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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...
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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. Some definitions before we start: Core (CPU...
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We have created a collection of Case Studies highlighting ARCHER2 research Visit the Case Studies Gallery The Case Studies can be downloaded as PDF files.
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Download our ARCHER2 Hardware leaflet to learn more about what is inside the cabinets.
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Download our What is a Supercomputer? leaflet to learn more about Supercomputers.
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Download our Sensational Switches leaflet to learn more about switches, transistors, logic, sensors and more, and you can even try building your own circuits to try things out.
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Download our Deep Dive leaflet to find out about the parts that make up a Supercomputer, and why Supercomputers are super!
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Download our Beautiful Binary leaflet to learn more about how computers store information and perform calcuations.
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We have created a collection of Postcards highlighting ARCHER2 research - all downloadable as PDF Visit the Postcard Gallery
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You can make our ARCHER2 paper plane. Print off the template sheet, double sided. Then follow the folding instructions, folding along the numbered lines in order. Now you can launch your plane on a test...
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Challenge yourself to one of our wordsearches Circle Clover Diamond Heart Smile Star Triangle
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We have created a gallery of images and videos, many from the ARCHER2 Image and video competitions. Each gallery piece includes a brief description of the work behind it. Visit the gallery
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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...
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Supercomputers allow us to understand things that are too difficult to see or measure in real life. For example, they may be too big, too small, too dangerous, to quick, too slow, etc. Many of...
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A supercomputer is an extremely fast computer,usually millions of times faster than a normal home computer. Typically created by coupling together a very large number of normal computers, their overall capacity to crunch numbers is...
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This is a comprehensive list of our resources for your own activities. Further details and explanations can be found in the “What is a supercomputer?”, “Why are supercomputers important?” and “How do you use supercomputers?”...
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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...
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Supercomputers are often made up of a large number of coupled computer cores – the brains of the computer - all working together in parallel. Computer algorithms are a set of step-by-step instructions to be...
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