Chile · operational · hpc

Geryon 3

Also known as CATA Geryon 3

Operated by CATA .

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Measured performance

Rmax: -
Rpeak: -
Rmax ÷ Rpeak: -
Cores: 768
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

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Role	Part	Supplier at build	Quantity	Confidence	Source
CPU	- 12 compute nodes, Intel Xeon 6448H, 64 cores and 512 GB DDR5 per node (768 cores, 6 TB total)	Intel INTCNASDAQ	-	Reported	cata.cl

The read

CPU-only astrophysics cluster inaugurated on 21 March 2024 (Astronomy Day) at the UC Institute of Astrophysics, San Joaquin campus, Santiago, and administered by the Center of Excellence in Astrophysics and Associated Technologies (CATA). CATA lists 12 compute nodes with Intel Xeon 6448H processors, 64 cores and 512 GB of DDR5 per node (768 cores and 6 TB in total), one front-end node, a 100 Gb/s InfiniBand switch and storage of 48 bays of 16 TB each; the UC news release independently gives the same 12-node, 768-core layout. The cluster fills a 36 square metre room with a raised floor, its own cooling and power conditioning. UC states the cost as over 350 million Chilean pesos (about USD 367,500) funded through CATA, while the UC astronomy institute's account says USD 350,000 from the national agency ANID, a small discrepancy in both figure and funder. The institute also claims capacity more than quadruples, without naming the baseline. Its stated uses are galaxy-formation simulations, storage of large astronomical datasets and computing services for fields such as mining, renewable energy, biogenetics and forestry. Chile's national laboratory systems in the dataset include leftraru-epu and guacolda; no FLOPS figure is published for Geryon 3.

Timeline

2024-03-21 First operational source

Change history

2026-11-01 Added Geryon 3