European Union introduces first ExaFlop supercomputer based on Arm and Nvidia

The European Union’s (EU) first exaFLOP supercomputer will feature the respective architectures of ARM and Nvidia and will be a milestone in artificial intelligence developments in the region. The total budget of the supercomputer called JUPITER is 273 million Euros. The development of the project is being led by the European High Performance Computing Joint Venture and a group of technology companies consisting of Eviden and ParTec.

EU showcases first ExaFlop supercomputer

ARM is not one of the pioneers of the supercomputer industry, as we understand from the fact that we see ARM in only one of the top ten supercomputers. However, the ARM and Nvidia-based EU supercomputer has made a choice in this direction. On the other hand, it will be one of the most powerful solutions in the industry with SiPearl’s Rhea processor in the EU’s JUPITER supercomputer.

Looking at the specs, familiar numbers like the relevant petaflop ratings aren’t revealed, but we do know that JUPITER is packed with cutting-edge technology. SiPearl’s ARM-based processor is used as a “stack” of Neoverse V1 CPUs. Performance figures have not been released yet, but the Neoverse N1 CPUs are more than enough to deliver top-end computing performance. Moving on to the onboard graphics features, JUPITER will feature Nvidia’s H100s, a highly demanded product in the industry. We don’t need to talk much about the H100s because we can easily say that they sell like hotcakes in the industry, so to speak.

The emergence of the JUPITER exaFLOP supercomputer is a demonstration of the EU’s push to become an “independent” player in the global technology industry. This is the only reason why the supercomputer uses Rhea processors, because these processors are an “in-house” product and a step towards complete self-sufficiency. Besides JUPITER, the EU is also working on its second exascale supercomputer, based in France, which is expected to be ready and operational by 2025.