MLIT and RSC Group are planning to jointly develop new equipment On 31 March 2026, a delegation from the RSC Group of Companies, headed by CEO Alexander Moskovsky, visited the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. As part of the visit, a seminar on the organization of joint research and development projects took place. During the seminar, the RSC representatives gave an overview of state-of-the-art computing architectures and shared their extensive experience in developing energy-efficient and high-density computing systems based on advanced cooling technologies for modern electronic devices. RSC Technical Director Egor Druzhinin discussed the company’s ongoing development of a cooling system for high-power-density chips, including for new computing architectures expected to appear by 2030. As MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov commented, optimizing the tasks solved at the JINR Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex entails selecting optimal server hardware solutions. This includes cooling and rack-mounting server hardware. One of the uppermost objectives is cooling graphics accelerators needed for solving lattice quantum chromodynamics and artificial intelligence tasks. In the 2030s, the heat output of CPUs, GPUs, and other accelerators is expected to surge, and the capabilities of the air cooling technology used at the MICC will be stretched to the limit. As Sergei Shmatov pointed out, the solution here could be a transition to liquid cooling technology. To implement this idea, the Laboratory needs to expand its collaboration with RSC in the search for novel breakthrough microelectronics cooling technologies. Experimental cooling system elements, developed for the MICC within the collaboration, will require field testing and the organization of a testbed at MLIT. RSC Group also has expertise in creating such testbeds. Furthermore, these joint research projects will utilize the capabilities of the “Govorun” supercomputer to model the chip cooling process and select the equipment and materials used. As a further practical step, the parties agreed to exchange more detailed ideas about the requirements and possible approaches to solving this complex task. In addition, the RSC representatives congratulated JINR colleagues on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
