Almost all of our users with some notable exceptions are not local. I have students that don't interact with the computer any other way except through something called a Jupit or notebook. Or from Oak Ridge National Lab, when we come back. Vicky: How do they decide though which scientists get time on this computer and then what do they actually use it for?
Last May, the Oak Ridge National Lab, run by the US Department of Energy, unveiled Frontier–the world's fastest supercomputer. It’s capable of performing a quintillion calculations per second, breaking what's called the exascale barrier.
The system requires its own power plant, 6,000 gallons of water to keep it cool, and a highly trained staff to operate. So what can it do? And who gets to use it?
We set out for Knoxville, Tennessee to try to wrap our brains around Frontier’s limitless potential.
See more about Frontier here: It Takes 6,000 Gallons of Water to Cool the World’s Fastest Supercomputer
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