximately 12 megawatts under typical load and utilizes Eviden's fifth-generation warm water liquid cooling technology to dissipate heat from all high-power components.
The project, with an investment of approximately €554 million, is funded by the EuroHPC JU, the Digital Europe Initiative (DEP), and the Jules Verne Alliance (a consortium of French, Dutch, and Greek institutions). It is located at the TGCC supercomputing center within the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA). Alice Recoque will ultimately serve researchers and industrial users across Europe, supporting projects in areas including climate research, materials and energy science, personalized medicine, AI model development, and the analysis of massive data streams from satellites, telescopes, and the Internet of Things.
The official statement did not specify a timeline for the supercomputer's operational availability. However, considering that the EPYC "Venice" CPU and Instinct MI430X GPU are both slated for release in 2026, Alice Recoque is expected to begin operation in 2027 or 2028.
