Sandia National Laboratories’ new supercomputer ranked 20th fastest in world
Nov 25, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Sandia National Laboratories’ new El Dorado supercomputer was ranked 20th fastest in the world on the latest Top500 list.
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The machine is smaller in scale but architecturally identical to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s El Capitan supercomputer, which ranked as the fastest in the world in the same survey.
“We at Sandia have invested in preparing many of our engineering and science codes to run effectively on El Capitan and El Dorado,” said Andrew Younge, a Sandia supercomputing manager. “I am looking forward to taking advantage of this massive new capability with El Capitan and enabling a much higher level of fidelity in our simulations.”
The machine was designed and built by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. It also has coolant fluid that is piped through to help remove heat that is generated by the machine. "Without this, it would be nearly impossible to operate the system and deal with the heat produced," said Sandia computing manager Kevin Stroup.
To learn more about the supercomputer, click here.