U.S. tech giant AMD's supercomputers secure top spots in the recent Top500 list, while the secrecy surrounding China's high-performance computing (HPC) continues.
Breaking News: Top500.org Unveils Latest Supercomputer Power Rankings
In a recent update, Top500.org, a leading authority on high-performance computing, revealed its 65th list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. The ranking showcases the dominance of American AMD-based systems, with a noticeable absence of new entries from China. Popular AI giants like xAI and Open AI are also featured.
El Capitan Tops the Power ListLeading the pack is the AMD Instinct MI300A-powered El Capitan, boasting a staggering Rmax performance of 1.7 FP64 ExaFLOPS. This beast of a machine, situated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, utilizes AMD's fourth-generation EPYC processors and Instinct MI300A accelerators, all within an HPE Cray EX255a framework. With over 11 million cores and the HPE Slingshot interconnect, El Capitan leaves no doubt that it reigns supreme.
Performance Galore: Frontier and AuroraRanking second and third on the list are the AMD-powered Frontier and the Intel-based Aurora. Both supercomputers operate exascale-class systems, with Frontier offering a performance of 1.353 ExaFLOPS and Aurora reaching 1.012 ExaFLOPS. Interestingly, both systems are run by U.S. Department of Energy laboratories.
New Entrants: Jupiter Booster and EagleGermany's Jupiter Booster, based on Nvidia's GH200 platform, debuts at fourth place, delivering an impressive Rmax performance of 0.793 ExaFLOPS. Rounding out the top five is Microsoft's Eagle, which achieved a performance of 0.561 ExaFLOPS.
Energy Efficiency MattersWhile El Capitan leads in raw power, Germany's JEDI system takes the lead in energy efficiency, boasting a performance of 72.73 GigaFLOPS per watt. The top five remain balanced, with each supercomputer offering impressive performance and energy efficiency in its unique way.
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Data-and-cloud-computing technologies play a significant role in the operation of the world's most powerful supercomputers, with AMD processors powering multiple entries in the latest Top500.org rankings, including El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora.
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