
scienceJul 11, 202511:24pending
FLOPS Unleashed: From ENIAC to Exascale and Beyond
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In this deep dive, we demystify FLOPS—the metric that quantifies a computer’s ability to crunch floating point math for science and AI. We’ll unpack why floating point arithmetic matters, compare FP64/FP32/FP16 precision, explain how peak FLOPS are computed for HPC systems, and trace the astonishing history from ENIAC to Frontier (and beyond), including distributed computing and the collapsing cost of computing power.
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