{"id":25245,"date":"2025-07-10T18:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kazakhstan-launches-supercomputer-at-national-centre\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T18:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:18:57","slug":"kazakhstan-launches-supercomputer-at-national-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kazakhstan-launches-supercomputer-at-national-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan Launches Supercomputer at National Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Supercomputer Centre Alemcloud in Kazakhstan has inaugurated a supercomputer powered by Nvidia H200 GPUs. The event was attended by the country&#8217;s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/inbusiness.kz\/ru\/last\/tokaev-zapustil-superkompyuter\">inbusiness.kz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcBkTK6_5xbOMUqUhGfLoA9DefWST6ibir79M_LCOkdgLNop6ELylPQiFlPkqwYGC-gxEG-FEN7xvEqgxZxkpuLN47loRJAMhJDXPCYy7UK_b71pCs6P1MI1ARCdFPe2BYCUX0G?key=bJ71QHMlhASJIAjCaBELUw\" alt=\"Kazakhstan Launches Supercomputer\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kazakhstan&#8217;s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the supercomputer launch ceremony. Source: inbusiness.kz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The installation and launch of the system took place at the new data centre of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations, and Aerospace Industry, with participation from international partners.<\/p>\n<p>The new high-performance <span data-descr=\"graphics processing unit\" class=\"old_tooltip\">GPU<\/span> cluster boasts a capacity of up to 2 <span data-descr=\"a unit of computer performance measurement equal to a quintillion FLOPS\" class=\"old_tooltip\">exaflops<\/span> using FP calculation methodology. This makes the supercomputer the most powerful computing solution in the Central Asian region.<\/p>\n<p>Tokayev noted that this step is a significant milestone towards the digitalisation of key industries. Startups, universities, research centres, and both public and private companies will have access to the supercomputer.<\/p>\n<p>A supercomputer is a high-performance computing system designed to handle extremely complex and resource-intensive tasks beyond the capabilities of ordinary machines. They are most often used for scientific calculations, modelling, and analysing large volumes of data, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>climate and weather modelling;<\/li>\n<li>aerospace and nuclear calculations;<\/li>\n<li>bioinformatics and drug development;<\/li>\n<li>training and simulation of AI models;<\/li>\n<li>quantum simulations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applications of Supercomputers Worldwide<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Supercomputers are also used in military applications globally. In 2024, the United States&#8217; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory launched <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Capitan_(supercomputer)\">El Capitan<\/a> with a performance of <span data-descr=\"performance measured by Linpack, i.e., real performance in solving tasks\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Rmax<\/span> around 1.742 exaflops and a theoretical peak of ~2.79 exaflops.<\/p>\n<p>It is funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration and ensures the reliability of the country&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in the absence of nuclear testing. The system is also used for scientific research in the interest of national security.<\/p>\n<p>Another example is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/technology\/computing\/worlds-fastest-supercomputer-el-capitan-goes-online-used-to-secure-the-u-s-nuclear-stockpile-and-other-classified-research\">Frontier<\/a>, installed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In June 2022, it became the world&#8217;s first confirmed exaflop computer, achieving about 1.102 exaflops Rmax on the Linpack test. By 2024, its scaling efficiency increased to ~1.353 exaflops Rmax with peak capabilities around 2.05 exaflops.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the supercomputer&#8217;s application is purely civilian\u2014it is a platform of the U.S. Department of Energy for open research in climatology, materials science, astrophysics, nuclear physics, and other disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Located at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois is <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurora_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80)\">Aurora<\/a> with ~1.012 exaflops Rmax and a theoretical maximum of \u22481.98 exaflops. It is focused on scientific research and is available for public use. Its capabilities are intended for peaceful applications: brain structure modelling, fusion research, development of new materials for batteries and solar cells, subatomic particle studies, cancer drug discovery, cosmological modelling, and more.<\/p>\n<p>China has its own supercomputer, Tianhe-3, developed by the National University of Defense Technology. Unofficially, Tianhe-3 was launched in 2023 and has a peak performance of about 2\u20132.1 exaflops with an estimated performance of ~1.3\u20131.57 exaflops Rmax. These figures make it one of the most powerful computers on the planet, although China does not publish results in international rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The official applications of Tianhe-3 include high-performance computing tasks, big data, and AI training. Given that the supercomputer was developed by a military university, it likely has defense significance.<\/p>\n<p>In May, China <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/china-embarks-on-assembly-of-ai-supercomputer-in-space\">launched into space<\/a> 12 satellites as part of a project to deploy a network of orbital supercomputers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Supercomputer Centre Alemcloud in Kazakhstan has inaugurated a supercomputer powered by Nvidia H200 GPUs. The event was attended by the country&#8217;s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, according to inbusiness.kz. Kazakhstan&#8217;s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the supercomputer launch ceremony. Source: inbusiness.kz. 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