SC26
SC26 — International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
The international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.
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SC26 is in Chicago; SC25 was hosted in St. Louis. Exhibits run November 17–19.
About SC26
SC26 runs November 15–20, 2026 at McCormick Place in Chicago, with 14,000–18,000 attendees and exhibits open November 17–19. The technical program and exhibition cover high performance computing, networking, storage, data analysis and AI at scale.
Who should attend
Attendees include national laboratory and university staff, hyperscalers, suppliers of HPC, AI and storage systems, and research computing leaders.
Why it matters
SC is the annual reference point for the HPC and AI infrastructure community, where major system announcements and much of the year's parallel computing research converge. The combination of technical program and large exhibition makes it the most complete single view of where HPC, GPU computing and data infrastructure are heading.