{"id":34167,"date":"2023-06-26T11:40:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T10:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=34167"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T10:40:49","slug":"aurora-supercomputer-roars-to-life-with-the-final-blade-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/aurora-supercomputer-roars-to-life-with-the-final-blade-installed\/34167\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora supercomputer roars to life with the final \u2018blade\u2019 installed"},"content":{"rendered":"
The final of the 10,624 \u2018blades\u2019 are now equipped to Argonne National Laboratory\u2019s Aurora supercomputer \u2013 one of the most powerful supercomputers ever developed.<\/p>\n
The Argonne team has worked for the last 18 months to fabricate the Aurora supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), installing thousands of cutting-edge blades and components.<\/p>\n
Aurora is built by Intel and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and is capable of over two exaflops of computing power \u2013 more than two billion calculations per second.<\/p>\n
The supercomputer will significantly advance scientific capabilities, helping to fight climate change, further cancer research, explore space, optimise clean energy<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n Susan Coghlan,\u00a0ALCF\u00a0project director for the Aurora supercomputer, said: \u201cWe have been living and breathing the Aurora installation since the first pieces were delivered in November of 2021.<\/p>\n \u200b\u201cWhile we still have a lot of work to do before we can roll the system out to scientists worldwide, it is incredibly exciting to have the final hardware in place.\u201d<\/p>\n