Exascale refers to High performance computing (HPC) systems capable of performing at least one exaflop, or 10^18 double-precision floating-point operations per second, under realistic application workloads and power constraints. Expanded Explanation 1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics Exascale computing denotes a performance tier in which supercomputers sustain on the order of one exaflop for scientific and engineering workloads that use double-precision floating-point arithmetic. It

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