{"id":13294,"date":"2014-11-17T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=13294"},"modified":"2014-11-17T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:11:22","slug":"applied-micro-teams-with-red-hat-and-cirrascale-to-deliver-x-gene-based-cluster-to-llnl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/13294-applied-micro-teams-with-red-hat-and-cirrascale-to-deliver-x-gene-based-cluster-to-llnl\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied Micro Teams with Red Hat and Cirrascale to Deliver X\u2011Gene-Based Cluster to LLNL<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif., Nov. 17 \u2014 Appli\u00aded Micro<\/a> Cir\u00adcuits Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, today announ\u00adced col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Red Hat and Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle<\/a> to deli\u00adver a high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) clus\u00adter based on the world\u2019s first ARM<\/span> 64-bit X\u2011Gene Ser\u00adver on a Chip to Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry<\/a>. This clus\u00adter will be tes\u00adted and eva\u00adlua\u00adted as a plat\u00adform for HPC<\/span> and Big Data technologies.<\/p>\n

The X\u2011Ge\u00adne-based clus\u00adter deli\u00adver\u00aded to Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry comes in Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle RM1905D<\/span> chas\u00adsis and is based on a soft\u00adware plat\u00adform deve\u00adlo\u00adped as a part of the Red Hat ARM<\/span> Part\u00adner Ear\u00adly Access Program.<\/p>\n

Laun\u00adched in July 2014, the Red Hat ARM<\/span> Part\u00adner Ear\u00adly Access Pro\u00adgram faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adtes part\u00adner-initia\u00adted sys\u00adtem designs based on the 64-bit ARM<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre and enables fas\u00adter inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon within an eco\u00adsys\u00adtem that includes sili\u00adcon ven\u00addors, OEMs and ISVs, by pro\u00advi\u00adding a com\u00admon ser\u00adver soft\u00adware platform.<\/p>\n

The X\u2011Gene clus\u00adter as deve\u00adlo\u00adped by Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle con\u00adsists of 78 RM1905D<\/span> 1U<\/span> dual-node rack\u00admount ser\u00advers pro\u00advi\u00adsio\u00adned for high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting in a cus\u00adtom chas\u00adsis sup\u00adport\u00ading one to four GPUs in a system.<\/p>\n

AppliedMicro\u2019s X\u2011Gene plat\u00adform repres\u00adents a ground-up, sca\u00adle-out ser\u00adver pro\u00adces\u00adsor tail\u00ado\u00adred for increased growth in cloud com\u00adpu\u00adting, high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon data centers.<\/p>\n

X\u2011Gene is the first pro\u00adces\u00adsor of its kind, fea\u00adturing 8 cus\u00adtom, enter\u00adpri\u00adse-class, high-per\u00adfor\u00admance ARMv8\u2011A cores run\u00adning at 2.4Ghz, with 4 memo\u00adry chan\u00adnels capa\u00adble of accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adting up to 512GBytes of high speed DDR3<\/span> memo\u00adry, Mul\u00adti\u00adple inte\u00adgra\u00adted 10Gigabit Ether\u00adnets, 17 lanes of PCIe Gen 3.0; the device is the first and most advan\u00adced ARM<\/span> 64-bit archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre with uni\u00adque net\u00adwork and sto\u00adrage off-load engi\u00adnes. The high\u00adly inte\u00adgra\u00adted, pur\u00adpo\u00adse-built X\u2011Gene plat\u00adform deli\u00advers the high per\u00adfor\u00admance, low total cost of owner\u00adship (TCO<\/span>) for pri\u00adva\u00adte cloud, public cloud, High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting and enter\u00adpri\u00adse applications.<\/p>\n

The Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle RM1905D<\/span> HPC<\/span> Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment Plat\u00adform is an ide\u00adal solu\u00adti\u00adon to deploy ARM<\/span> 64-bit archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre in pro\u00adduc\u00adtion rea\u00addy envi\u00adron\u00adments. The RM1905D<\/span> Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment Plat\u00adform deli\u00advers twice the den\u00adsi\u00adty by pro\u00advi\u00adding two indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal nodes per 1U<\/span>, effec\u00adtively doubling the den\u00adsi\u00adty over stan\u00addard 1U<\/span> rack\u00admount implementations.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>As a natio\u00adnal secu\u00adri\u00adty labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre works with indus\u00adtry lea\u00adders to push the limit on sta\u00adte-of-the-art high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and deve\u00adlop the capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties nee\u00added to achie\u00adve its secu\u00adri\u00adty goals. By bols\u00adte\u00adring X\u2011Gene tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, we ensu\u00adre a con\u00adti\u00adnu\u00adal stream of effec\u00adti\u00adve, relia\u00adble clus\u00adter solu\u00adti\u00adons moving for\u00adward,\u201d com\u00admen\u00adted Kim Cup\u00adps, Liver\u00admo\u00adre Com\u00adpu\u00adting Divi\u00adsi\u00adon Lea\u00adder. \u201cFor the first time, the Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre will eva\u00adlua\u00adte, at sca\u00adle, the soft\u00adware plat\u00adform from the Red Hat ARM<\/span> Part\u00adner Ear\u00adly Access Pro\u00adgram and the under\u00adly\u00ading ARM-based ser\u00advers with the pur\u00adpo\u00adse of using this archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre in future pro\u00adduc\u00adtion clus\u00adter procurements.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>This is tru\u00adly a new era for the High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty as a who\u00adle,\u201d said David Drig\u00adgers, CEO<\/span>, Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. \u201cDeli\u00adve\u00adring the first ARMv8 sys\u00adtem for HPC<\/span>, based on the Appli\u00aded\u00adMi\u00adcro X\u2011Gene pro\u00adduct, and assis\u00adting Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre in achie\u00adving their goals in buil\u00adding the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of HPC<\/span> clus\u00adters has been very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The Red Hat ARM<\/span> Part\u00adner Ear\u00adly Access Pro\u00adgram is inten\u00added to dri\u00adve open stan\u00addards and best prac\u00adti\u00adces, such as SBSA<\/span> and UEFI<\/span>, within the 64-bit ARM<\/span> eco\u00adsys\u00adtem and the broa\u00adder tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, and we are plea\u00adsed to see this taking shape through our col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle and Appli\u00aded Micro,\u201d said Tim Bur\u00adke, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Cloud and Ope\u00adra\u00adting Sys\u00adtem Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, Red Hat. \u201cThe deli\u00advery of a 64-bit ARM-based eva\u00adlua\u00adti\u00adon plat\u00adform to Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry will help gau\u00adge the effec\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness of open solu\u00adti\u00adons pai\u00adred with ARM<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy in the high\u00adly-deman\u00adding HPC<\/span> and big data environments.\u201d<\/p>\n

A live demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon of the\u00adse tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies will be available at Appli\u00aded\u00adMi\u00adcro Booth No. 1757 during SC14<\/span> con\u00adfe\u00adrence in New Orleans, LA<\/span>, Novem\u00adber 17\u201320, 2014.<\/p>\n

About Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre Natio\u00adnal Laboratory<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre is a Natio\u00adnal Nuclear Secu\u00adri\u00adty Admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon (NNSA<\/span>) appli\u00aded sci\u00adence labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry dedi\u00adca\u00adted to natio\u00adnal secu\u00adri\u00adty, nota\u00adb\u00adly ensu\u00adring the safe\u00adty, secu\u00adri\u00adty and relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of the nation\u2019s nuclear deter\u00adrent wit\u00adhout under\u00adground test\u00ading. NNSA<\/span>\u2019s Advan\u00adced Simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and Com\u00adpu\u00adting (ASC<\/span>) pro\u00adgram is a cor\u00adner\u00adstone of that effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle Corporation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is a pre\u00admier pro\u00advi\u00adder of cus\u00adtom rack\u00admount and bla\u00adde ser\u00adver solu\u00adti\u00adons deve\u00adlo\u00adped and engi\u00adnee\u00adred for today\u2019s con\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal data cen\u00adters. Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle lever\u00ada\u00adges its paten\u00adted Ver\u00adti\u00adcal Coo\u00adling Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, engi\u00adnee\u00adring resour\u00adces, and intellec\u00adtu\u00adal pro\u00adper\u00adty to pro\u00advi\u00adde the industry\u2019s most ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent stan\u00addards-based plat\u00adforms with the lowest pos\u00adsi\u00adble total cost of owner\u00adship in the den\u00adsest form fac\u00adtor. Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle sells to lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre ope\u00adra\u00adtors, hos\u00adting and mana\u00adged ser\u00advices pro\u00advi\u00adders, cloud ser\u00advice pro\u00advi\u00adders, govern\u00adment, hig\u00adher edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, and HPC<\/span> users. Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle also licen\u00adses its award win\u00adning tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to part\u00adners glo\u00adbal\u00adly. To learn more about Cir\u00adras\u00adca\u00adle and its uni\u00adque data cen\u00adter infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre solu\u00adti\u00adons, plea\u00adse visit http:\/\/www.cirrascale.com<\/a> or call (888) 942\u20113800.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Appli\u00aded Micro<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Appli\u00aded Micro Cir\u00adcuits Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is a glo\u00adbal lea\u00adder in com\u00adpu\u00adting and con\u00adnec\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty solu\u00adti\u00adons for next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon cloud infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre and data cen\u00adters. Appli\u00aded\u00adMi\u00adcro deli\u00advers sili\u00adcon solu\u00adti\u00adons that dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly lower total cost of owner\u00adship. Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte head\u00adquar\u00adters are loca\u00adted in Sun\u00adny\u00adva\u00adle, Cali\u00adfor\u00adnia. www.apm.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Appli\u00aded Micro<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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