Supercomputers/Systems/G42 POD3
United Arab Emirates · operational · hpc
G42 POD3
Also known as POD3
Operated by G42 .
Phase 1 seed dataset, compiled by hand. These rows were built from public operator, laboratory and vendor sources. A mechanical second-reader pass has since fetched every cited source: 1263 of 1345 systems have a readable citation that names them, and 56 are genuinely weakly sourced. Every claim carries its source and a confidence tier. Treat anything below verified as a lead, not a citation.
Measured performance
- Rmax
- 1.76 PFlop/s
- Rpeak
- 2.67 PFlop/s
- Rmax ÷ Rpeak
- 65.9%
- Cores
- 34,800
- Power
- -
- Per watt
- - GF/W
Figures are as last publicly reported for the configuration described below, not a live measurement. Where a system was upgraded in place, the post-upgrade configuration is shown and the earlier one appears in the timeline.
What this machine is made of
One row per supplier relationship. “Supplier at build” is the company that shipped the part at the time; where that company has since been acquired, the parent it rolls up to today is shown beside it. That distinction is what makes ticker-level aggregation possible across a thirty-year dataset.
| Role | Part | Supplier at build | Quantity | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrator | - Huawei cluster (TOP500 lists manufacturer xFusion) | Huawei | - | Reported | top500.org |
| CPU | Intel Xeon Gold 6148 CPUs x86-64 · 20C · 2.4 GHz · 14 nm · 150 W Intel Xeon Gold 6148 20C 2.4GHz, 34,800 cores | Intel | - | Reported | top500.org |
| Operating system | CentOS Operating systems Linux distribution, RHEL-compatible rebuild · Open source, community-maintained CentOS | The CentOS Project | - | Reported | top500.org |
The read
A TOP500 entry named POD3 at the site Group 42: a Huawei cluster listed under manufacturer xFusion, with Xeon Gold 6148 20C 2.4GHz processors on InfiniBand running CentOS, 34,800 cores at 1.76 PFlop/s Rmax and 2.67 PFlop/s Rpeak, installed 2019. It debuted at rank 219 on the November 2019 list and last appeared at rank 492 on November 2022, which is the basis for the status date. A different machine from the Artemis DGX-2 system already in this dataset.
Timeline
Public list appearances
Pointers only: rank and edition, linking to the canonical entry. We do not reproduce list tables. See sourcing policy.
Change history
- 2026-10-09 Added G42 POD3
Source check
We fetched this system's own citations and recorded whether each page actually mentions it. This is a corroboration signal, not a fact check, and it is published so you can see how well the sourcing holds up rather than take it on trust.
| Cited source | Result | Found on the page |
|---|---|---|
| top500.org | names system and part | Intel Xeon Gold 6148, CentOS |
Checked 2026-10-13 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.
Further reading
Operating a supercomputer
Acceptance testing, why "installed" and "in production" are six months apart, and the machine lifecycle.
Inside a node
Latency-optimised versus throughput-optimised processors, NUMA, and the end of the host-to-device copy.
Programming a supercomputer
The software stack beneath the application, and why the OS is now a sovereignty signal as much as a technical choice.