{"id":13467,"date":"2014-11-21T10:17:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T09:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=13467"},"modified":"2014-11-21T10:17:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T09:17:01","slug":"amd-firepro-awarded-top-spot-on-the-green500-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/13467-amd-firepro-awarded-top-spot-on-the-green500-list\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> FirePro Awarded Top Spot on the Green500 List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2500 Most ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00adent super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter in the world is powered by
\nAMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver GPUs \u2500<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW<\/span> ORLEANS<\/span>, Loui\u00adsia\u00adna \u2014 Nov. 20, 2014 \u2014 <\/strong>AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) powers the L\u2011CSC<\/span> clus\u00adter at the GSI<\/span> rese\u00adarch faci\u00adli\u00adty achie\u00adving the num\u00adber one posi\u00adti\u00adon for super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters on the latest Green500\u2122 List<\/a>, a ran\u00adking of the 500 most ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters in the world, with reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon as the world\u2019s lea\u00adder in ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent high per\u00adfor\u00admance GPU<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPL<\/span>). The L\u2011CSC<\/span> clus\u00adter is instal\u00adled at the GSI<\/span> Helm\u00adholtz\u00adzen\u00adtrum f\u00fcr Schwer\u00adio\u00adnen\u00adfor\u00adschung GmbH rese\u00adarch faci\u00adli\u00adty in Darm\u00adstadt, Ger\u00adma\u00adny, and is powered by AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver GPUs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Our goal in Com\u00adpu\u00adting and Gra\u00adphics at AMD<\/span> is to deli\u00adver world-class pro\u00adducts to our cus\u00adto\u00admers every time,\u201d said John Byr\u00adne, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, com\u00adpu\u00adting and gra\u00adphics busi\u00adness group, AMD<\/span>. \u201cAs pro\u00adven with the Green500 List ran\u00adking, our AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro lin\u00ade\u00adup of pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics solu\u00adti\u00adons deli\u00advers on this goal time and again \u2013 abso\u00adlu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance lea\u00adder\u00adship with out\u00adstan\u00adding ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy that enables incre\u00addi\u00adble solu\u00adti\u00adons like the GSI<\/span> L\u2011CSC<\/span> cluster.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GSI<\/span> L\u2011CSC<\/span> clus\u00adter with 600 AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver GPUs out\u00adper\u00adforms all other ran\u00adked clus\u00adters. With 5.27 GFLOPS<\/span> per watt, the GSI<\/span> L\u2011CSC<\/span> clus\u00adter using AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver GPUs deli\u00advers 20 per\u00adcent bet\u00adter effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy than the top ran\u00adked clus\u00adter on the June 2014 Green500 List<\/a>. The GSI<\/span> L\u2011CSC<\/span> clus\u00adter enables Lat\u00adti\u00adce Quan\u00adtum Chro\u00admo Dyna\u00admics (Lat\u00adti\u00adce QCD<\/span>) com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal rese\u00adarch using one of the fas\u00adtest Open\u00adCL\u2122 imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons for rese\u00adarch appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> is proud to be reco\u00adgni\u00adzed as the world\u2019s lea\u00adder for ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00adent GPU<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adting by rea\u00adching the top spot on the Green500 List,\u201d said David Cum\u00admings, seni\u00ador direc\u00adtor and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics, AMD<\/span>. \u201cThis uni\u00adque posi\u00adti\u00adon can only be achie\u00adved through sus\u00adtained inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon at the lea\u00adding edge of the com\u00adpu\u00adting world and pro\u00adces\u00adsor and sys\u00adtem design. AMD<\/span> offers HPC<\/span> GPU<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adte cus\u00adto\u00admers a full AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S\u2011series line up from ent\u00adry-level to ultra-high-end boards sup\u00adport\u00ading a fea\u00adture-rich soft\u00adware ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters are ine\u00advi\u00adta\u00adble in today\u2019s rese\u00adarch. The sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic chal\u00adlenges requi\u00adre com\u00adpu\u00adters as fast as pos\u00adsi\u00adble, but we have to keep power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon and cos\u00adts in mind, in order to use our available resour\u00adces as well as pos\u00adsi\u00adble,\u201d said Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Dr. Vol\u00adker Lin\u00addenstruth, pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Goe\u00adthe Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Frank\u00adfurt, head of IT<\/span> depart\u00adment of GSI<\/span>, and chair\u00adman of Frank\u00adfurt Insti\u00adtu\u00adte for Advan\u00adced Stu\u00addies. \u201cWe\u2019re exci\u00adted to reach the num\u00adber one posi\u00adti\u00adon in the Green500 List with the new L\u2011CSC<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter and we thank AMD<\/span> and ASUS<\/span> for the excel\u00adlent coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. The L\u2011CSC<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter at the GSI<\/span> rese\u00adarch faci\u00adli\u00adty fea\u00adturing ASUS<\/span> ESC4000<\/span> G2S<\/span> ser\u00advers and AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro GPUs pro\u00advi\u00addes the huge com\u00adpu\u00adte capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties requi\u00adred for our research.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>ASUS<\/span> is proud to col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adte with AMD<\/span> in the GSI<\/span> Rese\u00adarch super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon for the top spot on the Green500 List,\u201d said Tom Lin, ASUS<\/span> ser\u00adver busi\u00adness unit, gene\u00adral mana\u00adger. \u201cASUS<\/span> is pas\u00adsio\u00adna\u00adte about the HPC<\/span> field, in the same way that AMD<\/span> is dedi\u00adca\u00adted to deli\u00adve\u00adring extre\u00adme-per\u00adfor\u00admance GPU<\/span> solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the only sin\u00adgle GPU-based solu\u00adti\u00adon to deli\u00adver two tera\u00adflops DGEMM<\/span> sus\u00adtained dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance<\/a>, AMD<\/span> has been able to achie\u00adve the world\u00adwi\u00adde top ran\u00adking in the Green500 List. With indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding performance\/watt1<\/sup>, indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding memo\u00adry con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon2<\/sup>, and sup\u00adport for the latest Open\u00adCL\u2122 stan\u00addards3<\/sup>, the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> Ser\u00adver GPU<\/span> is unmat\u00adched in com\u00adpu\u00adte performance.<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> ser\u00adver GPU<\/span> is the fas\u00adtest and most power-effi\u00adci\u00adent sin\u00adgle GPU<\/span> board available today. The fami\u00adly of AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S\u2011series pro\u00adducts are desi\u00adgned to relia\u00adbly sup\u00adport lar\u00adge mul\u00adti-GPU clus\u00adters to address lar\u00adge com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal pro\u00adjects. The reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon on the Green500 List distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhes AMD<\/span> Pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal GPUs for pushing the boun\u00adda\u00adries of inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and per\u00adfor\u00admance per-FLOP, inclu\u00adding enhan\u00adcing over\u00adall sys\u00adtem per\u00adfor\u00admance and effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy through AMD<\/span>\u2019s mas\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly par\u00adal\u00adlel GPU<\/span> processing.<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon to clai\u00adming the top spot on the Green500 List, the AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron\u2122 ser\u00adver CPU<\/span> achie\u00adved the num\u00adber two spot on the latest TOP500<\/span> List<\/a>, a ran\u00adking of the 500 most powerful super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters in the world.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> exhi\u00adbi\u00adted with AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro S9150<\/span> and AMD<\/span> ser\u00adver tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies at SC<\/span> \u201914 in New Orleans at the Ernest Memo\u00adri\u00adal Con\u00adven\u00adti\u00adon Cen\u00adter booth #839 from Novem\u00adber 17 to 20.<\/p>\n

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