{"id":13292,"date":"2014-11-17T13:52:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T12:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=13292"},"modified":"2014-11-17T13:52:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T12:52:55","slug":"cray-to-explore-alternative-processor-technologies-for-supercomputing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/13292-cray-to-explore-alternative-processor-technologies-for-supercomputing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cray to Explore Alternative Processor Technologies for Supercomputing"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEATTLE<\/span>, WA<\/span> and NEW<\/span> ORLEANS<\/span>, LA<\/span> \u2014 (Mar\u00adket\u00adwired) \u2014 11\/17\/14 \u2013<\/strong> At the 2014 Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Con\u00adfe\u00adrence in New Orleans, Loui\u00adsia\u00adna, glo\u00adbal super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter lea\u00adder Cray Inc. (NASDAQ<\/span>: CRAY<\/span>) today announ\u00adced the Com\u00adpa\u00adny is eva\u00adlua\u00adting alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adces\u00adsor design points, inclu\u00adding the poten\u00adti\u00adal use of 64-bit ARM<\/span>\u00ae and other power and per\u00adfor\u00admance effi\u00adci\u00adent pro\u00adces\u00adsing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for its super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters and data ana\u00adly\u00adtics systems.<\/p>\n

As part of this effort, Cray was recent\u00adly award\u00aded a rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment con\u00adtract from the United Sta\u00adtes Depart\u00adment of Energy\u2019s Office of Sci\u00adence and the Natio\u00adnal Nuclear Secu\u00adri\u00adty Admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon under a pro\u00adgram cal\u00adled Fast\u00adFor\u00adward 2. This con\u00adtract taps Cray to explo\u00adre a ran\u00adge of topics around archi\u00adtec\u00adtures of 64-bit ARM<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors for high per\u00adfor\u00admance computing.<\/p>\n

Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly, Cray is working with Cavi\u00adum, Inc. (NASDAQ<\/span>: CAVM<\/span>) to deli\u00adver Cray clus\u00adters based on Cavium\u2019s 48-core work load opti\u00admi\u00adzed Thun\u00adderX\u2122 ARM<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors. The goal of this col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is to ana\u00adly\u00adze ARM<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons for sel\u00adec\u00adted workloads to inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adte the ARM<\/span> value pro\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon in supercomputing.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Our Adap\u00adti\u00adve Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting visi\u00adon cen\u00adters on sys\u00adtem designs that inte\u00adgra\u00adte diver\u00adse pro\u00adces\u00adsing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies into a uni\u00adfied archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre,\u201d said Ste\u00adve Scott, Cray seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and chief tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy offi\u00adcer. \u201cWe see alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adves such as 64-bit ARM<\/span>, cus\u00adtom ASICs and low-power Intel pro\u00adces\u00adsors as enab\u00adling tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for cer\u00adtain HPC<\/span> and ana\u00adly\u00adtics workloads, and a natu\u00adral fit for our stra\u00adtegy. Along with our cur\u00adrent part\u00adner\u00adship with Intel, our par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adon in the DOE<\/span> Fast\u00adFor\u00adward 2 pro\u00adject and our work with other tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy pro\u00advi\u00adders, such as Cavi\u00adum and ARM<\/span>, gives us the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to take a clo\u00adser look.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The algo\u00adrith\u00admic pro\u00adces\u00adsing per\u00adfor\u00admed in HPC<\/span> envi\u00adron\u00adments impacts the lives of bil\u00adli\u00adons of peo\u00adp\u00adle and the plan\u00adning for Exas\u00adca\u00adle com\u00adpu\u00adting pres\u00adents some signi\u00adfi\u00adcant power chal\u00adlenges to this indus\u00adtry,\u201d said Mike Mull\u00ader, chief tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy offi\u00adcer, ARM<\/span>. \u201cThe col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween ARM<\/span> and its eco\u00adsys\u00adtem part\u00adners has crea\u00adted a pro\u00adven track record of ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy lea\u00adder\u00adship and we firm\u00adly belie\u00adve this can be appli\u00aded to the super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting mar\u00adket. ARM<\/span> wel\u00adco\u00admes Cray\u2019s pio\u00adnee\u00adring rese\u00adarch to explo\u00adre how 64-bit ARM<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy can impro\u00adve per\u00adfor\u00admance den\u00adsi\u00adty for future super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Cray Inc.
\n<\/em>Glo\u00adbal super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting lea\u00adder Cray Inc. (NASDAQ<\/span>: CRAY<\/span>) pro\u00advi\u00addes inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve sys\u00adtems and solu\u00adti\u00adons enab\u00adling sci\u00aden\u00adtists and engi\u00adneers in indus\u00adtry, aca\u00adde\u00admia and govern\u00adment to meet exis\u00adting and future simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and ana\u00adly\u00adtics chal\u00adlenges. Lever\u00adaging more than 40 years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in deve\u00adlo\u00adping and ser\u00advicing the world\u2019s most advan\u00adced super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters, Cray offers a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve port\u00adfo\u00adlio of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters and big data sto\u00adrage and ana\u00adly\u00adtics solu\u00adti\u00adons deli\u00adve\u00adring unri\u00adva\u00adled per\u00adfor\u00admance, effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. Cray\u2019s Adap\u00adti\u00adve Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting visi\u00adon is focu\u00adsed on deli\u00adve\u00adring inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00adducts that inte\u00adgra\u00adte diver\u00adse pro\u00adces\u00adsing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies into a uni\u00adfied archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, allo\u00adwing cus\u00adto\u00admers to meet the market\u2019s con\u00adtin\u00adued demand for rea\u00adli\u00adzed per\u00adfor\u00admance. Go to www.cray.com<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cray is a regis\u00adtered trade\u00admark of Cray Inc. in the United Sta\u00adtes and other count\u00adries. Other pro\u00adduct and ser\u00advice names men\u00adtio\u00adned her\u00adein are the trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Cray Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SEATTLE<\/span>, WA<\/span> and NEW<\/span> ORLEANS<\/span>, LA<\/span> \u2014 (Mar\u00adket\u00adwired) \u2014 11\/17\/14 \u2014 At the 2014 Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Con\u00adfe\u00adrence in New Orleans, Loui\u00adsia\u00adna, glo\u00adbal super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter lea\u00adder Cray Inc. (NASDAQ<\/span>: CRAY<\/span>) today announ\u00adced the Com\u00adpa\u00adny is eva\u00adlua\u00adting alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adces\u00adsor design points, inclu\u00adding the poten\u00adti\u00adal use of 64-bit ARM<\/span>\u00ae and other power and per\u00adfor\u00admance effi\u00adci\u00adent pro\u00adces\u00adsing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for its super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters and data ana\u00adly\u00adtics sys\u00adtems. (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13293,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292\/revisions\/13293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}