The AI era is pulling FP64 hardware away from scientific HPC

184 · Fortran Lang Discourse · June 17, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Summary
The post discusses concerns about the trend in high-performance computing (HPC) hardware prioritizing AI applications at the expense of double precision (FP64) capabilities, which are crucial for scientific computing. The author presents data supporting this shift and requests feedback from the HPC community on whether they share this concern and potential solutions.