Australia’s CSIRO Unveils $14.5M Supercomputer ‘Virga’ with 15 Petaflops Power for Advanced Research

CSIRO has launched a cutting-edge supercomputer named Virga.

Virga ranks 72nd globally and costs $14.5 million.

The supercomputer was built in collaboration with Dell.

It features Intel 4th Generation Xeon processors, Nvidia GPUs, and 60,000 CPU cores.

Virga offers a Linpack performance of nearly 15 petaflops.

It marks a significant upgrade from Australia’s previous HPC systems, Bracewell and Petrichor.

Virga will support advanced scientific research initiatives, including AI analysis of MRI scans and the National Robotics Strategy.

The supercomputer can handle increasingly large data sets, accelerating scientific discoveries across various fields of study.