Frontier Supercomputer Unveils Universe’s Biggest Simulation

Argonne National Laboratory’s Frontier, the world’s second-fastest supercomputer, recently completed the largest-ever universe simulation, spanning 31 billion cubic megaparsecs. Powered by 1.1 exaFLOPS with 9,472 AMD CPUs and 37,888 AMD GPUs, Frontier ran the HACC code 300 times faster than its predecessors. This groundbreaking effort delves into dark matter, dark energy, and galaxy formation, offering astronomers vital data to refine cosmological models. Who knew understanding the cosmos could be so… super?