The world’s fastest computer will be released in 2025, and is expected to be a powerful PC with a built-in 4K display. It will also feature a 3.2GHz Intel Core i7 processor, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU, and 64GB of RAM. Although not yet announced, these specs suggest that this will be the largest, most powerful desktop computer in the world. Obviously, we won’t know until the end of the year, but if the predictions prove true, this machine will be a game changer.
El Capitan
When El Capitan is deployed in 2025, it will be the fastest supercomputer in the world. According to HPE, it will be able to perform more than 2 exaflops, more than twice as much as the top 200 fastest machines combined.
Exascale computing is expected to be the next big thing in high performance computing. It enables innovation and discovery. Ultimately, it’s intended to help organizations of all sizes address the challenges of the future.
The United States government’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is working towards the construction of El Capitan. This system will be the nation’s fastest computer, and will be used to simulate the effects of nuclear weapons. NNSA has a variety of tasks, including managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile and building artificial intelligence into computational techniques.
In addition to modeling nuclear weapons, El Capitan will also perform secondary national security missions. It will be part of three national labs – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and Sandia National Laboratories.
AMD and HPE are collaborating to build the system. AMD’s newest EPYC processors, codenamed Genoa, will power El Capitan. They feature Zen 4 architecture, and are built to scale down to desktop computers.
AMD will also provide the GPUs. Their Radeon Instinct cards are geared for deep learning and artificial intelligence, and are designed in collaboration with lead customers.
Fugaku
Fugaku supercomputer in Japan is now the world’s fastest. With 7,630,848 cores, the system is capable of performing more than a thousand petaflops. It is expected to become fully operational next year. Designed by Fujitsu and RIKEN, the system has been installed at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan.
Fugaku, which means Mount Fuji in Japanese, was developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN to be able to help researchers with scientific and academic applications. The system is capable of analyzing large data sets and performing quick simulations.
Fugaku also helps with machine learning and natural language processing. Researchers have also been using the computer for simulated outbreaks of the SARS virus and COVID-19 virus, as well as studies on fundamental laws of nature. This computer has been able to produce useful results, such as the development of guidelines for handling the spread of infection.
This supercomputer is also used to conduct research on new drugs. Around 3,000 researchers have been using Fugaku for drug discovery and development. And the machine’s power can be applied to research on clean energy and natural disasters.
During the past two years, the fugaku system has moved ahead of IBM’s Summit. In June of this year, Fugaku won the Top500 race and is now the top-ranked supercomputer in the world. Since then, it has maintained the lead in three more rankings.
Frontier
The Department of Energy has announced that its Frontier supercomputer is now the world’s fastest. It’s been named the top supercomputer in the world by the Top500 list.
This is the first time in the history of the TOP500 that a supercomputer has broken the exaflop barrier. Exaflop means the number of math problems a computer can perform in a second. A true exaflop would be the equivalent to more than a million trillion computing operations in a second.
During its first test, Frontier reached 1.1 exaflops, or one quintillion calculations in a second. It has the potential to go even higher.
At its peak, Frontier has the potential to perform more than two exaflops. Researchers plan to leverage its power to simulate star explosions and subatomic particle properties. These computations could help researchers understand the universe and improve clean energy technologies.
While the supercomputer will be able to tackle complex problems in science and research, it will also be used to create more realistic climate models. It’s expected that Frontier will start operating by 2025.
Scientists are looking forward to using Frontier to tackle problems in fields as diverse as energy, biogeochemical cycles, and fusion energy. They hope to use its power to make a positive impact on national security and to better understand the universe.
With its AI machine architecture, Frontier will help researchers automate and analyze critical processes and deliver groundbreaking data science insights. Some of the important applications include mapping the brain, understanding biogeochemical cycles, and improving nanoscience materials.
Tianhe-2A
The Tianhe-2A supercomputer is the world’s fastest computer. This supercomputer is designed and built in China. The system is located in the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou.
Tianhe-2A is nicknamed Milky Way-2A. This supercomputer is developed by the Chinese National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). It uses Intel Xeon processors. The computer is also based on the Linux operating system.
There are about 16,000 nodes in this system. Each node has two Intel Xeon Ivy Bridge CPUs and a GPU processor. These nodes are connected by the Mellanox HDR InfiniBand network. They also have 57-core Intel Xeon Phi accelerator cards.
A total of 12.4 petabytes of memory is available. It is primarily used for simulation and analysis. According to its specs, the Tianhe-2A can reach a peak performance of 200 petaflops when running on FP64.
The Tianhe-2A supercomputer was first installed in 2013 at the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou, China. It is expected to be online by the end of 2013. Currently, it is in testing at NUDT.
The Tianhe-1A supercomputer is a modified version of the ORNL Jaguar. It is a high-performance computing system for petroleum exploration and simulation. The system consists of 12 storage cabinets and six communication cabinets. Among the applications of the Tianhe-1A are aircraft simulation, petroleum exploration, and climate change studies.
China is making a push to build an exascale system. The National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin is building a new machine called Tianhe-3. Another machine, called Blue Waters, is under development at the University of Illinois.
Aurora
One of the fastest supercomputers in the world is coming to the US in the form of Aurora. This computer is designed to be 50 times more powerful than any other machine currently on the planet.
The computer will make use of a variety of technologies including artificial intelligence, a massive network of servers, and data analysis. These technologies will help researchers analyze data from telescopes and research equipment. The machine will also have the capability to model climate change. It will also be used to develop new types of solar cells and batteries.
The machine is expected to cost about $500 million. The machine will be installed at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
Aurora’s ability to process massive amounts of data at once is what makes it one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. Aurora will have nine thousand nodes, 230 petabytes of storage, and two exaFLOPS in computing power.
Another important feature of the machine is that it will be able to perform billion-billion calculations per second. This number is impressive in itself.
The supercomputer has been re-architected and will include the Xe HPC GPU accelerators from Intel and a unified memory architecture. In addition, each node will contain six Xe HPC GPU accelerators.
Aurora’s most exciting feature is that it will be able to perform more than 1 million trillion calculations per second. The resulting trifecta can be a useful tool in redirecting the design of simulations and experiments.
HPE-AMD
When HPE and AMD launched their world’s fastest computer in 2025, it’s expected to solve ten times more complex problems than other computers on the planet. Scientists will be able to perform advanced research and modeling, speeding up discoveries.
In addition to its record-setting performance, Frontier is also the first supercomputer to break the exascale barrier. It’s expected to achieve a peak performance of 1.5 exaflops. That’s 10 times faster than Summit, the previous top-ranked US system.
In addition to solving tough problems, Frontier will help scientists and researchers develop new data analysis methods. Scientists will be able to analyze data from a variety of fields, including medicine, energy, and climate.
The next step for Frontier is continued testing and validation. The system will be fully functional by January 1, 2025.
The system will be based on Cray EX architecture, which was developed for large-scale scientific applications. The system was also designed to be the world’s most energy efficient supercomputer.
It’s also the first HPE system to use 4th Generation Xeon(r) Scalable(r) processors. This will give the supercomputer the ability to run double precision simulations.
The Department of Energy will use the system to tackle computational engineering, computational science, and research workloads across multiple disciplines. El Capitan is projected to become the world’s most powerful supercomputer when it’s fully deployed in 2025.
A team led by AMD and HPE partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to build Frontier. This was the first time that public and private groups have come together to produce a supercomputer that broke the exascale barrier.