HPE is set to build a successor to the Frontier exascale system for America's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, based on the next generation of its Cray supercomputer platform, plus a separate AI cluster to advance machine learning with a multi-tenant cloud-like platform.

The Discovery system will "bolster productivity up to 10x," according to HPE, and like many other supercomputers will be used for scientific research into various areas including medicine, cancer research, nuclear energy, and aerospace.

Mock-up of HPE's forthcoming Discovery GX5000 system

Oak Ridge issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a successor to Frontier last year, with an expected delivery date of late 2027 to early 2028 and anticipated budget of $500 million.

HPE now says delivery of Discovery is expected in 20

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