South Korea unveils Hangang supercomputer with 614.7 petaflops

South Korea unveiled the Hangang supercomputer, which is designed to deliver 614.7 petaflops of theoretical peak performance. The system is equipped with 8,496 GPUs, including NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper chips, and 9,936 CPUs. Hangang is reportedly 24 times more powerful than South Korea's previous national supercomputer, Nurion. The investment for the project is 382.5 billion won. South Korea aims to secure a position among the world's top 10 supercomputing nations with the Hangang supercomputer. Full-scale services for the Hangang supercomputer are scheduled to begin in December 2026.

This development relates to global advancements in AI and supercomputing infrastructure.