South Korea launches 614.7-petaflop Hangang supercomputer
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South Korean researchers gain a next-generation national computing resource designed for both classical science and training large SI models.
The country's sixth national supercomputer cost 382.5 billion won ($276 million) and replaces the 2018 Nurion system. It contains 8,496 GPUs, including Nvidia GH200 Grace Hopper chips, and 9,936 CPUs. Theoretical peak performance is 614.7 petaflops, 24 times its predecessor, with 10 times the storage capacity and four times the network throughput. Hangang will run scientific simulations and complex SI workloads, including the K-Moonshot program applying advanced models to major research challenges. The Ministry of Science and ICT expects it to rank in or near the global top 10 in the Top500. Full service for researchers begins December 16 after pilot operations.
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