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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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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 Deep Dive leaflet to find out about the parts that make up a Supercomputer, and why Supercomputers are super!
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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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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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