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SpecGroq Language Processing UnitAurora
Accelerator—Intel Data Center GPU Max
Architecture—HPE Cray EX with Intel Exascale Compute Blade
Chip TO Chip Links11—
Cores—9,264,128
CPU—Intel Xeon CPU Max 9470 52C 2.4GHz
DOJ Probe Reported2026-09-10—
Form factorPCIe Gen4 x16—
Groq3 LPX Full Production2026-08-24—
Groqcard Sales Ended Reported2024-04-05—
Installation Year—2,023
Interconnect—HPE Slingshot-11
Location—DOE/SC/Argonne National Laboratory
Manufacturer—Intel / HPE
Nvidia Consideration AT Closing USD Billion13—
Nvidia Consideration Deferred USD Billion4—
Nvidia License Agreement2025-12-24—
ON Chip Sram MB230—
ON DIE Memory Bandwidth TB S80—
Peak Fp16 Tflops188—
Peak Int8 Tops750—
Power KW—38,698.36
Process Node14nm—
Rmax Pflops—1,012
Rpeak Pflops—1,980.01
Status Checked2026-09-24—
Top500 Rank Jun2026—4
Top500 Rank Nov2025—3