{"id":41312,"date":"2018-10-30T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=41312"},"modified":"2018-11-03T09:31:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T08:31:04","slug":"supercomputing-leader-cray-introduces-first-exascale-class-supercomputer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/41312-supercomputing-leader-cray-introduces-first-exascale-class-supercomputer\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPERCOMPUTING<\/span> LEADER<\/span> CRAY<\/span> INTRODUCES<\/span> FIRST<\/span> EXASCALE-CLASS<\/span> SUPERCOMPUTER<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cray Sets New Stan\u00addard for Indus\u00adtry; Natio\u00adnal Ener\u00adgy Rese\u00adarch Sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic Com\u00adpu\u00adting (NERSC<\/span>) Cen\u00adter Taps Cray Sys\u00adtem for 2020<\/p>\n

SEATTLE<\/span>, Oct. 30, 2018 (GLOBE<\/span> NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 Glo\u00adbal super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter lea\u00adder Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY<\/span>) today unvei\u00adled its new, revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtem code-named \u201cShas\u00adta\u2122.\u201d The sys\u00adtem will be show\u00adca\u00adsed next month at the 30th anni\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adry of the Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting (SC<\/span>) con\u00adfe\u00adrence in Dal\u00adlas, Texas, known as SC18<\/span>. Shas\u00adta is an enti\u00adre\u00adly new design and is set to be the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that under\u00adpins the next era of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting, cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by exas\u00adca\u00adle per\u00adfor\u00admance capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, new data-cen\u00adtric workloads, and an explo\u00adsi\u00adon of pro\u00adces\u00adsor archi\u00adtec\u00adtures.  With swee\u00adping hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware inno\u00adva\u00adtions, Shas\u00adta incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtes next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon Cray sys\u00adtem soft\u00adware to enable modu\u00adla\u00adri\u00adty and exten\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, a new Cray-desi\u00adgned sys\u00adtem inter\u00adcon\u00adnect, unpar\u00adal\u00adle\u00adled fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty in pro\u00adces\u00adsing choice within a sys\u00adtem, and a soft\u00adware envi\u00adron\u00adment that pro\u00advi\u00addes for seam\u00adless sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. The U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy (DOE<\/span>) also announ\u00adced today that NERSC<\/span>, the Natio\u00adnal Ener\u00adgy Rese\u00adarch Sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic Com\u00adpu\u00adting Cen\u00adter, has cho\u00adsen a Cray \u201cShas\u00adta\u201d super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter for its NERSC<\/span>\u20119 sys\u00adtem, named \u201cPerl\u00admut\u00adter,\u201d in 2020.  The pro\u00adgram con\u00adtract is valued at $146 mil\u00adli\u00adon, one of the lar\u00adgest in Cray\u2019s histo\u00adry, and will fea\u00adture a Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtem with Cray\u00ae Clus\u00adterS\u00adtor\u2122 storage.<\/p>\n

Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Redesigned<\/p>\n

Cray super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter sys\u00adtems con\u00adsis\u00adt\u00adent\u00adly lead the indus\u00adtry in per\u00adfor\u00admance and effi\u00adci\u00adent sca\u00adling. Shas\u00adta con\u00adti\u00adnues this lea\u00adder\u00adship into much lar\u00adger capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty sys\u00adtems, start\u00ading from a sin\u00adgle cabi\u00adnet and sca\u00adling up to exas\u00adca\u00adle and bey\u00adond, to ans\u00adwer more ques\u00adti\u00adons in all fields in sup\u00adport of extre\u00adme-sca\u00adle sci\u00adence, inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and dis\u00adco\u00advery.  At a time when demand is rising for sin\u00adgle sys\u00adtems to hand\u00adle con\u00adver\u00adged mode\u00adling, simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, AI<\/span> and ana\u00adly\u00adtics workloads, Shasta\u2019s data-cen\u00adtric design allows it to run diver\u00adse workloads and work\u00adflows all on one sys\u00adtem, all at the same time.  Shasta\u2019s hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware inno\u00adva\u00adtions tack\u00adle the bot\u00adt\u00adlen\u00adecks, mana\u00adgea\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, and job com\u00adple\u00adti\u00adon issues that emer\u00adge or are magni\u00adfied as core counts grow, com\u00adpu\u00adte node archi\u00adtec\u00adtures pro\u00adli\u00adfe\u00adra\u00adte, and work\u00adflows expand to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte AI<\/span> at sca\u00adle.  Shas\u00adta eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtes the distinc\u00adtion bet\u00adween clus\u00adters and super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters with a sin\u00adgle new breakth\u00adrough super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtem archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, enab\u00adling cus\u00adto\u00admers to choo\u00adse the com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre that best fits their mis\u00adsi\u00adon, wit\u00adhout trade\u00adoffs.  With Shas\u00adta you can mix and match pro\u00adces\u00adsor archi\u00adtec\u00adtures (X86<\/span>, Arm\u00ae, GPUs) in the same sys\u00adtem as well as sys\u00adtem inter\u00adcon\u00adnects from Cray (Slingshot\u2122), Intel (Omni-Path) or Mel\u00adlan\u00adox (Infi\u00adni\u00adBand\u00ae).<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Shas\u00adta will usher in a new era of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting and repres\u00adents a true game-chan\u00adger at a time when arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence and ana\u00adly\u00adtics are being brought to bear on incre\u00adasing\u00adly lar\u00adge and com\u00adplex pro\u00adblems, inclu\u00adding clas\u00adsic HPC<\/span> mode\u00adling and simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon chal\u00adlenges, across an ever-broa\u00adde\u00adning set of com\u00adpa\u00adnies and indus\u00adtries,\u201d said Peter Unga\u00adro, pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span> of Cray.  \u201cIt is also very exci\u00adting to announ\u00adce that one of the lar\u00adgest con\u00adtracts in the histo\u00adry of our com\u00adpa\u00adny was just signed with NERSC<\/span>.  We are hono\u00adred to con\u00adti\u00adnue our part\u00adner\u00adship with NERSC<\/span> and put Shas\u00adta to work in sup\u00adport of their broad mis\u00adsi\u00adon to enable com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal and data sci\u00adence at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Our sci\u00aden\u00adtists gather mas\u00adsi\u00adve amounts of data from sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic instru\u00adments like telesco\u00adpes and detec\u00adtors that our super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters ana\u00adly\u00adze every day,\u201d said Dr. Sudip Dosan\u00adjh, direc\u00adtor of the NERSC<\/span> Cen\u00adter at Law\u00adrence Ber\u00adke\u00adley Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry.  \u201cThe Shas\u00adta system\u2019s ease of use and adap\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to modern work\u00adflows and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons will allow us to broa\u00adden access to super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting and enable a who\u00adle new pool of users.  The abili\u00adty to bring this data into the super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter will allow us to quick\u00adly and effi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly sca\u00adle and redu\u00adce over\u00adall time to dis\u00adco\u00advery.  We value being able to work clo\u00adse\u00adly with Cray to pro\u00advi\u00adde our feed\u00adback on this next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon sys\u00adtem which is so cri\u00adti\u00adcal to exten\u00adding our Center\u2019s innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Cray is wide\u00adly seen as one of only a few HPC<\/span> ven\u00addors world\u00adwi\u00adde that is capa\u00adble of aggres\u00adsi\u00adve tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon at the sys\u00adtem archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre level,\u201d said Ste\u00adve Con\u00adway, Hype\u00adri\u00adon Rese\u00adarch seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of rese\u00adarch.  \u201cCray\u2019s Shas\u00adta archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre clo\u00adse\u00adly matches the wish list that lea\u00adding HPC<\/span> users have for the exas\u00adca\u00adle era, but did\u00adn\u2019t expect to be available this soon.  This is tru\u00adly a breakth\u00adrough achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cray Slingshot Net\u00adwork \u2013 Desi\u00adgned for Data-Cen\u00adtric Computing<\/p>\n

With Shas\u00adta, Cray is also announ\u00adcing Slingshot, a new high-speed, pur\u00adpo\u00adse-built super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting inter\u00adcon\u00adnect.  Slingshot advan\u00adces Cray\u2019s indus\u00adtry lea\u00adder\u00adship in sca\u00adlable net\u00adwork per\u00adfor\u00admance and adds capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties that broa\u00adden Cray\u2019s mar\u00adket reach.  The Cray-deve\u00adlo\u00adped Slingshot inter\u00adcon\u00adnect will have up to 5x more band\u00adwidth per node and is desi\u00adgned for data-cen\u00adtric com\u00adpu\u00adting.  Slingshot will fea\u00adture Ether\u00adnet com\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, advan\u00adced adap\u00adti\u00adve rou\u00adting, first-of-a-kind con\u00adges\u00adti\u00adon con\u00adtrol, and sophisti\u00adca\u00adted qua\u00adli\u00adty-of-ser\u00advice capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties.  Sup\u00adport for both IP-rou\u00adted and remo\u00adte memo\u00adry ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons will broa\u00adden the ran\u00adge of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons bey\u00adond tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal mode\u00adling and simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon.  Qua\u00adli\u00adty-of-ser\u00advice and novel con\u00adges\u00adti\u00adon manage\u00adment fea\u00adtures will limit the impact to cri\u00adti\u00adcal workloads from sys\u00adtem ser\u00advices, I\/O traf\u00adfic, and co-ten\u00adant workloads, to increase rea\u00adli\u00adzed per\u00adfor\u00admance and limit per\u00adfor\u00admance varia\u00adti\u00adon.  Reduc\u00adtion in the net\u00adwork dia\u00adme\u00adter from five hops (in the cur\u00adrent Cray\u00ae XC<\/span>\u2122 gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon) to three will redu\u00adce laten\u00adcy and power while impro\u00adving sus\u00adtained band\u00adwidth and reliability.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We lis\u00adten\u00aded clo\u00adse\u00adly to our cus\u00adto\u00admers and dug into the future needs of AI<\/span> and HPC<\/span> appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons as we desi\u00adgned Shas\u00adta,\u201d said Ste\u00adve Scott, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CTO<\/span> of Cray.  \u201cCus\u00adto\u00admers wan\u00adted lea\u00adding-edge, sca\u00adlable per\u00adfor\u00admance, but with lots of fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and easy upgradea\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty over time.  I\u2019m hap\u00adpy to say we\u2019ve nai\u00adled this with Shas\u00adta.  The Shas\u00adta infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adtes a wide varie\u00adty of pro\u00adces\u00adsor and net\u00adwork opti\u00adons, allo\u00adwing cus\u00adto\u00admers to run diver\u00adse workloads on a sin\u00adgle sys\u00adtem.  And it\u2019s got the head\u00adroom to accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adte incre\u00adasing\u00adly power-hun\u00adgry pro\u00adces\u00adsors and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors coming in future years.  The Slingshot net\u00adwork tight\u00adly binds the com\u00adpu\u00adte and sto\u00adrage resour\u00adces in the sys\u00adtem, with ground\u00adbrea\u00adking con\u00adges\u00adti\u00adon con\u00adtrol to iso\u00adla\u00adte appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons from other net\u00adwork traf\u00adfic, and Ether\u00adnet com\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter and sto\u00adrage inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon.  We\u2019re immense\u00adly exci\u00adted to bring this new net\u00adwork to mar\u00adket to help acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte our cus\u00adto\u00admers\u2019 discoveries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty<\/p>\n

Shas\u00adta lets cus\u00adto\u00admers ful\u00adly rea\u00adli\u00adze Cray\u2019s long\u00adtime visi\u00adon of adap\u00adting super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems to workloads using opti\u00admi\u00adzed pro\u00adces\u00adsing and net\u00adwor\u00adking. This beco\u00admes addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly valuable as cus\u00adto\u00admers are incre\u00adasing\u00adly con\u00adcer\u00adned about choo\u00adsing the opti\u00admal archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre as their workloads rapidly evol\u00adve.  With Shas\u00adta, Cray can incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte any pro\u00adces\u00adsor choice \u2014 or a hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous mix \u2014 with a sin\u00adgle manage\u00adment and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre.  Cus\u00adto\u00admers can flex from sin\u00adgle to mul\u00adti-socket pro\u00adces\u00adsor nodes, GPUs, FPGAs and other pro\u00adces\u00adsing opti\u00adons that will emer\u00adge, such as AI<\/span> spe\u00adcia\u00adli\u00adzed acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors.  Cus\u00adto\u00admers can make late-bin\u00adding decis\u00adi\u00adons on com\u00adpu\u00adte tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and not sacri\u00adfice capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, becau\u00adse Shasta\u2019s design allows tail\u00adoring of sys\u00adtem den\u00adsi\u00adty and injec\u00adtion band\u00adwidth to opti\u00admi\u00adze pri\u00adce and performance.<\/p>\n

Cray\u2019s Part\u00adners Express Sup\u00adport of Shasta<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span>:
\n\u201cWe are tre\u00admen\u00addous\u00adly proud that AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 pro\u00adces\u00adsors are part of the next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon Cray Shas\u00adta plat\u00adform at NERSC<\/span>,\u201d said For\u00adrest Nor\u00adrod, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, AMD<\/span> Dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter and Embedded Sys\u00adtems Group.  \u201cThe Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtem repres\u00adents a new para\u00addigm for super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting that is going to take the indus\u00adtry into the exas\u00adca\u00adle era.  The Cray Shas\u00adta archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre sup\u00adports both AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> CPUs and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors, inclu\u00adding AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Instinct\u2122 GPUs.  That com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of CPU<\/span> and GPU<\/span> power offers an incre\u00addi\u00adble level of per\u00adfor\u00admance for many HPC<\/span> applications.\u201d <\/p>\n

Intel:
\n\u201cIntel and Cray have a long-stan\u00adding stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship to deli\u00adver super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems. We are exci\u00adted to work with Cray to advan\u00adce super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty with their new Shas\u00adta plat\u00adform opti\u00admi\u00adzed for Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae Sca\u00adlable pro\u00adces\u00adsors and other Intel HPC<\/span> pro\u00adducts.  Intel\u2019s suite of HPC<\/span> pro\u00adducts pro\u00advi\u00addes the buil\u00adding blocks for a balan\u00adced design that deli\u00advers the per\u00adfor\u00admance and sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty nee\u00added to tack\u00adle the extre\u00adme chal\u00adlenges of both HPC<\/span> and AI<\/span> on a com\u00admon infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre,\u201d said Trish Dam\u00adkro\u00adger, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Intel\u2019s Data Cen\u00adter Group.<\/p>\n

Mar\u00advell:
\n\u201cMar\u00advell and Cray have a long-stan\u00adding rela\u00adti\u00adonship of col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon to bring Arm-based pro\u00adces\u00adsors to the high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting envi\u00adron\u00adment,\u201d said Rag\u00adhib Huss\u00adain, exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and chief stra\u00adtegy offi\u00adcer, Mar\u00advell Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor, Inc.  \u201cThe Cray XC50<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, now com\u00admer\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly available, inte\u00adgra\u00adtes Mar\u00advell\u00ae ThunderX2\u00aeprocessors based on 64-bit Armv8\u2011A archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre to bring best-in-class SoC com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance and memo\u00adry band\u00adwidth.  We con\u00adgra\u00adtu\u00adla\u00adte Cray on the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of its exas\u00adca\u00adle-class Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtem and look for\u00adward to con\u00adti\u00adnuing to work with Cray to usher in the next era of Arm-based supercomputing.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mel\u00adlan\u00adox:
\n\u201cWe are hap\u00adpy to sup\u00adport the new Shas\u00adta plat\u00adform with our smart Infi\u00adni\u00adBand inter\u00adcon\u00adnect solu\u00adti\u00adons, enab\u00adling our mutu\u00adal cus\u00adto\u00admers to achie\u00adve lea\u00adding per\u00adfor\u00admance and sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty,\u201d said Gilad Shai\u00adner, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of mar\u00adke\u00adting at Mel\u00adlan\u00adox Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies.  \u201cThe com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of InfiniBand\u2019s acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon engi\u00adnes and Cray\u2019s soft\u00adware will dri\u00adve the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of HPC<\/span> and AI<\/span> appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and workloads.\u201d<\/p>\n

NVIDIA<\/span>:
\n\u201cThe Shas\u00adta-based sys\u00adtem sel\u00adec\u00adted for NERSC<\/span>\u2019s new Perl\u00admut\u00adter super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtes the most-advan\u00adced NVIDIA<\/span> GPU<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon plat\u00adform available, pro\u00advi\u00adding the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy a clear path to exas\u00adca\u00adle com\u00adpu\u00adting,\u201d said Ian Buck, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adting at NVIDIA<\/span>. \u201cWhe\u00adther used for tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic com\u00adpu\u00adting or new, emer\u00adging AI<\/span> and machi\u00adne lear\u00adning workloads, Perl\u00admut\u00adter will offer the sci\u00aden\u00adtists that use it an incre\u00addi\u00adbly advan\u00adced acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon plat\u00adform, an essen\u00adti\u00adal tool to help them unlock mys\u00adte\u00adries and advan\u00adce science.\u201d
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\nSuper\u00adchar\u00adged TCO<\/span><\/p>\n

Desi\u00adgned from the ground up to sup\u00adport a deca\u00adde or more of advance\u00adments in com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal pro\u00adces\u00adsing, Shas\u00adta eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtes the need for fre\u00adquent, expen\u00adsi\u00adve upgrades and will dri\u00adve excep\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly low total cost of owner\u00adship over the life\u00adtime of the sys\u00adtem.  Shas\u00adta pack\u00ada\u00adging comes in two opti\u00adons: a 19\u201d air- or liquid-coo\u00adled, stan\u00addard dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter rack and a high-den\u00adsi\u00adty, liquid-coo\u00adled rack desi\u00adgned to hold 64 com\u00adpu\u00adte blades with mul\u00adti\u00adple pro\u00adces\u00adsors per bla\u00adde.  Both opti\u00adons can sca\u00adle to well over 100 cabi\u00adnets.  As pro\u00adces\u00adsor wat\u00adta\u00adge increa\u00adses over time to boost com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal per\u00adfor\u00admance, Shasta\u2019s fle\u00adxi\u00adble coo\u00adling design eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtes the need to do for\u00adk\u00adlift upgrades of sys\u00adtem infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre to accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adte hig\u00adher-power pro\u00adces\u00adsors.  Cray desi\u00adgned Shas\u00adta to sup\u00adport pro\u00adces\u00adsors excee\u00adding 500 watts with high\u00adly effi\u00adci\u00adent coo\u00adling, resul\u00adting in less was\u00adte and lower cos\u00adts while mee\u00adting cri\u00adti\u00adcal pro\u00adces\u00adsor den\u00adsi\u00adty requi\u00adre\u00adments.  Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtems are also desi\u00adgned to meet warm-water-coo\u00adling dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter stan\u00addards like W3<\/span> and W4<\/span> requi\u00adre\u00adments throug\u00adhout the world. <\/p>\n

Avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty<\/p>\n

Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtems are expec\u00adted to be com\u00admer\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly available in Q4<\/span> of 2019.  Plea\u00adse cont\u00adact your aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adzed Cray sales repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve for more information.<\/p>\n

SC18<\/span><\/p>\n

Stop by the Cray booth at SC18<\/span>: The Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Con\u00adfe\u00adrence for High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting, Net\u00adwor\u00adking, Sto\u00adrage, and Ana\u00adly\u00adsis, Novem\u00adber 11\u201316, 2018 in Dal\u00adlas, Texas to learn more about Shas\u00adta and Cray\u2019s new inter\u00adcon\u00adnect, Slingshot.<\/p>\n

About Cray Inc.
\nCray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY<\/span>) com\u00adbi\u00adnes com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon and crea\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty so visio\u00adna\u00adries can keep asking ques\u00adti\u00adons that chall\u00adenge the limits of pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty.  Dra\u00adwing on more than 45 years of expe\u00adri\u00adence, Cray deve\u00adlo\u00adps the world\u2019s most advan\u00adced super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters, pushing the boun\u00adda\u00adries of per\u00adfor\u00admance, effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty.  Cray con\u00adti\u00adnues to inno\u00adva\u00adte today at the con\u00adver\u00adgence of data and dis\u00adco\u00advery, offe\u00adring a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve port\u00adfo\u00adlio of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters, high-per\u00adfor\u00admance sto\u00adrage, data ana\u00adly\u00adtics and arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence solu\u00adti\u00adons.  Go to www.cray.com for more information.<\/p>\n

Safe Har\u00adbor Statement
\nThis press release con\u00adta\u00adins for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments within the mea\u00adning of Sec\u00adtion 21E<\/span> of the Secu\u00adri\u00adties Exch\u00adan\u00adge Act of 1934 and Sec\u00adtion 27A<\/span> of the Secu\u00adri\u00adties Act of 1933, inclu\u00adding, but not limi\u00adt\u00aded to, state\u00adments rela\u00adted to Cray\u2019s pro\u00adduct deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, sales, and deli\u00advery plans rela\u00adting to Shas\u00adta super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems, the timing and deli\u00advery of the com\u00adpu\u00adte and sto\u00adrage sys\u00adtem orde\u00adred by NERSC<\/span> and Cray\u2019s abili\u00adty to deli\u00adver a sys\u00adtem that meets NERSC<\/span>\u2019s requi\u00adre\u00adments.  The\u00adse state\u00adments invol\u00adve cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons, fore\u00adcasts of future events and other state\u00adments that are not his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal facts. Inac\u00adcu\u00adra\u00adte assump\u00adti\u00adons and known and unknown risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties can affect the accu\u00adra\u00adcy of for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments and cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from tho\u00adse anti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted by the\u00adse for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments.  Fac\u00adtors that could affect actu\u00adal future events or results include, but are not limi\u00adt\u00aded to, the risk that Cray is not able to suc\u00adcessful\u00adly com\u00adple\u00adte its plan\u00adned pro\u00adduct deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment efforts or to ship Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtems within the plan\u00adned time\u00adframe or at all, the risk that Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtems will not have the fea\u00adtures, per\u00adfor\u00admance or com\u00adpon\u00adents curr\u00adent\u00adly plan\u00adned, the risk that pro\u00adces\u00adsors and inter\u00adcon\u00adnect tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy plan\u00adned for Cray Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtems are not available when expec\u00adted or with the per\u00adfor\u00admance or pri\u00adcing expec\u00adted, the risk that the com\u00adpu\u00adte and sto\u00adrage sys\u00adtem requi\u00adred by NERSC<\/span> is not deli\u00adver\u00aded in a time\u00adly fashion or does not per\u00adform as expec\u00adted and such other risks as iden\u00adti\u00adfied in the Company\u2019s quar\u00adter\u00adly report on Form 10\u2011Q for the quar\u00adter ended June 30, 2018, and from time to time in other reports filed by Cray with the U.S. Secu\u00adri\u00adties and Exch\u00adan\u00adge Com\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon.  You should not rely undu\u00adly on the\u00adse for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments, which app\u00adly only as of the date of this release.  Cray under\u00adta\u00adkes no duty to publicly announ\u00adce or report revi\u00adsi\u00adons to the\u00adse state\u00adments as new infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon beco\u00admes available that may chan\u00adge the Company\u2019s expectations.<\/p>\n

CRAY<\/span> is a regis\u00adtered trade\u00admark of Cray Inc. in the United Sta\u00adtes and other count\u00adries, and Clus\u00adterS\u00adtor, Slingshot and XC<\/span> are trade\u00admarks of Cray Inc.  Other pro\u00adduct and ser\u00advice names men\u00adtio\u00adned her\u00adein are the trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cray Sets New Stan\u00addard for Indus\u00adtry; Natio\u00adnal Ener\u00adgy Rese\u00adarch Sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic Com\u00adpu\u00adting (NERSC<\/span>) Cen\u00adter Taps Cray Sys\u00adtem for 2020<\/p>\n

SEATTLE<\/span>, Oct. 30, 2018 (GLOBE<\/span> NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 Glo\u00adbal super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter lea\u00adder Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY<\/span>) today unvei\u00adled its new, revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtem code-named \u201cShas\u00adta\u2122.\u201d The sys\u00adtem will be show\u00adca\u00adsed next month at the 30th anni\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adry of the Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting (SC<\/span>) con\u00adfe\u00adrence in Dal\u00adlas, Texas, known as SC18<\/span>. Shas\u00adta is an enti\u00adre\u00adly new design and is set to be the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that under\u00adpins the next era of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting, cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by exas\u00adca\u00adle per\u00adfor\u00admance capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, new data-cen\u00adtric workloads, and an explo\u00adsi\u00adon of pro\u00adces\u00adsor archi\u00adtec\u00adtures.  With swee\u00adping hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware inno\u00adva\u00adtions, Shas\u00adta incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtes next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon Cray sys\u00adtem soft\u00adware to enable modu\u00adla\u00adri\u00adty and exten\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, a new Cray-desi\u00adgned sys\u00adtem inter\u00adcon\u00adnect, unpar\u00adal\u00adle\u00adled fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty in pro\u00adces\u00adsing choice within a sys\u00adtem, and a soft\u00adware envi\u00adron\u00adment that pro\u00advi\u00addes for seam\u00adless sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. The U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy (DOE<\/span>) also announ\u00adced today that NERSC<\/span>, the Natio\u00adnal Ener\u00adgy Rese\u00adarch Sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic Com\u00adpu\u00adting Cen\u00adter, has cho\u00adsen a Cray \u201cShas\u00adta\u201d super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter for its NERSC<\/span>\u20119 sys\u00adtem, named \u201cPerl\u00admut\u00adter,\u201d in 2020.  The pro\u00adgram con\u00adtract is valued at $146 mil\u00adli\u00adon, one of the lar\u00adgest in Cray\u2019s histo\u00adry, and will fea\u00adture a Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtem with Cray\u00ae Clus\u00adterS\u00adtor\u2122 sto\u00adrage. (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"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":[1483,1598],"class_list":["post-41312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-cray","tag-supercomputer","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41312","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\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41313,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41312\/revisions\/41313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}