| Manufacturer: | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| Release Date: | 2016 |
| Os: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
| Flops: | 8.32 petaflops |
| Memory: | 589,824 GB |
| Cpu: | Intel Xeon Gold 6148 |
| Power: | 1,685.73 KW |
Electra is a petascale supercomputer located at the Ames Research Center facility, manufactured by Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2016 and commissioned at 2017.[1] This is the first modular supercomputer prototype designed by NASA, as part of its research on making supercomputing more efficient and environment-friendly. Its research resulted in the Aitken supercomputer, destined for Moon landing and related research.[2]
Electra was in 12th place among the most powerful supercomputers in the United States, and 33rd place in the world, in the TOP500 list at November, 2018.[3]
It has 2,304 HPE SGI 8600 and SGI ICE X nodes, each with a second generation Intel Xeon dual CPU, delivering up to 8.32 theoretical petaflops, and 5.44 petaflops (LINPACK) as of June 2019.[4]