The energy efficiency of the newest computer technologies is continuously being improved. As an example: the ’Piz Daint’ (in the Photograph) has been upgraded several times with more efficient processor generations. (Photograph: CSCS)
The energy efficiency of the newest computer technologies is continuously being improved. As an example: the 'Piz Daint' (in the Photograph) has been upgraded several times with more efficient processor generations. (Photograph: CSCS) - The term "high-performance computer" already implies a high energy demand. Energy efficiency is therefore a central consideration in the procurement and use of supercomputers at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) - just as it was during the planning of the new building in Lugano more than a decade ago. CSCS develops and operates a high-performance computing (HPC) and data research infrastructure that supports world-class science in Switzerland, including research at CERN and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). High-performance computers and the simulations performed on them are indispensable for research where theory reaches its limits or experiments are impossible. Neither the universe nor the climate, for example, can be reproduced and observed in the laboratory.
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