Cielo (supercomputer)
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Operators | National Nuclear Security Administration |
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Location | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Architecture | Cray XE6 with Dual AMD Opteron™ 6136 eight-core “Magny-Cours” Socket G34 @ 2.4 GHz[1] |
Power | 3.98 Mega Watts[1] |
Space | 3000 square feet[1] |
Memory | 286 terabytes DDR3 @ 1333 MHz[1] |
Storage | 7.6 PB User Available Capacity[1] |
Speed | 1,110 TF using 142,272 cores[1] |
Cost | US$ 54M[2] |
Ranking | TOP500: 6, 2011 |
Purpose | Primarily utilized to perform milestone weapons calculations |
Cielo is a supercomputer located at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA built by Cray Inc. As of 31 March 2013, with the retirement of IBM Roadrunner, it has taken over as their front line computer.[2]
As of June 2014[update], it is ranked as number 32 on the TOP500.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f "Cielo: NNSA Capability Supercomputer". Los Alamos National Laboratory. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ a b "'Petaflop' supercomputer is decommissioned". BBC News. 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
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