Earlier today US Department of Energy announced IBM has been awarded a $325 million contract to design and build two supercomputing systems, at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Labs, both based on IBM's OpenPOWER technology.
As part of the announcement, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R- Tenn.) hosted a press briefing at the US Capitol Building with John Kelly in attendance, along with multiple government leaders.
Notable quotes:
As part of the announcement, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R- Tenn.) hosted a press briefing at the US Capitol Building with John Kelly in attendance, along with multiple government leaders.
Notable quotes:
IBM can still move big iron. -Forbes
The systems to be installed at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge will use future versions of IBM Power chip line to handle basic computation chores. -- Wall Street Journal
Both systems will be based on next-generation IBM POWER servers with NVIDIA's GPU accelerators and Mellanox's Interconnected technologies "to advance key research initiatives for national nuclear deterrence, technology advancement and scientific discovery," the DOE said. -- Business Standard
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