{"id":47805,"date":"2019-06-18T14:11:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T12:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=47805"},"modified":"2019-06-18T14:20:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T12:20:08","slug":"nec-to-deploy-direct-liquid-cooled-amd-epyc-processor-powered-supercomputer-for-the-german-aerospace-center-dlr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/47805-nec-to-deploy-direct-liquid-cooled-amd-epyc-processor-powered-supercomputer-for-the-german-aerospace-center-dlr\/","title":{"rendered":"NEC<\/span> to Deploy Direct-Liquid Cooled, AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> Processor Powered Supercomputer for the German Aerospace Center (DLR<\/span>)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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D\u00fcs\u00adsel\u00addorf and Tokyo, June 18, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 NEC<\/span> Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon<\/a> (NEC<\/span>; TSE<\/span>: 6701) today announ\u00adced that Deut\u00adsches Zen\u00adtrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raum\u00adfahrt (DLR<\/span>) \u2014 the Ger\u00adman Aero\u00adspace Cen\u00adter \u2014 has award\u00aded NEC<\/span> with the deli\u00advery and instal\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon of a new High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) clus\u00adter solu\u00adti\u00adon, which con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtes one of the lar\u00adgest recent HPC<\/span> ten\u00adders in Europe.<\/p>\n

NEC<\/span> will deli\u00adver and deploy a direct-liquid coo\u00adled HPC<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpri\u00adsing 2,300 Giga\u00adbyte com\u00adpu\u00adte nodes based on the AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 7601 pro\u00adces\u00adsor, tota\u00adling up to 147,200 cores within a bud\u00adget of more than 20 mil\u00adli\u00adon Euros. The new DLR<\/span> clus\u00adter will be hos\u00adted and admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adted by the Cen\u00adter for Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon Ser\u00advices and High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting (ZIH<\/span>) at the new Dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter of the Tech\u00adni\u00adsche Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adt\u00e4t Dres\u00adden (TU<\/span> Dres\u00adden), accor\u00adding to the stra\u00adte\u00adgic sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic co-ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween NEC<\/span> and DLR<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The very chal\u00adlen\u00adging frame con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons for power and ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of DLR<\/span> and ZIH<\/span> requi\u00adres most of the total solu\u00adti\u00adon to be direct-liquid coo\u00adled (DLC<\/span>), at a warm water inlet tem\u00adpe\u00adra\u00adtu\u00adre of 35\u00b0C. NEC<\/span> employs a uni\u00adque coo\u00adling solu\u00adti\u00adon with CPUs coo\u00adled direct\u00adly and all other com\u00adpon\u00adents employ\u00ading secon\u00adda\u00adry water coo\u00adling in clo\u00adsed racks. Ther\u00admal insu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon of the racks mini\u00admi\u00adzes inef\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent air coo\u00adling in the com\u00adpu\u00adter room. The com\u00adple\u00adte manage\u00adment of the solu\u00adti\u00adon includes such func\u00adtions as a soft\u00adware envi\u00adron\u00adment for con\u00adtrol\u00adling the power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon at run\u00adtime. NEC<\/span> part\u00adne\u00adred with Coo\u00adlIT Sys\u00adtems and Giga\u00adbyte to design Pas\u00adsi\u00adve Cold\u00adp\u00adla\u00adte Loops for ser\u00advers equip\u00adped with AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> CPUs. The enti\u00adre sys\u00adtem was deve\u00adlo\u00adped to work with high coo\u00adlant tem\u00adpe\u00adra\u00adtures to pro\u00advi\u00adde addi\u00adtio\u00adnal oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for heat re-use. Some non-DLC com\u00adpon\u00adents are coo\u00adled by a ther\u00admal\u00adly insu\u00adla\u00adted liquid side-coo\u00adler solu\u00adti\u00adon sup\u00adpli\u00aded by Sch\u00e4\u00adfer IT<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The com\u00adple\u00adte solu\u00adti\u00adon will include 116 lar\u00adge-memo\u00adry nodes with a total of 58 Tera\u00adbyte of main memo\u00adry, 20 visua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon nodes with two NVIDIA<\/span> P5000<\/span> GPUs for remo\u00adte visua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon with NICE<\/span> DCV<\/span>, and a Lust\u00adre-based par\u00adal\u00adlel HPC<\/span> sto\u00adrage from Data Direct Net\u00adworks, with a total capa\u00adci\u00adty of 17 Peta\u00adbyte and an aggre\u00adga\u00adted band\u00adwidth of 180 Gigabyte\/s for the fas\u00adtest par\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon. The high-speed inter\u00adcon\u00adnect is con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adred as a Mel\u00adlan\u00adox HDR<\/span> fabric in a Dra\u00adgon\u00adfly+ setup.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>NEC<\/span> has com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly con\u00advin\u00adced us with their exper\u00adti\u00adse and by the design of the total solu\u00adti\u00adon, which excel\u00adlent\u00adly fits to our very spe\u00adci\u00adfic and high\u00adly chal\u00adlen\u00adging demands, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly for the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and total power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon manage\u00adment that are defi\u00adned by the hos\u00adting envi\u00adron\u00adment. The\u00adre are few HPC<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00advi\u00adders in the world capa\u00adble of deli\u00adve\u00adring a solu\u00adti\u00adon like this, and NEC<\/span> is sure\u00adly one of them,\u201d says Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Dr. Nor\u00adbert Kroll, acting direc\u00adtor of the DLR<\/span> Insti\u00adtu\u00adte of Soft\u00adware Methods for Pro\u00adduct Vir\u00adtua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon in Dresden.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We are very proud that DLR<\/span> has cho\u00adsen NEC<\/span> as the HPC<\/span> sup\u00adpli\u00ader for this very big pro\u00adject. DLR<\/span> is one of the most renow\u00adned aero\u00adspace insti\u00adtu\u00adtes in the world, with an impec\u00adca\u00adble repu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon in high-end rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, and we feel hono\u00adu\u00adred to be ent\u00adrus\u00adted with the rea\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon of this high\u00adly inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve and deman\u00adding HPC<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adon,\u201d said Yui\u00adchi Koji\u00adma, Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, HPC<\/span> EMEA<\/span>, NEC<\/span> Deutschland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About DLR<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Ger\u00adman Aero\u00adspace Cen\u00adter (Deut\u00adsches Zen\u00adtrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raum\u00adfahrt; DLR<\/span>) is the natio\u00adnal aero\u00adnau\u00adtics and space rese\u00adarch cent\u00adre of the Fede\u00adral Repu\u00adblic of Ger\u00adma\u00adny. Its exten\u00adsi\u00adve rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment work in aero\u00adnau\u00adtics, space, ener\u00adgy, trans\u00adport, secu\u00adri\u00adty and digi\u00adta\u00adli\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon is inte\u00adgra\u00adted into natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve ven\u00adtures. DLR<\/span> is also respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the plan\u00adning and imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of Germany\u2019s space acti\u00advi\u00adties on behalf of the fede\u00adral govern\u00adment. DLR<\/span> is also the umbrel\u00adla orga\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon for one of Germany\u2019s lar\u00adgest pro\u00adject manage\u00adment agencies.<\/p>\n

DLR<\/span>\u2019s mis\u00adsi\u00adon com\u00adpri\u00adses the explo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of Earth and the Solar Sys\u00adtem and rese\u00adarch for pro\u00adtec\u00adting the envi\u00adron\u00adment. This includes the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of envi\u00adron\u00adment-fri\u00adend\u00adly tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for ener\u00adgy sup\u00adp\u00adly and future mobi\u00adli\u00adty, as well as for com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and secu\u00adri\u00adty. DLR<\/span>\u2019s rese\u00adarch port\u00adfo\u00adlio ran\u00adges from fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal rese\u00adarch to the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of pro\u00adducts for tomor\u00adrow. In this way, DLR<\/span> con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtes the sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic and tech\u00adni\u00adcal exper\u00adti\u00adse that it has acqui\u00adred to the enhance\u00adment of Ger\u00adma\u00adny as a loca\u00adti\u00adon for indus\u00adtry and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. DLR<\/span> ope\u00adra\u00adtes major rese\u00adarch faci\u00adli\u00adties for its own pro\u00adjects and as a ser\u00advice for cli\u00adents and part\u00adners. It also fos\u00adters the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of rese\u00adar\u00adchers, pro\u00advi\u00addes expert advi\u00adso\u00adry ser\u00advices to govern\u00adment and is a dri\u00adving force in the regi\u00adons whe\u00adre its faci\u00adli\u00adties are located.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About TU<\/span> Dresden\/ZIH<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe TU<\/span> Dres\u00adden is one of the lar\u00adgest Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and one of the lea\u00adding and most dyna\u00admic uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties in Ger\u00adma\u00adny. Sin\u00adce 2012, it has been one of the \u201cUni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties of Excel\u00adlence\u201d. About 32.400 stu\u00addents are enrol\u00adled at TU<\/span> Dres\u00adden. Its data cen\u00adter, dri\u00adven by the ZIH<\/span>, com\u00adbi\u00adnes secu\u00adri\u00adty and high avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty with high power den\u00adsi\u00adty and long term fle\u00adxi\u00adble usa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. It is cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and, thus, cost effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy. As an aca\u00adde\u00admic unit of TU<\/span> Dres\u00adden, the ZIH<\/span> is the cen\u00adtral pro\u00advi\u00adder for HPC<\/span> resour\u00adces in Sax\u00ado\u00adny. It pro\u00advi\u00addes free access to its own HPC<\/span> sys\u00adtems for mem\u00adbers of uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adtes from all over Ger\u00adma\u00adny. Bes\u00adi\u00addes, it hosts HPC<\/span> resour\u00adces for other aca\u00adde\u00admic part\u00adners like DLR<\/span> and MPI<\/span> institutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About NEC<\/span> Deutsch\u00adland GmbH<\/strong>
\nNEC<\/span> Deutsch\u00adland GmbH is a whol\u00adly owned sub\u00adsi\u00addia\u00adry of NEC<\/span> Euro\u00adpe Ltd. and is a lea\u00adding pro\u00advi\u00adder of HPC<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons, focu\u00adsing on sus\u00adtained per\u00adfor\u00admance for real-life sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic and engi\u00adnee\u00adring appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. To achie\u00adve this goal NEC<\/span> deli\u00advers tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal ser\u00advices to indus\u00adtry and aca\u00adde\u00admia. Linux-based HPC<\/span> clus\u00adters as well as our high-end vec\u00adtor sys\u00adtems meet the dif\u00adfe\u00adrent needs of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent cus\u00adto\u00admers in the most fle\u00adxi\u00adble way. Ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy is one of the key design objec\u00adti\u00adves, addres\u00adsed by advan\u00adced coo\u00adling tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies or by the high-band\u00adwidth vec\u00adtor-archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, which deli\u00advers unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy on real world code. The ser\u00advice capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties from the ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of com\u00adplex sys\u00adtems to the opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon of sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic codes and NEC<\/span>\u2019s sto\u00adrage-appli\u00adances com\u00adple\u00adte our solu\u00adti\u00adon offering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About NEC<\/span> Corporation<\/strong>
\nNEC<\/span> Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is a lea\u00adder in the inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon of IT<\/span> and net\u00adwork tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that bene\u00adfit busi\u00adnesses and peo\u00adp\u00adle around the world. The NEC<\/span> Group glo\u00adbal\u00adly pro\u00advi\u00addes \u201cSolu\u00adti\u00adons for Socie\u00adty\u201d that pro\u00admo\u00adte the safe\u00adty, secu\u00adri\u00adty, effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and equa\u00adli\u00adty of socie\u00adty. Under the company\u2019s cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte mes\u00adsa\u00adge of \u201cOrchest\u00adra\u00adting a brigh\u00adter world,\u201d NEC<\/span> aims to help sol\u00adve a wide ran\u00adge of chal\u00adlen\u00adging issues and to crea\u00adte new social value for the chan\u00adging world of tomor\u00adrow. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit NEC<\/span> at https:\/\/www.nec.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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