Piz Daint is a world leader
After an extensive hardware upgrade at the end of last year, the CSCS supercomputer Piz Daint is now the most powerful mainframe computer outside Asia. With a peak performance in excess of 20 petaflops, it will enable pioneering research in Switzerland and Europe. C2SM partners rank under the top users of Piz Daint in the field of weather and climate research.
The Piz Daint supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) has been the most powerful supercomputer in Europe since November 2013. An extensive hardware upgrade at the end of 2016 has now more than tripled its performance. Piz Daint is now the fastest computer outside Asia, with a theoretical peak performance of 25.3 petaflops, as confirmed today at the international ISC High Performance event in Frankfurt. Thanks to its innovative architecture, Piz Daint is also one of the most energy-efficient mainframe computer in the world.
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