Global supercomputer leader Cray, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced that the United Kingdom’s Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has selected the Cray Shasta supercomputer to look after its nukes.
The Shasta system, purpose-built for the exascale era, was chosen due to its ability to run mixed workloads and applications at the best total cost of ownership (TCO) for a system across five years.
AWE’s supercomputer, named Vulcan, will feature a single Shasta supercomputer with a performance of more than 7 petaflops. Shasta will play an integral role in maintaining the UK’s nukes.
