HPC5

{{Short description|Supercomputer}}

HPC5 is a supercomputer built by Dell and installed by Eni, capable of 51.721 petaflops, and is ranked 9th in the Top500 as of November 2021.{{Cite web|title=November 2021 {{!}} TOP500|url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/2021/11/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Top500}}{{Cite web|last=Morgan|first=Timothy Prickett|date=2021-10-12|title=Eni Chooses Utility Pricing For New HPC4+ Supercomputer|url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/10/12/eni-chooses-utility-pricing-for-new-hpc4-supercomputer/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=The Next Platform|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-02-12|title=Eni to Retake Industry HPC Crown with Launch of HPC5|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/02/12/eni-to-retake-industrial-hpc-leadership-crown-with-launch-of-hpc5/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=HPCwire|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-02-21|title=New Supercomputing System HPC5|url=https://energyindustryreview.com/tech/new-supercomputing-system-hpc5/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Energy Industry Review|language=en-GB}} It is located in the Green Data Center in Ferrera Erbognone, in Northern Italy.{{Cite web |title=Eni unveils its new supercomputing system HPC5, the world's most powerful for industrial use |url=https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2020/02/eni-unveils-its-new-supercomputing-system-hpc5-the-world-s-most-powerful-for-industrial-use.html |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.eni.com |language=en}} In June 2020, HPC5 ranked 6th in the Green500.{{Cite web|title=Green500 List - June 2020 {{!}} TOP500|url=https://www.top500.org/lists/green500/list/2020/06/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Top500}} HPC5 is an upgrade to the HPC4 system, which was built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and used by Eni.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-13|title=Eni Returns to HPE for 'HPC4' Refresh via GreenLake|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/2021/10/13/eni-goes-back-to-hpe-for-hpc4-refresh-via-greenlake/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=HPCwire|language=en-US}} It is also called as HPC4+.

HPC5 spans over 1,820 Dell EMC PowerEdge C4140 servers, each with two Intel Gold 6252 24-core processors and four Nvidia V100 GPU accelerators. In total, the system comprises 7,280 NVIDIA V100 GPUs.

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