# Alps supercomputer inaugurated in Lugano with 10,752 NVIDIA Grace Hopper superchips

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/alps-supercomputer-inaugurated-in-lugano-with-10-752-nvidia-grace-06f2a079
Date: 14 Sep 2024
About: [Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)](https://technooptimist.io/companies/cscs.md) · [Alps](https://technooptimist.io/computing/alps.md)
Original source: https://www.pctipp.ch/themen/news/alps-supercomputer-im-tessin-eingeweiht

ETH Zurich opened Alps at CSCS, an HPE Cray machine with 10,752 GH200 superchips aiming for about half an exaflop of peak performance. Its first phase had already placed 6th on the June 2024 TOP500.

## Key facts

- Cloud-style vClusters give each user community its own tailored system.
- MeteoSwiss uses it for higher-resolution forecasts over Switzerland's mountains.
- Paul Scherrer Institute named as an early user.

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