# Meet El Capitan: The World’s Fastest Supercomputer! ⚡

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**Created:** [November 19, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/meet-el-capitan-the-world-s-fastest-supercomputer/296018 "2024-11-19T16:09:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/meet-el-capitan-the-world-s-fastest-supercomputer/296018/1 "2024-11-19T16:09:25Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **World’s Most Powerful**  
El Capitan, housed at **Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory** , tops the **TOP500 list** with a record-breaking **1.742 exaflops** of performance.

2. **Exascale Elite**  
It joins **Frontier** and **Aurora** as one of only three **exascale supercomputers** , capable of performing over **a quintillion calculations per second**.

3. **Advanced Hardware**  
El Capitan boasts **11 million CPU and GPU cores** powered by AMD’s **4th-gen EPYC processors** and **Instinct M1300A APUs** , delivering cutting-edge efficiency.

4. **Energy Efficiency**  
This supercomputer achieves **58.89 Gigaflops per watt** , a standout metric for such high-performance systems.

5. **Critical Applications**  
While designed for **nuclear stockpile safety** , El Capitan is also equipped to handle **nuclear counterterrorism** and other advanced research needs.

**Read more at:** [Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/computing/el-capitan-ranked-the-most-powerful-supercomputer-in-the-world-180037304.html)