Berkeley Lab Receives NERSC-10 Pilot Early Access System Cech for Doudna Supercomputer Deployment
The NERSC-10 Pilot Early Access System named Cech is being installed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to support the deployment of the Doudna supercomputer, scheduled for full delivery in late 2026. The system is designed by Dell and powered by NVIDIA AI, featuring 72 NVIDIA Grace CPUs and 144 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, aimed at improving energy efficiency and performance in supercomputing.
The NERSC-10 Pilot Early Access System, named Cech, is being installed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to aid in the deployment of the Doudna supercomputer, which will be fully operational by late 2026. Cech, designed by Dell and powered by NVIDIA AI, includes 72 NVIDIA Grace CPUs and 144 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. This initiative represents a public-private partnership focused on enhancing energy efficiency in supercomputing, with innovations to improve performance and reduce cooling costs.
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