1 Sekunde gegenüber 182 Tagen: Frankreichs neuer Supercomputer liefert atemberaubende Geschwindigkeiten, die die gesamte Menschheit im Staub lassen

> The Jean Zay supercomputer, launched as a successor to the “Turing,” has undergone multiple upgrades, culminating in its most significant enhancement, Jean Zay 4. This upgrade has increased its processing power fourfold, reaching an impressive 125.9 petaflops, equivalent to 125.9 million billion calculations per second. To put this in perspective, if every human counted one operation per second, it would take 182 days to match what Jean Zay achieves in just one second.

> A significant focus of Jean Zay’s capabilities is its support for advanced AI developments. The supercomputer plays a crucial role in training, specializing, and running inference for AI foundation models, which are essential for developing sophisticated AI applications.

> Moreover, Jean Zay is noted for its energy efficiency, utilizing Nvidia GPUs and a next-generation warm-water cooling system developed by Eviden. This innovative cooling system not only enhances the supercomputer’s efficiency but also recovers residual heat, which is **used to heat approximately 1,500 households on the Plateau de Saclay.**

This is meaningless. How much faster is it than the previous supercomputer? That would be a sensible, meaningful information. „All of humanity doing 1 calculation per second“ and „leaves humanity in the dust“ are not meaningful expressions of a supercomputer’s speed.

What sort of garbage title is this, making it sound like it’s the fastest computer but in reality it isn’t even in the top 10