Aurora (supercomputer)
Aurora has been the second fastest supercomputer in the world since 2023. It is expected that after optimizing its performance it will exceed 2 EFLOPS, making it the fastest computer ever. Aurora was sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and designed by Intel and Cray for the Argonne National Laboratory.
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| Operators | Argonne National Laboratory and U.S. Department of Energy |
| Location | Argonne Leadership Computing Facility |
| Power | 24.6 MW |
| Speed | 585.34 petaFLOPS (Rmax) / 1.09 exaFLOPS (Rpeak) |
| Cost | US$500 million (estimated cost) |
| Purpose | Scientific research and development |
| Website | https://www.anl.gov/aurora |
The cost was estimated in 2019 to be US$500 million. Olivier Franza is the chief architect and principal investigator of this design.
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