{"id":47488,"date":"2024-05-14T14:36:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=47488"},"modified":"2024-05-14T14:36:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:36:04","slug":"aurora-supercomputer-breaks-exascale-computing-threshold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/aurora-supercomputer-breaks-exascale-computing-threshold\/47488\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora supercomputer breaks exascale computing threshold"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Argonne National Laboratory\u2019s Aurora supercomputer has officially passed the exascale computing<\/a> barrier.<\/h2>\n

Developed by Intel and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Aurora\u2019s exascale achievement marks a significant milestone for the supercomputer\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

In the latest submission to the semi-annual list of the world\u2019s most powerful supercomputers, announced at the\u00a0ISC\u00a0High Performance 2024 conference in Hamburg, Germany, Aurora was shown to perform over a quintillion calculations per second.<\/p>\n

Surpassing the exascale threshold highlights Aurora\u2019s enormous potential to boost an array of scientific research fields.<\/p>\n

Susan Coghlan,\u00a0Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)\u00a0project director for Aurora, explained: \u201cHitting exascale is a huge milestone, but enabling groundbreaking science is the ultimate goal.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cThe new performance numbers, along with some promising runs from our early science teams, give us a glimpse of what will be possible with Aurora.\u201d<\/p>\n

A new frontier in exascale computing<\/h3>\n

The Aurora supercomputer<\/a> is comprised of first-of-its-kind architecture, including 63,744 graphics processing units (GPUs), making it the largest GPU-powered system on the planet.<\/p>\n

The supercomputer also boasts more endpoints in its interconnect technology than any other system worldwide.<\/p>\n