The project implemented solutions developed at PRACE PP and adapted them to changing technologies and user requirements. Computing centres from more than 20 European countries participated in the project. The first supercomputer made available to researchers was the IBM BlueGene/P (Jugene) with a power of 1 PetaFlops, located at FZJ, Julich, Germany.
WCSS has participated in tasks of working groups:
- WP2 Evolution of the Research Infrastructure
- WP3 Dissemination and Training
- WP7 Enabling Petascale Applications: Efficient Use of Tier-0 Systems
- WP9 Future Technologies