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    • Apr 03, 2024
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    Virtual Tour

    ARCHER2, the UK’s National Supercomputing Service, stands as a world-class advanced computing resource for UK researchers. Powered by the HPE Cray EX supercomputing system, ARCHER2 boasts an estimated peak performance of 28 Pflop/s. With 5,848 nodes, each housing dual AMD EPYCTM 7742 64-core processors clocked at 2.25GHz, the machine contains a total of 750,080 cores. Running ARCHER2 requires specialist staff and facilities, along with a massive power supply. The system is capable of over eleven times the scientific throughput of its predecessor, ARCHER.

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    • Apr 25, 2023
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    History of Machines

    This virtual museum showcases nearly 40 years of supercomputers at EPCC, which hosts and manages ARCHER2 on behalf of UKRI, and how the technology has changed over time.

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    • Jan 24, 2023
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    Media Gallery

    We have created a gallery of images and videos, many from the ARCHER2 Image and video competitions.

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    • Jan 10, 2023
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    Wee Archie

    ARCHER2 is made of 23 cabinets containing 5,848 nodes. It requires specialist staff and facilities to run, plus a massive power supply - it’s not possible to transport parts of it to science festivals and other events! For that reason, we have created Wee Archie to help teach people of all ages about Supercomputers.

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    • Jan 01, 2023
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    Parallel Sorting game

    The parallel sorting game is a simple, group activity to show why parallel computers are needed. It’s very hands-on and does not require a computer or other technology to play. Players complete a sorting task in groups of various sizes, and see how the number of objects sorted changes with the size of group.

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