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Europe enters the exascale supercomputing league with Jupiter

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Re: Europe enters the exascale supercomputing league with Jupiter

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might just be expensive... Some other countries might just not need those when they are struggling to get fresh water... And so on, but that's just my 2 cents.

Europe is not a country.

"Everyone" doesn't apply just to continents, isn't it?

Re: Europe enters the exascale supercomputing league with Jupiter

#42
post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your Top 500 link says something completely different: "The 65th edition of the TOP500 showed that the El Capitan system retains the No. 1 position. With El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora, there are now 3 Exascale systems leading the TOP500. All three are installed at Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories in the United States." HPC6 is listed below those, and far less powerful.

In Europe, HPC6 was the fastest before Jupiter. It was No.4 last year and 6th now that JUPITER is taken 4th place.

Yes, but that fact does nothing to make the statement in question more sensible, so I don't know why you bothered to point it out, or to emphasize the "HPC6 [is] in Italy which is definitely in Europe" aspect. (Although I don't think the statement in question was all that nonsensical to begin with — IMO, it was just inartfully phrased.)

Re: Europe enters the exascale supercomputing league with Jupiter

#45
post #4

"With JUPITER, Europe becomes the home of the most powerful computer in Europe" -- Henna Virkkunen What does that mean?

I believe this refers to the fact that, before Jupiter, the most powerful computer in Europe was HPC6, which is owned by Eni S.p.A, a private company, and the following most powerful computer was the Alps system, located in Switzerland. So, in this context, this new supercomputer is owned by Europe, “the public” and it’s located in the European Union sovereignty within Europe, the continent.

Edit: I found the full quote in the website of the Jülich Development Center and I guess it makes sense why it was editorialized for the eu-wide website.

“This is a historic milestone. With JUPITER, Europe is reaching the highest level of high-performance computing. JUPITER is also a testimony for Germany's long leadership in HPC. Today, it became the home of the most powerful computer in Europe and the fourth most powerful in the world. From European perspective, JUPITER is a pioneer. It shows that when we combine national vision with European cooperation, we can achieve global excellence.”

Source:

https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/news/archive/press-release/2025...

Re: Europe enters the exascale supercomputing league with Jupiter

#46

Honest question: what will likely be done with a computer like this?

Quite a varied field of research. From Computer Science and Neuroscience to Climate Research and more. You can find an overview for some of the HPC systems here: https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ias/jsc/systems/supercomputers/...
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