UK crashes out of global top 50 supercomputer ranking (techcrunch.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 11:49
https://lemmy.world/post/22239942

Summary

The UK’s national supercomputer, Archer2, has fallen to 62nd place globally, leading to concerns about the country’s supercomputing investment.

The new Labour government has shelved plans for a new exascale supercomputer, potentially hindering scientific and technological advancements.

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wewbull@feddit.uk on 20 Nov 13:01 next collapse

What is the use of a singular machine like this? Isn’t it far better to have 50 less capable machines at different institutions. At $20 million each they’d still be impressive.

(I know it’s not really a singular machine, but the question stands).

non_burglar@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 13:41 collapse

Current modern supercomputers are actually a mesh of relatively lower spec machines, not a single “computer”, per se. The cost of these isn’t the hardware, it’s the low-latency interconnects and writing the software that can carry out jobs in a massively parallel way.

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Nov 16:10 collapse

UK needs much more money laundering to stay afloat post-brexit.

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