Meta's Massive New AI Supercomputer Will Be 'World's Fastest'

Fresh off its rebrand last October, Meta (née Facebook) is putting muscle behind its vision of a metaversal future with a massive new AI supercomputer called the AI Research SuperCluster (RSC). Meta says that RSC will be used to help build new AI models, develop augmented reality tools, seamlessly analyze multimedia data and more. The supercomputer's first phase is already operational, and it is scheduled for full build-out by mid-year. HPCwire is estimating that the final system will weigh in at over 220 Linpack petaflops. For storage, the system is equipped with 175PB of Pure Storage FlashArray, 10PB of Pure Storage FlashBlade and 46PB of cache storage housed in Penguin Computing Altus servers.