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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Yerevan State University and familiarized himself with the activities of the newly established supercomputer center.
According to a readout from the Prime Minister’s Office, he was accompanied by Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan, Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan, and Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan.
YSU Rector Hovhannes Hovhannisyan presented the work carried out toward the establishment of the center.
In 2024, 3.4 billion drams were allocated to create a supercomputer center at Yerevan State University as part of a capital program aimed at modernizing scientific infrastructure. A supercomputer equipped with 64 NVIDIA H100 computing cards was also acquired. To ensure its full operation and more effective use, an additional 1.17 billion drams were allocated in 2025 to enhance the competitiveness of the data processing center.
After almost two years of preparatory and organizational work, the installation and testing (“stress testing”) procedure of the supercomputer has been completed.
It was noted that, within the framework of the Armenian government’s large-scale reforms in the field of science, state funding for the sector has increased by about threefold since 2018.
The Prime Minister was also briefed on the renovation of the lobby of the Sarkis and Marie Izmirlian Library at Yerevan State University.