SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today joined the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and others in unveiling the new Perlmutter supercomputer powered by AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series processors. The new supercomputer at Berkeley Lab will provide four times the computational power currently available at NERSC,…
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As stated by Nvidia on its blog, the Perlmutter computer will be the fastest system on the planet. The machine’s name is in honor of Berkley astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter, a Nobel Prize winner. He won the Nobel Prize in 2011 for the discovery that the rate at which the universe expands is accelerating.
The Perlmutter will be put to work at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) to help in studies related to climate change, astrophysics, quantum physics, biological research, and more. Over 7,000 researchers will use the computer and the universe map will help them learn more about dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe. In his work, Saul Perlmutter has often used the NERSC machines to carry his research, including the one that won him the Nobel. Scientists have to submit a request to be able to access the Perlmutter.
US-based tech major Nvidia and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) has flipped the "on" switch for Perlmutter, billed as the world s fastest supercomputer for AI workloads.Named for astrophysicist Saul .