On Friday, 16 October 2026<\/strong>, the partners of the Slovenian National Supercomputing Network (SLING)<\/strong> invite you to the Open Day of Slovenian Supercomputing Centres \u2013 Exascale Computing Days<\/strong>, where you will have the opportunity to explore the infrastructure that powers cutting-edge research, industrial innovation, and the latest developments in artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n This year\u2019s event will be particularly exciting, as the era of exascale computing is ushering in a new generation of supercomputing systems designed to process vast amounts of data and support the development of powerful AI models. Visitors will learn how state-of-the-art supercomputers are enabling faster scientific breakthroughs, advancing artificial intelligence, and helping address some of the most complex challenges facing modern society. <\/p>\n\n The event usually takes place on 18 October, when we celebrate Exa Day<\/strong> – the word “exa” means 1018<\/sup><\/strong> and is used in supercomputing to define the performance of a supercomputer. If a supercomputer can perform 1018 <\/sup> floating point operations per second<\/strong> (FLOPS), it means that it can perform more than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 floating point operations per second in one second. To put this into perspective, the average human being generally uses about 1 FLOPS for a simple computational operation <\/strong> such as addition. In the same amount of time, a supercomputer with exascale performance can perform 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 FLOPS. For the same performance, we would need about 100,000 laptops computing at the same time. <\/p>\n\n Further information and the registration form will be published shortly.<\/p>\n\n