New supercomputer will boost research in several areas

Inside the huge data center at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, the world’s most powerful supercomputer, Aurora, is being built, which promises to boost scientific research in several areas, from fighting cancer to changing climate.

One of the main uses of the Aurora supercomputer will be to analyze the connections within the human brain, providing significant advances in the treatment of neurological diseases. Furthermore, it will be fundamental in the development of more efficient batteries, improving useful life and charging time.

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The importance of this advance is evident, since scientific and technological research demands high processing power. With the Aurora supercomputer, scientists will be able to carry out simulations and analyzes in record time, accelerating scientific progress in several areas of study.

According to the The Wall Street JournalAurora will be a watershed in scientific research, enabling significant advances such as the cure for cancer, nuclear fusion energy, disease prevention through vaccines, the study of climate change, the security of encrypted data, in addition to the study of cosmology and the universe.

High-performance capabilities and artificial intelligence (AI)

• Aurora is being built by Intel and HP;
• It is the size of two tennis courts, weighs 600 tons and will be the first supercomputer in the world to perform two quintillion operations per second;
• Inside Aurora, there are 60 thousand GPUs;
• It should start operating next year;
• It stands out for its unique combination of high-performance and AI capabilities;
• This puts scientists in a unique position to tackle today’s most urgent and complex challenges, paving the way for innovative solutions in science and technology;
• With Aurora, scientific research will be at the center of the main discoveries and technological advances of the coming decades;
• This supercomputer promises to boost scientific progress and provide a more prosperous future, with innovative solutions in several areas.