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High-Performance Computing

Exascale machines, accelerator roadmaps, and the infrastructure behind every large-scale workload.

High-Performance ComputingAnalysis

EuroHPC's Largest AI Factory Supercomputer Contract Has No Published Absolute Performance Figure

Bull's €387.8 million LUMI-AI contract names AMD MI430X and EPYC hardware but gives no accelerator count or exaflops rating. CSC told SCN the count waits on AMD's final MI430X specifications.

SCN Staff·Sep 1, 2026·11 min
AI InfrastructureExascale ComputingNational Labs & GovernmentTop500Advanced Micro DevicesAI-HPC Convergence
Aug 25
2026
Analysis

Lux Comes Online in October With No Path Into the TOP500 Top 10. The Next US Shot at No. 1 Arrives in 2028.

ORNL's first Genesis Mission supercomputer misses the top ten even at perfect Linpack efficiency. No US system has published the FP64 to challenge China's LineShine.

SCN Staff
AI-HPC ConvergenceNational Labs & GovernmentTop500Exascale ComputingGenesis Mission
Aug 17
2026
Analysis

Makau's Peak Sits Below the TOP500 Entry Threshold. Its Center's Stated Mission Is Evaluation, Not Capability.

MHPCC cut Makau's ribbon in August, months after the machine began carrying pioneer workloads. A system 13 times its size arrives at the same center this year.

SCN Staff
National Labs & GovernmentDepartment of WarTop500AI-HPC Convergence
Aug 13
2026
News

U-M Selects Preferred Site for Its Supercomputing Center, Beyond Local Zoning Review

Michigan law gives the university broad control over its land, but utility service, environmental permits, and political challenges remain unresolved.

SCN Staff
National Labs & GovernmentData Center InfrastructureDepartment of Energy
Aug 11
2026
Feature

Schrödinger's AI Co-Scientist Is Already Its Supercomputer's Main User

A month after launch, 80% of jobs on Schrödinger's internal supercomputer arrive through Bunsen. Schrödinger expects customer demand to follow.

Matt Walters
Agentic AIAI for ScienceAI-HPC ConvergenceResearch Computing
Jul 29
2026
Analysis

NOAA Bets WCOSS on Google H4D; End-to-End GFS Timing Is Still Unproven

NOAA will begin moving GFS and GEFS to Google Cloud in early 2027. H4D has scaling data, but no cited result shows a full operational cycle meeting NOAA's production window.

SCN Staff
National Labs & GovernmentHyperscaler StrategyModeling & SimulationSovereign Compute
Jul 25
2026
Analysis

DOE's Genesis Mission Is a Federation Bet Built Over New Supercomputers

The first AmSC funding call centers on integration, even as Genesis expands DOE’s AI compute footprint.

SCN Staff
Genesis MissionDepartment of EnergyResearch ComputingNational Labs & GovernmentAI-HPC Convergence
Jul 22
2026
News

Why Switzerland Put a 100-Petabyte NASA Replica Beside It’s Alps Supercomputer

ETH Zurich’s year-long transfer was not a model launch. It was a decision to keep a continuously updated Earth-observation archive close to Swiss compute, and less dependent on upstream US data services.

SCN Staff
Research ComputingAI StorageAI-HPC ConvergenceModeling & Simulation
Jul 19
2026
Analysis

ARPA-H Is Funding In Silico Drug Testing. Its Compute Footprint Is Still Opaque.

FDA is expanding non-animal methods while ARPA-H funds human drug-safety models. Public materials omit runtime, hardware, and deployment cost.

SCN Staff
Research ComputingAI-HPC ConvergenceDigital TwinsModeling & Simulation
Jul 17
2026
News

The Mission Supercomputer Predates Genesis. The AI Framing Around It Does Too.

Mission and its AI framing predate Genesis; its public requirements remain centered on stockpile simulation and application performance.

SCN Staff
National Labs & GovernmentAI-HPC ConvergenceNVIDIAGenesis MissionDepartment of Energy
Jul 15
2026
Analysis

Why Simulation Supercomputers Are Being Pitched as AI Infrastructure

Simulation still fills the world's research supercomputers. Funding and vendor roadmaps have tilted to AI, and some practitioners feel pressure to pitch their machines that way.

SCN Staff
AI-HPC ConvergenceExascale ComputingNational Labs & GovernmentDepartment of EnergyResearch Computing