1,800-Petaflop El Capitan Quadruples Fugaku: U.S. Leads Exascale Race—But GPU Hack Hijacks Crypto in 12k Steps
TL;DR
* El Capitan Supercomputer Surpasses 1,800 Petaflops, Setting New Exascale Benchmark in U.S.
* University of Toronto researchers demonstrate GPUBreach, a Rowhammer attack exploiting GPU GDDR6 memory to escalate privileges
🚀 El Capitan Crushes 1.8-Exaflop Barrier, Outruns Fugaku 4-to-1: U.S. Reclaims Supercomputing Crown
1,800 petaflops = 4×