Up to 600 million billion complex mathematical operations per second. That will be the computing power of HPC6, the new industrial supercomputer that Eni has started to build. It will be one of the most powerful in the world dedicated to industrial use. In fact, its architecture is designed with the same technology that makes up the most powerful systems to date globally, and it will have energy performance that is fuel-efficient and minimizes carbon emissions. The new supercomputer is the big brother of HPC4 and HPC5, which collectively achieve a computing power of 70 million billion complex mathematical operations per second. The two supercomputers are housed, as they will be for HPC6, at the Green Data Center in Ferrera Erbognone in the Pavia area, "one of the most energy-efficient and best carbon-footprint-containing computing centers in Europe," Eni explains. "With this initiative," points out CEO Claudio Descalzi, "we continue to support in a decisive way our technological leadership, reaffirming Eni's role in supercomputing, and relaunching our ambitions in the infrastructure dedicated to it.
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