AMD has maintained its leadership in high-performance computing by powering El Capitan, the fastest supercomputer globally, for the sixth year in a row on the Top 500 list. Situated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and constructed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), El Capitan is equipped with AMD Instinct MI300A APUs. It achieved a High-Performance Linpack (HPL) score of 1.742 exaflops, securing the number one spot in the latest Top 500 rankings. Additionally, El Capitan and Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Frontier system placed 18th and 22nd on the Green500 list, demonstrating the efficiency and performance of AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct GPUs in HPC applications. El Capitan is integral to the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) mission, enabling extensive high-fidelity 3D simulations that address complex scientific challenges. The use of AMD Instinct MI300A APUs provides significant computational power while maintaining energy efficiency, which is crucial for large-scale simulations and modeling tasks that support national security and scientific research. The system also integrates artificial intelligence (AI) into traditional HPC workloads, enhancing research capabilities across various scientific fields.

AMD's impact extends beyond El Capitan, supporting numerous supercomputing and AI projects worldwide. The AMD EPYC 9005 Series processors improve server performance for enterprise, AI, and cloud applications, offering substantial gains in IPC performance for HPC and AI tasks. AMD Instinct accelerators, including the MI300X and MI325X, deliver strong performance and memory capabilities for data centers of all sizes. Collaborations with organizations such as Eni, the University of Paderborn, Sigma2 AS, and IBM highlight AMD's role in advancing HPC and AI technologies.

Source: AMD