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Argonne Builds Next Gen Supercomputer


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plies power from the mechanical room above, and more than 300 miles of networking cables con- nect the system together. Work has been underway for


several years to get the infra- structure in place to operate the world-class system. Built by In- tel and Hewlett Packard Enter- prise, Aurora will be theoretical-


climate change and accelerating the discovery of new materials. The ALCF is a DOE Office of Sci- ence user facility. “With Aurora, we’re build-


ing a machine that will be able to do artificial intelligence, big data analysis and high-fidelity simu- lations at a scale we haven’t seen before,” said ALCF Director Michael Papka. “It is going to be


Aurora is being installed in a new wing of the


ALCF’s data center, where work has been underway for several years.


ly capable of delivering more than two exaflops of computing power. That means it should be able to do more than 2 billion bil- lion calculations per second, making Aurora one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. When Aurora is completed


next year, its high computing speed and artificial intelligence capabilities will enable science that is impossible today. Researchers from across the


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world use the supercomputers at the Argonne Leadership Com- puting Facility (ALCF) to tackle a wide range of scientific prob- lems. Examples include design- ing more efficient airplanes, in- vestigating the mysteries of the cosmos, modeling the impacts of


a game-changing tool for the sci- entific community.” The process of deploying a


new supercomputer begins with the major facility upgrades nec- essary to operate the system, in- cluding utility-scale electrical and mechanical work. Because Aurora is a liquid-


cooled system, Argonne had to upgrade its cooling capacity to pump 44,000 gallons of water through a complex loop of pipes that connects to cooling towers, chillers, heat exchangers, a fil- tration system and other compo- nents. With pipes ranging from 4 inches to 30 inches in diameter, the cooling system ensures the water is at the perfect tempera-


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