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UAntwerp, imec Add New Supercomputer

Computer has a calculation speed of two petaflops per second.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

With their acquisition of an NVIDIA DGX-2, the University of Antwerp and imec have become the first university in the Benelux to own the latest generation of a supercomputer.   “This computer has a calculation speed of two petaflops per second,” says Steven Latré, professor of computer science (UAntwerp/imec). “One petaflop is 10 to the 15th power or a quadrillion. It will be 8.3 times faster than the CalcUA.”   The University of Antwerp has had a supercomputer – the CalcUA – which has a calcula...

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