Taiwan’s Forerunner 1 Supercomputer to Go Online Later in July
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- 15 Jul 2024
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The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) announced on July 8 that its Forerunner 1 supercomputer will be operational later this month, replacing the Taiwania 1. Built by the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC), Forerunner 1 has been under construction since 2023 and is located at NCHC’s Tainan branch.
Forerunner 1 is designed to provide academic and research organizations with high-speed computing resources. It features a CPU architecture with 62,496 computing cores and a peak performance of up to 3.5 Petaflops, along with 9.2 Petabytes of storage. For the first time, the supercomputer includes 40 ARM architecture computing nodes, enabling users to conduct preliminary heterogeneous architecture tests.
NARLabs stated that the NCHC is developing supercomputers with various architectures to meet the demands of large-scale scientific and AI tasks. Forerunner 1 is suitable for high-performance computing tasks such as climate prediction, molecular modeling, and engineering design.
NCHC Director General Chang Chau-lyan mentioned that Forerunner 1 will replace the Taiwania 1, which was built in 2017, with improved energy efficiency and enhanced performance. The goal is to achieve 200 to 300 Petaflops of computing power by 2028.
