{"id":46412,"date":"2019-05-07T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=46412"},"modified":"2019-05-07T15:01:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:01:13","slug":"u-s-department-of-energy-and-cray-to-deliver-record-setting-frontier-supercomputer-at-orn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/46412-u-s-department-of-energy-and-cray-to-deliver-record-setting-frontier-supercomputer-at-orn\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Energy and Cray to Deliver Record-Setting Frontier Supercomputer at ORN<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exascale system expected to be world\u2019s most powerful computer for science and innovation<\/h2>\n

OAK<\/span> RIDGE<\/span>, Tenn., May 7, 2019\u2014The U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy today announ\u00adced a con\u00adtract with Cray Inc. to build the Fron\u00adtier super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter at Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, which is anti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted to debut in 2021 as the world\u2019s most powerful com\u00adpu\u00adter with a per\u00adfor\u00admance of grea\u00adter than 1.5 exaflops.<\/p>\n

Sche\u00addu\u00adled for deli\u00advery in 2021, Fron\u00adtier will acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in sci\u00adence and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and main\u00adtain U.S. lea\u00adder\u00adship in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence. The total con\u00adtract award is valued at more than $600 mil\u00adli\u00adon for the sys\u00adtem and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment.  The sys\u00adtem will be based on Cray\u2019s new Shas\u00adta archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre and Slingshot inter\u00adcon\u00adnect and will fea\u00adture high-per\u00adfor\u00admance AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> CPU<\/span> and AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon Instinct GPU<\/span> technology.<\/p>\n

By sol\u00adving cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons up to 50 times fas\u00adter than today\u2019s top supercomputers\u2014exceeding a quin\u00adtil\u00adli\u00adon, or 1018<\/sup>, cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons per second\u2014Frontier will enable rese\u00adar\u00adchers to deli\u00adver breakth\u00adroughs in sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic dis\u00adco\u00advery, ener\u00adgy assu\u00adrance, eco\u00adno\u00admic com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness, and natio\u00adnal secu\u00adri\u00adty. As a second-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon AI<\/span> system\u2014following the world-lea\u00adding Sum\u00admit sys\u00adtem deploy\u00aded at ORNL<\/span> in 2018\u2014Frontier will pro\u00advi\u00adde new capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties for deep lear\u00adning, machi\u00adne lear\u00adning and data ana\u00adly\u00adtics for appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons ran\u00adging from manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring to human health.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Frontier\u2019s record-brea\u00adking per\u00adfor\u00admance will ensu\u00adre our country\u2019s abili\u00adty to lead the world in sci\u00adence that impro\u00adves the lives and eco\u00adno\u00admic pro\u00adspe\u00adri\u00adty of all Ame\u00adri\u00adcans and the enti\u00adre world,\u201d said U.S. Secre\u00adta\u00adry of Ener\u00adgy Rick Per\u00adry. \u201cFron\u00adtier will acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in AI<\/span> by giving Ame\u00adri\u00adcan rese\u00adar\u00adchers world-class data and com\u00adpu\u00adting resour\u00adces to ensu\u00adre the next gre\u00adat inven\u00adti\u00adons are made in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sin\u00adce 2005, Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry has deploy\u00aded Jagu\u00adar, Titan, and Sum\u00admit, each the world\u2019s fas\u00adtest com\u00adpu\u00adter in its time. The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal pro\u00adces\u00adsors with gra\u00adphics pro\u00adces\u00adsing units to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte the per\u00adfor\u00admance of lea\u00adder\u00adship-class sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters is an approach pio\u00adnee\u00adred by ORNL<\/span> and its part\u00adners and suc\u00adcessful\u00adly demons\u00adtra\u00adted through ORNL<\/span>\u2019s No.1 ran\u00adked Titan and Sum\u00admit supercomputers. <\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>ORNL<\/span>\u2019s visi\u00adon is to sus\u00adtain the nation\u2019s pree\u00admi\u00adnence in sci\u00adence and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy by deve\u00adlo\u00adping and deploy\u00ading lea\u00adder\u00adship com\u00adpu\u00adting for rese\u00adarch and inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon at an unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted sca\u00adle,\u201d said ORNL<\/span> Direc\u00adtor Tho\u00admas Zacha\u00adria. \u201cFron\u00adtier fol\u00adlows the well-estab\u00adlished com\u00adpu\u00adting path char\u00adted by ORNL<\/span> and its part\u00adners that will pro\u00advi\u00adde the rese\u00adarch com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty with an exas\u00adca\u00adle sys\u00adtem rea\u00addy for sci\u00adence on day one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rese\u00adar\u00adchers with DOE<\/span>\u2019s Exas\u00adca\u00adle Com\u00adpu\u00adting Pro\u00adject are deve\u00adlo\u00adping exas\u00adca\u00adle sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons today on ORNL<\/span>\u2019s 200-peta\u00adflop Sum\u00admit sys\u00adtem and will seam\u00adless\u00adly tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon their sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to Fron\u00adtier in 2021. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, the lab\u2019s Cen\u00adter for Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon Rea\u00addi\u00adness is now accep\u00adting pro\u00adpo\u00adsals<\/a> from sci\u00aden\u00adtists to prepa\u00adre their codes to run on Frontier.<\/p>\n

Rese\u00adar\u00adchers will harness Frontier\u2019s powerful archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre to advan\u00adce sci\u00adence in such appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons as sys\u00adtems bio\u00adlo\u00adgy, mate\u00adri\u00adals sci\u00adence, ener\u00adgy pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, addi\u00adti\u00adve manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring and health data sci\u00adence. Visit the Fron\u00adtier web\u00adsite<\/a> to learn more about what rese\u00adar\u00adchers plan to accom\u00adplish in the\u00adse and other sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic fields.<\/p>\n

Fron\u00adtier will offer best-in-class tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic mode\u00adling and simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties while also lea\u00adding the world in arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence and data ana\u00adly\u00adtics. Clo\u00adse\u00adly inte\u00adgra\u00adting arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence with data ana\u00adly\u00adtics and mode\u00adling and simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon will dra\u00adsti\u00adcal\u00adly redu\u00adce the time to dis\u00adco\u00advery by auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly reco\u00adgni\u00adzing pat\u00adterns in data and gui\u00adding simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons bey\u00adond the limits of tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal approaches.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We are hono\u00adred to be part of this his\u00adto\u00adric moment as we embark on sup\u00adport\u00ading extre\u00adme-sca\u00adle sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic endea\u00advors to deli\u00adver the next U.S. exas\u00adca\u00adle super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter to the Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy and ORNL<\/span>,\u201d said Peter Unga\u00adro, pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span> of Cray. \u201cFron\u00adtier will incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte foun\u00adda\u00adtio\u00adnal new tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies from Cray and AMD<\/span> that will enable the new exas\u00adca\u00adle era\u2014characterized by data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve workloads and the con\u00adver\u00adgence of mode\u00adling, simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, ana\u00adly\u00adtics, and AI<\/span> for sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic dis\u00adco\u00advery, engi\u00adnee\u00adring and digi\u00adtal transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fron\u00adtier will incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte seve\u00adral novel tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies co-desi\u00adgned spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adcal\u00adly to deli\u00adver a balan\u00adced sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for the user com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. The sys\u00adtem will be com\u00adpo\u00adsed of more than 100 Cray Shas\u00adta cabi\u00adnets with high den\u00adsi\u00adty com\u00adpu\u00adte blades powered by HPC<\/span> and AI-<\/span> opti\u00admi\u00adzed AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors and Rade\u00adon Instinct GPU<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors pur\u00adpo\u00adse-built for the needs of exas\u00adca\u00adle com\u00adpu\u00adting. The new acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor-cen\u00adtric com\u00adpu\u00adte blades will sup\u00adport a 4:1 GPU<\/span> to CPU<\/span> ratio with high speed AMD<\/span> Infi\u00adni\u00adty Fabric links and coher\u00adent memo\u00adry bet\u00adween them within the node. Each node will have one Cray Slingshot inter\u00adcon\u00adnect net\u00adwork port for every GPU<\/span> with stream\u00adli\u00adned com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween the GPUs and net\u00adwork to enable opti\u00admal per\u00adfor\u00admance for high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and AI<\/span> workloads at exascale.<\/p>\n

To make this per\u00adfor\u00admance seam\u00adless to con\u00adsu\u00adme by deve\u00adlo\u00adpers, Cray and AMD<\/span> are co-desig\u00adning and deve\u00adlo\u00adping enhan\u00adced GPU<\/span> pro\u00adgramming tools opti\u00admi\u00adzed for per\u00adfor\u00admance, pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty and por\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. This will include new capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties in the Cray Pro\u00adgramming Envi\u00adron\u00adment and AMD<\/span>\u2019s ROCm open com\u00adpu\u00adte plat\u00adform that will be inte\u00adgra\u00adted tog\u00ade\u00adther into the Cray Shas\u00adta soft\u00adware stack for Frontier.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> is proud to be working with Cray, Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry and the Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy to push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting with Fron\u00adtier,\u201d said Lisa Su, AMD<\/span> pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span>. \u201cToday\u2019s announce\u00adment repres\u00adents the power of col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween pri\u00adva\u00adte indus\u00adtry and public rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons to deli\u00adver ground\u00adbrea\u00adking inno\u00adva\u00adtions that sci\u00aden\u00adtists can use to sol\u00adve some of the world\u2019s big\u00adgest problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fron\u00adtier lever\u00ada\u00adges a deca\u00adde of exas\u00adca\u00adle tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy invest\u00adments by DOE<\/span>. The con\u00adtract award includes tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment fun\u00adding, a cen\u00adter of excel\u00adlence, seve\u00adral ear\u00adly-deli\u00advery sys\u00adtems, the main Fron\u00adtier sys\u00adtem, and mul\u00adti-year sys\u00adtems sup\u00adport. The Fron\u00adtier sys\u00adtem is expec\u00adted to be deli\u00adver\u00aded in 2021, and accep\u00adtance is anti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in 2022. <\/p>\n

Fron\u00adtier will be part of the Oak Ridge Lea\u00adder\u00adship Com\u00adpu\u00adting Faci\u00adli\u00adty, a DOE<\/span> Office of Sci\u00adence User Faci\u00adli\u00adty. ORNL<\/span> is mana\u00adged by UT<\/span>\u2013Battelle for DOE<\/span>\u2019s Office of Sci\u00adence, the sin\u00adgle lar\u00adgest sup\u00adport\u00ader of basic rese\u00adarch in the phy\u00adsi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adces in the United Sta\u00adtes. DOE<\/span>\u2019s Office of Sci\u00adence is working to address some of the most pres\u00adsing chal\u00adlenges of our time. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, plea\u00adse visit https:\/\/science.energy.gov\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exas\u00adca\u00adle sys\u00adtem expec\u00adted to be world\u2019s most powerful com\u00adpu\u00adter for sci\u00adence and inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon OAK<\/span> RIDGE<\/span>, Tenn., May 7, 2019\u2014The U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy today announ\u00adced a con\u00adtract with Cray Inc. to build the Fron\u00adtier super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter at Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, which is anti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted to debut in 2021 as the world\u2019s most powerful com\u00adpu\u00adter with a per\u00adfor\u00admance (\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":[966,1483,1907,1909,1908],"class_list":["post-46412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-amd","tag-cray","tag-doe","tag-frontier","tag-ornl","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46412","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=46412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46413,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46412\/revisions\/46413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}