Overview of the SCITAS clusters#
Chronological evolution of the clusters#
| Cluster | Commissioning | End Of Life | Nodes | Cores/node | Total cores | Peak TFLOPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | 2012-01 | 2016-05 | 46 | 48 cores | 2'208 | 20.31 |
| Bellatrix | 2013-01 | 2017-12 | 402 | 16 cores | 6'432 | 113.20 |
| Castor | 2014-05 | 2018-04 | 52 | 16 cores | 832 | 17.30 |
| Deneb | 2015-01 | 2020-06 | 386 | 16 cores | 6'176 | 128.46 |
| Deneb GPU | 2015-01 | 2020-06 | 16 | 4 cores | 64 | 91.52 |
| Eltanin | 2015-08 | 2020-06 | 144 | 24 cores | 3'456 | 143.76 |
| Fidis | 2017-03 | 2022-12 | 408 | 28 cores | 11'424 | 475.23 |
| Gacrux | 2018-03 | 2022-12 | 216 | 28 cores | 6'048 | 503.19 |
| Helvetios | 2019-03 | 2023-04 | 288 | 36 cores | 10'368 | 763.08 |
| Izar GPU | 2020-10 | 2025-04 | 70 | 2 GPU | 140 V100 | 1'145.00 |
| Izar GPU 4x | 2020-10 | 2025-04 | 2 | 4 GPU | 8 V100 | 1'145.00 |
| Jed | 2023-01 | 2027 | 420 | 72 cores | 30'240 | 2'322.43 |
| Kuma Hopper | 2024-11 | 2028 | 84 | 4 GPU | 336 H100 | 21'660.00 |
| Kuma Ada Lovelace | 2024-11 | 2028 | 21 | 2 GPU | 168 L40s | (FP32) 15'388.80 |
Naming convention#
The name of each cluster is chosen from a star by incrementing in alphabetical order.