Cielo was a United States supercomputer located at Los Alamos National Laboratory.[3] Built by Cray Inc, the computer was part of the Advanced Simulation and Computing Program to maintain the United States nuclear stockpile.
| Operators | National Nuclear Security Administration |
|---|---|
| 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 (278.7 m2)[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 |
From 31 March 2013, with the retirement of IBM Roadrunner, it took over as their front line computer.[2] As of June 2014[update], it is ranked as number 32 on the TOP500. As of 29 September 2016[update], it has been decommissioned and powered down permanently.[citation needed] Cielo was succeeded by Trinity.
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Cielo: NNSA Capability Supercomputer". Los Alamos National Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ a b "'Petaflop' supercomputer is decommissioned". BBC News. 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ Morgan, Timothy Prickett (1 October 2020). "With "Crossroads" Supercomputer, HPE Notches Another DOE Win". The Next Platform. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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