AMD powers Frontier, the most powerful supercomputer in the world with 1,1 exaflops
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has just confirmed that its new Frontier supercomputer is now live. With its activation, the Exaflop computing power barrier is officially broken with 1,1 Exaflops of computational performance. With this, Frontier becomes the most powerful supercomputer in the world, and AMD can boast that its EPYC CPUs are part of its hardware.
This Frontier supercomputer, in addition to being the most powerful supercomputer in the world, it is also the most efficient. The system currently occupies first place in the Green 500, a list of the most efficient supercomputers in the world. This makes Frontier a system that offers previously unimaginable levels of computational performance, while also doing so with very low performance-per-watt characteristics for its power. With all this, this system can consume 21.100 kW under load.
The AMD EPYC have made it possible to achieve a new computational record
Frontier is a supercomputer that uses custom XNUMXrd generation AMD EPYC processorss, along with AMD Instinct MI250X accelerators. The system features 8.730.112 CPU cores, and at its peak was able to deliver 1.685,65 PFlops of computational performance. This AMD-powered system doubles the performance of the world's next most powerful supercomputer, plus Frontier does it while consuming less power.
The existence of Frontier demonstrates how AMD has evolved in the CPU market, especially in high-end computing; to become one of the world's leading computer companies. AMD hardware has now been used to create the world's first Exaflop supercomputer. Future AMD hardware is likely used to be part of even more powerful systems in the next years.
Needless to say, fourth generation EPYC CPUs with higher core counts are on the horizon. Faster AMD Instinct accelerators are also expected. AMD's hardware is likely to break the exaflop barrier eventually, especially if the company continues to deliver strong performance gains with each CPU generation.
The supercomputer business is a great source of income. A supercomputer with 8.730.112 cores requires a large number of processors along with system accelerators. So this feat is going to make AMD to become the premier partner for organizations in need of a supercomputer, due to the delay that Intel is having with the Exaflop Aurora supercomputer.
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