{"id":11116,"date":"2014-08-06T15:34:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T13:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=11116"},"modified":"2014-08-06T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T13:35:04","slug":"amd-unleashes-worlds-most-powerful-server-gpu-for-hpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/11116-amd-unleashes-worlds-most-powerful-server-gpu-for-hpc\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Unleashes World\u2019s Most Powerful Server GPU<\/span> for HPC<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2500 <\/em>AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver card deli\u00advers up to 2.53 TFLOPS<\/span> of peak dou\u00adble-pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon floa\u00adting point per\u00adfor\u00admance for inten\u00adse com\u00adpu\u00adte workloads, and 10.8 GFLOPS<\/span> dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon-per-watt, up to 77% more performance\/watt than the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon\u00b9<\/em> \u2500<\/em><\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. <\/strong>\u2013 Aug. 6,  2014 <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver card \u2013 the most powerful ser\u00adver Gra\u00adphics Pro\u00adces\u00adsing Unit (GPU<\/span>) ever built for High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting1<\/sup>. Based on the AMD<\/span> Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, the first AMD<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre desi\u00adgned spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adcal\u00adly with com\u00adpu\u00adte workloads in mind, the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver card is the first ser\u00adver card to sup\u00adport enhan\u00adced dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon and break the 2.0 TFLOPS<\/span> dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon bar\u00adri\u00ader1,2<\/sup>. With 16GB<\/span> of GDDR5<\/span> memo\u00adry  \u2013 33 per\u00adcent more than the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon3<\/sup> \u2013  and maxi\u00admum power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon of 235 watts, AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver GPUs pro\u00advi\u00adde super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters with mas\u00adsi\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance while maxi\u00admi\u00adzing available power budgets.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Today\u2019s super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters fea\u00adture an incre\u00adasing mix of GPUs, CPUs and co-pro\u00adces\u00adsors to achie\u00adve gre\u00adat per\u00adfor\u00admance, and many of them are being imple\u00admen\u00adted in an envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly respon\u00adsi\u00adble man\u00adner to help redu\u00adce power and water con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon,\u201d said David Cum\u00admings, seni\u00ador direc\u00adtor and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics, AMD<\/span>. \u201cDesi\u00adgned for lar\u00adge sca\u00adle mul\u00adti-GPU sup\u00adport and unmat\u00adched com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance, AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ushers in a new era of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting. Its memo\u00adry con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, com\u00adpu\u00adte capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and per\u00adfor\u00admance per watt are unmat\u00adched in its class, and can help take super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters to the next level of per\u00adfor\u00admance and ener\u00adgy efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver card is sup\u00adport\u00aded by a powerful soft\u00adware eco\u00adsys\u00adtem, enab\u00adling deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to bet\u00adter harness its com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance. In addi\u00adti\u00adon to AMD<\/span> sup\u00adport for Open\u00adCL\u2122, inclu\u00adding sup\u00adport for Open\u00adCL\u2122 2.0 plan\u00adned later this year4<\/sup>, AMD<\/span> today announ\u00adced a col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Pathsca\u00adle to sup\u00adport OpenMP 4.0 for AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> and sel\u00adec\u00adted other AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro gra\u00adphics cards.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Pathscale\u2019s ENZO<\/span> Com\u00adpi\u00adler with OpenMP 4.0 and sup\u00adport for C, C++, and For\u00adtran is used by cus\u00adto\u00admers in the Oil and Gas, Com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal Sci\u00adence, Com\u00adpu\u00adter Aided Engi\u00adnee\u00adring, and other HPC<\/span> seg\u00adments,\u201d said Chris\u00adto\u00adpher Berg\u00adstrom, CTO<\/span>, Pathsca\u00adle. \u201cOur sup\u00adport for the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> will enable the\u00adse cus\u00adto\u00admers to bene\u00adfit from the tre\u00admen\u00addous com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance of AMD<\/span>\u2019s new ser\u00adver GPU<\/span> while lever\u00adaging their exis\u00adting invest\u00adment in OpenMP software.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Having deve\u00adlo\u00adped a super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter that ran\u00adked num\u00adber two on The Green500 list, it takes excep\u00adtio\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance and effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy to achie\u00adve that sta\u00adtus \u2014 we couldn\u2019t have done it wit\u00adhout AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S\u2011Series ser\u00adver GPUs,\u201d said Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Dr. Vol\u00adker Lin\u00addenstruth, Frank\u00adfurt Insti\u00adtu\u00adte for Advan\u00adced Stu\u00addies, Goe\u00adthe Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Frank\u00adfurt. \u201cWe\u2019ve been put\u00adting the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> through its paces and we\u2019re blown away by the per\u00adfor\u00admance-per-watt. Any super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter that lever\u00ada\u00adges mas\u00adsi\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adte power with the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> and makes a run for the top of the Green500 list stands a very good chan\u00adce of succeeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We\u2019re curr\u00adent\u00adly test\u00ading the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver card and hands down it\u2019s the fas\u00adtest HPC<\/span> GPU<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor we\u2019ve ever tes\u00adted. We\u2019re even more exci\u00adted by the pro\u00ads\u00adpects of com\u00adbi\u00adning its raw com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance with Open\u00adCL 2.0 later this year,\u201d said Simon McIn\u00adtosh-Smith, head of the Microelec\u00adtro\u00adnics Rese\u00adarch Group at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Bris\u00adtol. \u201cOur rese\u00adarch bene\u00adfits from an open and royal\u00adty-free API<\/span>, and we\u2019re com\u00admit\u00adted to Open\u00adCL\u2122 to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte our com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. We applaud AMD<\/span>\u2019s plan\u00adned sup\u00adport for Open\u00adCL 2.0. New fea\u00adtures such as Shared Vir\u00adtu\u00adal Memo\u00adry and Nes\u00adted Par\u00adal\u00adle\u00adlism will allow us to make even bet\u00adter use of GPUs to increase per\u00adfor\u00admance and efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dSuper\u00admi\u00adcro offers the industry\u2019s widest ran\u00adge of GPU<\/span> ser\u00adver solu\u00adti\u00adons opti\u00admi\u00adzed for HPC<\/span> and super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting in 1U<\/span>, 2U<\/span>, 3U<\/span>, 4U<\/span> Super\u00adSer\u00adver and 7U<\/span> Super\u00adBla\u00adde plat\u00adforms,\u201d said Don Clegg, Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Mar\u00adke\u00adting and Busi\u00adness Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment at Super\u00admi\u00adcro. \u201cSuper\u00admi\u00adcro Green Com\u00adpu\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons, fea\u00adturing AMD<\/span>\u2019s latest AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> and AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9050<\/span>, enable extre\u00adme com\u00adpu\u00adte den\u00adsi\u00adty with sup\u00adport for up to 6x GPUs per node in 4U<\/span> dual node, dual pro\u00adces\u00adsor con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, maxi\u00admi\u00adzing per\u00adfor\u00admance per watt, per dol\u00adlar, per squa\u00adre foot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>ASUS<\/span> is plea\u00adsed to fea\u00adture AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors to enable ser\u00adver work\u00adsta\u00adtions with dedi\u00adca\u00adted and relia\u00adble func\u00adtion\u00ada\u00adli\u00adty matched with dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon floa\u00adting point per\u00adfor\u00admance,\u201d said Tom Lin, gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, ASUS<\/span>. \u201cWe\u2019re dedi\u00adca\u00adted to offe\u00adring our cus\u00adto\u00admers solu\u00adti\u00adons that deli\u00adver the most per\u00adfor\u00admance pos\u00adsi\u00adble, and the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and per\u00adfor\u00admance-per-watt of the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> are an added bonus our cus\u00adto\u00admers will great\u00adly appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> deli\u00advers excep\u00adtio\u00adnal dou\u00adble- and sin\u00adgle-pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon floa\u00adting point per\u00adfor\u00admance. Unli\u00adke other GPU<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors, AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> fea\u00adtures enhan\u00adced dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon, eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adting the need to buy a more expen\u00adsi\u00adve acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor to get simi\u00adlar per\u00adfor\u00admance,\u201d said Etay Lee, gene\u00adral mana\u00adger at GIGABYTE<\/span>\u2019s Net\u00adwork &<\/span> Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons Divi\u00adsi\u00adon. \u201cTog\u00ade\u00adther with AMD<\/span>, our pro\u00adduct deli\u00advers the right solu\u00adti\u00adon for the mar\u00adket to enable power-effi\u00adci\u00adent per\u00adfor\u00admance for super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter-class results.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> GPU<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors will be an out\u00adstan\u00adding addi\u00adti\u00adon to our pro\u00adduct line, allo\u00adwing us to offer our cus\u00adto\u00admers solu\u00adti\u00adons that deli\u00adver maxi\u00admum per\u00adfor\u00admance,\u201d said Albert Mu, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of MiT\u00adAC Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Corp.\u2019s TYAN<\/span> Busi\u00adness Unit. \u201cDuring the test\u00ading and eva\u00adlua\u00adti\u00adon of the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> with TYAN<\/span> ser\u00advers, our team was impres\u00adsed with the sheer hor\u00adse\u00adpower. It far excee\u00added our expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons and our cus\u00adto\u00admers will be anxious to take advan\u00adta\u00adge of that hor\u00adse\u00adpower to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte their com\u00adpu\u00adte-inten\u00adsi\u00adve workloads.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver GPU<\/span> features:<\/p>\n