1. Where is the Frontier Supercomputer housed?
a) Silicon Valley, California
b) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee
c) Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
d) CERN, Switzerland
2. What is the computational speed of the Frontier Supercomputer?
a) 1.1 Petaflops
b) 442 Petaflops
c) 1.1 Exaflops
d) 600 Gigaflops
3. Which companies partnered to develop the Frontier Supercomputer?
a) Intel and IBM
b) Hewlett Packard Enterprise and AMD
c) NVIDIA and ARM
d) Google and Microsoft
4. What makes Frontier the first of its kind in the Green500 list?
a) It is the fastest computer ever built.
b) It is the most energy-efficient exascale computer.
c) It uses 100% renewable energy.
d) It operates entirely on AI algorithms.
5. How much did it cost to build the Frontier Supercomputer?
a) $200 million
b) $400 million
c) $600 million
d) $1 billion
6. What primary cooling system does Frontier use?
a) Air cooling
b) Liquid cooling
c) Cryogenic cooling
d) Evaporative cooling
7. What is the primary purpose of Frontier’s development?
a) Advancing gaming technology
b) Solving problems in science, technology, and national security
c) Simulating human brain functionality
d) Exploring cryptocurrency mining
8. How does Frontier compare to Japan’s Fugaku Supercomputer in speed?
a) Frontier is slower than Fugaku.
b) Frontier has a peak performance 2.5 times faster than Fugaku.
c) Both have identical speeds.
d) Fugaku outperforms Frontier in efficiency.
9. What real-world applications are supported by Frontier’s capabilities?
a) Astronomy and language translation
b) Social media analytics and virtual reality
c) Drug discovery, renewable energy, and climate modeling
d) Financial predictions and blockchain technology
10. What is the total storage capacity of Frontier?
a) 100 Petabytes
b) 500 Petabytes
c) 700 Petabytes
d) 1 Exabyte
Answer Key:
- b) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee
- c) 1.1 Exaflops
- b) Hewlett Packard Enterprise and AMD
- b) It is the most energy-efficient exascale computer.
- c) $600 million
- b) Liquid cooling
- b) Solving problems in science, technology, and national security
- b) Frontier has a peak performance 2.5 times faster than Fugaku.
- c) Drug discovery, renewable energy, and climate modeling
- c) 700 Petabytes