Xeon Phi chips will fuel 180-petaflop DOE supercomputer
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The U.S. Department of Energy has contracted Intel and Cray to build two new supercomputers for the Argonne National Laboratory. Aurora, the most powerful of the pair, is slated to deliver 180 petaflops when it's finished in 2018. Intel says that's more horsepower than any system announced to date.
Aurora will be based on Cray's Shasta supercomputer design. Intel ...