UK govt snubs Intel, seeks second-gen AMD Epyc processors for 28PFLOPS Archer2 supercomputer

UK govt snubs Intel, seeks second-gen AMD Epyc processors for 28PFLOPS Archer2 supercomputer

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/15/uk_archer2_supercomputer/

Cray has landed a £79m deal to construct Blighty's 28-petaFLOPS Archer2 supercomputer, which will use second-generation AMD Epyc processors.

The contract was confirmed on Monday in an email from the British government's UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) organization to boffins.

UK govt snubs Intel, seeks second-gen AMD Epyc processors for 28PFLOPS Archer2 supercomputer

Oct 15, 2019, 7:22am UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/15/uk_archer2_supercomputer/ > Cray has landed a £79m deal to construct Blighty's 28-petaFLOPS Archer2 supercomputer, which will use second-generation AMD Epyc processors. > The contract was confirmed on Monday in an email from the British government's UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) organization to boffins.