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Mean and green.

The article focuses on the environmental challenges and solutions in the field of high-performance computing (HPC). It discusses the growing demand for HPC driven by various applications, such as machine learning, genome sequencing, and simulations, and how this demand impacts energy consumption. It...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 448; no. 9359; pp. 67 - 69
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 8/19/2023
Materias:
Energy consumption
High performance computing
Machine learning
DNA sequencing
Integrated circuits
Data libraries
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Sumario:The article focuses on the environmental challenges and solutions in the field of high-performance computing (HPC). It discusses the growing demand for HPC driven by various applications, such as machine learning, genome sequencing, and simulations, and how this demand impacts energy consumption. It explores efforts to improve energy efficiency in HPC at three levels: individual microchips, the design of computers using these chips, and data centers that house these computers.