Germany’s Jülich Research Center has recently made headlines with the official launch of JUPITER, marking Europe’s entry into the exascale supercomputing era. Harnessing the power of NVIDIA Grace Hopper superchips and bolstered by Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking, this technological marvel is set to spearhead four groundbreaking scientific research endeavors: cellular-level mapping of the human brain, high-resolution (1-kilometer) global climate simulations, development of AI systems for next-generation wireless networks, and the simulation of a versatile 50-qubit quantum computer.

Across the Atlantic, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States is joining forces with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and NVIDIA to construct three state-of-the-art supercomputers: Mission, Vision, and Veritas. Built on the robust HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 architecture, these supercomputers leverage the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform, integrating Vera CPUs, Rubin GPUs, and Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking for unparalleled performance. Notably, Mission boasts NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPU nodes alongside 2,300 independent Vera CPUs, while Veritas is outfitted with around 1,150 independent Vera CPUs. Impressively, the Vera CPU delivers a staggering 7-fold performance boost compared to the CPU powering the previous powerhouse, the Crossroads x86 supercomputer, under URSA workloads.

Currently, Europe is witnessing the construction of 35 supercomputers based on the NVIDIA AI HPC architecture. These supercomputers are poised to provide a cutting-edge computing infrastructure for over 3 million researchers, propelling scientific discovery and innovation to unprecedented heights.