Editing supercomputers/aurora

{{sc title|Aurora}}
{{supercomputer
|name=Aurora
|image=aurora-sc.jpg
|sponsor=U.S. Department of Energy
|designer=Intel
|designer 2=Cray
|operator=Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
|introduction=2021
|peak dpflops=>1 exaFLOPS
|price=$600,000,000
}}
'''Aurora''' is a planned state-of-the-art [[exascale]] [[supercomputer]] designed by Intel/Cray for the [[U.S. Department of Energy]]'s (DOE) [[Argonne Leadership Computing Facility]] (ALCF). The system is expected to become the first supercomputer in the United States to break the exaFLOPS barrier.

== History ==
Originally announced in April [[2015]], Aurora was planned to be delivered in [[2018]] and have a peak performance of 180 [[petaFLOPS]]. The system was expected to be the world's most powerful system at the time. The system was intended to be built by Cray based on Intel's 3rd generation {{intel|Xeon Phi}} ({{intel|Knights Hill|l=arch}} microarchitecture).  In November 2017 Intel announced that Aurora has been shifted to 2021 and will be scaled up to 1 [[exaFLOPS]]. The system will likely become the first supercomputer in the United States to break the exaFLOPS barrier. As part of the announcement {{intel|Knights Hill|l=arch}} was cancelled and instead be replaced by a "new platform and new microarchitecture specifically designed for exascale".

=== Original Specifications ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Original Specs
|-
| Computing Power || 180 [[PFLOPS]]
|-
| Compute Nodes || >50,000
|-
| Processor || 3rd Generation Intel {{intel|Xeon Phi}} ({{intel|Knights Hill|l=arch}})
|-
| Memory || >7 PB DRAM and persistent memory
|-
| Fabric || 2nd Generation Intel Omni-Path Architecture with silicon photonics
|-
| File System || Intel® Lustre* File System
|-
| File System Capacity ||  >150 Petabytes
|-
| File System Throughput || >1 Terabyte/s
|-
| Peak Power || 13 MW
|-
| FLOP/s Per Watt || >13 GigaFLOP/s per watt
|-
| Facility Area || ~3,000 sq. ft.
|}

== Overview ==
With a price tag of around $600 million, Aurora is slated for 2021 and will reach a peak performance of over 1 exaFLOPS. The computer will feature a future {{intel|Xeon}} processor along with a [[7 nm]]-based Intel Xe GPGPU.

== Documents ==
=== Original System ===
* [[:File:intel-argonne-aurora-announcement-presentation.pdf|Ushering in a New Era]], Argonne National Laboratory’s Aurora System, April 2015
* [[:File:aurora-fact-sheet.pdf|Aurora Fact Sheet]]

== External links ==
* [https://aurora.alcf.anl.gov Aurora]

== References ==
* [https://www.alcf.anl.gov/articles/introducing-aurora Introducing Aurora], April 9, 2015
* [https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/u-s-department-of-energy-selects-intel-to-deliver-nations-most-powerful-supercomputer-at-argonne-national-laboratory/ U.S. Department of Energy Selects Intel to Deliver Nation’s Most Powerful Supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory], April 9, 2015
* [https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/unleashing-high-performance-computing/ Unleashing High-Performance Computing Today and Tomorrow], November 13, 2017

[[category:supercomputers]]
designer	Intel + and Cray +
introductory date	2021 +
main image	+
name	Aurora +
operator	Argonne Leadership Computing Facility +
release price	$ 600,000,000.00 (€ 540,000,000.00, £ 486,000,000.00, ¥ 61,998,000,000.00) +
sponsor	United States Department of Energy (DOE) +