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🚀 The 2026 CHPC Student Cluster Competition kicks off at @StellenboschUni!
Day 1: teams diving into Linux fundamentals, firing up their first head nodes, and taking on the legendary HPL Benchmark 💻⚡
Good luck to all teams this week! 🏆
#CHPCSCC2026 #HPC
Quick CHPC 2026 update 🚀
• Please register as a team, not individually
• Note that the competition structure is on the website : scc.chpc.ac.za/
• Deadline: 3 May ⏳
Grab your all star team and get those registrations in! 👀
Register here: events.chpc.ac.za/event/169/
New Year, New Energy 🚀
Push hardware to its limits & compete in the CHPC SCC. Build & optimize a real HPC cluster with your team.
Travel, stay & meals covered.
Top team goes to ISC 2027 🇩🇪
Register: events.chpc.ac.za/event/169/
Deadline: 3 May 2026 @ 17:00
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📢 Registrations are open for the CHPC Student Cluster Competition selection round!
The #TeamCSIR Centre for High Performance Computing #CHPC invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to participate in the CHPC Student Cluster Competition. This competition provides undergraduate students at South African universities with valuable exposure to the high-performance computing industry.
📆 Deadline for applications: 3 May 2026
🔗 events.chpc.ac.za/event/169/
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Before we officially wrap up the competition, a final massive THANK YOU to all the sponsors who made this possible! A thank you to the organisers of the competition and to the teams for bringing their best energy despite all the pressure.
Let’s bring it home South Africa! 🇿🇦
The moment we’ve all been waiting for, the winners of the CHPC SCC 2025 competition is…
Team 0V1RCL0CK1D from the University of Cape Town!
Congratulations team. Your hard work, strong team dynamics and overall perseverance have paid off. 👏🎉
#chpcscc2025 #UCT #winners
And the second place overall achiever for the CHPC SCC 2025 goes to… *drumrolls again please*
DC Spears from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology!
#chpcscc2025 #HPC
And the third place overall achiever for the CHPC SCC 2025 goes to… *drumrolls please*
CTRL+ALT+DEFEAT from the University of the Western Cape!
#smilesallaround #chpcscc2025 #HPC
Here are the most promising students at CHPC SCC 2025
Most Promising Female: Kamogelo Macena from Sol Plaatje University
Most Promising Male: Tshifiwa Mphephu from the University of Mpumalanga
Congratulations students!👏
One team did a phenomenal job with the highest LINPACK and that goes to…
Wits 1 from Witswatersrand University!!
2025 Fan Favourites goes to…
The Computer Champions from the University of Mpumalanga!
Congratulations Team
🚀 As we gear up for the competition, we’re excited to welcome Eclipse as a sponsor for the CHPC Student Cluster Competition 2025!
Their involvement helps empower our student teams as they prepare to take on complex HPC challenges.
With the competition around the corner, we’re thrilled to welcome CyberData Group as one of our sponsors for the CHPC Student Cluster Competition 2025!
We’re excited to have CyberData Group on board and can’t wait to see the impact of their partnership!
We’re pleased to share that @diplomics_sa will be supporting the CHPC Student Cluster Competition 2025 once again!
We’re excited to have them return for this year’s competition and appreciate their ongoing commitment to growing the HPC community.
