{"id":55136,"date":"2020-02-17T19:01:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T18:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=55136"},"modified":"2020-02-17T19:01:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T18:01:19","slug":"navy-to-host-most-powerful-supercomputer-in-the-dod-hpcmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/55136-navy-to-host-most-powerful-supercomputer-in-the-dod-hpcmp\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy to Host Most Powerful Supercomputer in the DoD&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>11 \u2014 Feb \u2014&nbsp;2020<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">STENNIS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">SPACE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CENTER<\/span>, Miss.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 The Navy Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Resour\u00adce Cen\u00adter (<span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span>) is plea\u00adsed to announ\u00adce that it will recei\u00adve the lar\u00adgest, most capa\u00adble super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtem pro\u00adcu\u00adred to date in the Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse (DoD) High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting Moder\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon Pro\u00adgram (<span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>At a peak theo\u00adre\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of 12.8 Peta\u00adFLOPS, or 12.8 qua\u00addril\u00adli\u00adon floa\u00adting point ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons per second, the mul\u00adti-mil\u00adli\u00adon dol\u00adlar Cray Shas\u00adta super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter will be the first high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtem in the <span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span> to pro\u00advi\u00adde over ten peta\u00adFLOPS of com\u00adpu\u00adting power to Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse sci\u00aden\u00adtists, rese\u00adar\u00adchers, and engi\u00adneers. It will be housed and ope\u00adra\u00adted at the Navy <span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span> at Sten\u00adnis Space Cen\u00adter in sou\u00adthern Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>That pro\u00adjec\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of the new sys\u00adtem puts it in good com\u00adpa\u00adny: today, it would be ran\u00adked among the top 25 most capa\u00adble super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters in the world when com\u00adpared to the cur\u00adrent list at Top500.org, which ranks the world\u2019s most powerful non-dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adter systems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The invest\u00adment and increase in super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting power at the Navy <span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span> at Sten\u00adnis Space Cen\u00adter is abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly cri\u00adti\u00adcal to Naval Ocea\u00adno\u00adgra\u00adphy deli\u00adve\u00adring future capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty upgrades to glo\u00adbal and regio\u00adnal oce\u00adan and atmo\u00adsphe\u00adric pre\u00addic\u00adtion sys\u00adtems, to include later this year the Navy\u2019s first Earth Sys\u00adtems Pre\u00addic\u00adtion Capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty,\u201d said Com\u00adman\u00adder, Navy Meteo\u00adro\u00adlo\u00adgy and Ocea\u00adno\u00adgra\u00adphy Com\u00admand (<span class=\"caps\">NMOC<\/span>) Rear Adm. John&nbsp;Okon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Naval Oceanography\u2019s abili\u00adty to be the Depart\u00adment of Defense\u2019s aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve source for cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzing and app\u00adly\u00ading data of the phy\u00adsi\u00adcal batt\u00adle\u00adspace into a decisi\u00adve advan\u00adta\u00adge for naval, joint and allied forces hin\u00adges on the con\u00adti\u00adnu\u00adal upgrade and advance\u00adments in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting from the High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting Moder\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon Program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cray Shas\u00adta super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter will fea\u00adture 290,304 <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> (Rome) pro\u00adces\u00adsor cores and 112 <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> Vol\u00adta <span class=\"caps\">V100<\/span> Gene\u00adral-Pur\u00adpo\u00adse Gra\u00adphics Pro\u00adces\u00adsing Units (GPG\u00adPUs), inter\u00adcon\u00adnec\u00adted by a 200 giga\u00adbit per second Cray Slingshot net\u00adwork. The sys\u00adtem will also fea\u00adture 590 total tera\u00adbytes (<span class=\"caps\">TB<\/span>) of memo\u00adry and 14 peta\u00adbytes (<span class=\"caps\">PB<\/span>) of usable sto\u00adrage, inclu\u00adding 1 <span class=\"caps\">PB<\/span> of NVMe-based solid sta\u00adte storage.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy <span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span> and the <span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span> offer super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to the DoD Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy (S<span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>T), Test and Eva\u00adlua\u00adti\u00adon (T<span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>E), and Acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon Engi\u00adnee\u00adring com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties in sup\u00adport of various rese\u00adarch efforts within the DoD, inclu\u00adding air\u00adcraft and ship design, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal qua\u00adli\u00adty mode\u00adling, and other pro\u00adjects to main\u00adtain the U.S. military\u2019s advan\u00adta\u00adge over poten\u00adti\u00adal adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>In par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar, Navy <span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters sup\u00adport cli\u00adma\u00adte, wea\u00adther, and oce\u00adan mode\u00adling by <span class=\"caps\">NMOC<\/span>, which assists U.S. Navy meteo\u00adro\u00adlo\u00adgists and ocea\u00adno\u00adgraph\u00aders in pre\u00addic\u00adting envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons that may affect the Navy fleet. Among other sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic endea\u00advors, the new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter will be used to enhan\u00adce wea\u00adther fore\u00adcas\u00adting models; ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly, this impro\u00adves the accu\u00adra\u00adcy of hur\u00adri\u00adca\u00adne inten\u00adsi\u00adty and track forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>The sys\u00adtem is expec\u00adted to be online by ear\u00adly fis\u00adcal year&nbsp;2021.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Our cen\u00adter is plea\u00adsed to con\u00adti\u00adnue over twen\u00adty-five years of excel\u00adlence in pro\u00advi\u00adding high\u00adly available super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters for the Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse,\u201d said Chris\u00adti\u00adne Cuic\u00adchi, Direc\u00adtor of the Navy <span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span>. \u201cWhile the new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter its\u00adelf will be quite the work\u00adhor\u00adse, it is com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adted by a host of addi\u00adtio\u00adnal tools and ser\u00advices that the Navy <span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span> offers in sup\u00adport of DoD users\u2019 rese\u00adarch activities.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Most peo\u00adp\u00adle would\u00adn\u2019t expect Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi to be one of the pre\u00admier loca\u00adti\u00adons for lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting,\u201d said Cuic\u00adchi, \u201cbut we are, and this new sys\u00adtem will soli\u00addi\u00adfy our pre\u00adsence in the <span class=\"caps\">HPC<\/span> community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Navy <span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span> curr\u00adent\u00adly pro\u00advi\u00addes almost 12 peta\u00adFLOPS of aggre\u00adga\u00adte super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to the Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse. It is one of five DoD Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Resour\u00adce Cen\u00adters (DSRCs) in the DoD High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting Moder\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon Pro\u00adgram (<span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span>), and is ope\u00adra\u00adted by <span class=\"caps\">NMOC<\/span> on behalf of the DoD&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>About the <span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span>: The <span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes the Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, high-speed net\u00adwork com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal sci\u00adence exper\u00adti\u00adse that enable DoD sci\u00aden\u00adtists and engi\u00adneers to con\u00adduct a wide-ran\u00adge of focu\u00adsed rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, test and eva\u00adlua\u00adti\u00adon, and acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon engi\u00adnee\u00adring acti\u00advi\u00adties. This part\u00adner\u00adship puts advan\u00adced tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy in the hands of U.S. forces more quick\u00adly, less expen\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly, and with grea\u00adter cer\u00adtain\u00adty of suc\u00adcess. Today, the <span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve advan\u00adced com\u00adpu\u00adting envi\u00adron\u00adment for the DoD that includes uni\u00adque exper\u00adti\u00adse in soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and sys\u00adtem design, powerful high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems, and a pre\u00admier wide-area rese\u00adarch net\u00adwork. The <span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span> is mana\u00adged on behalf of the Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse by the U.S. Army Engi\u00adneer Rese\u00adarch and Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment Cen\u00adter loca\u00adted in Vicks\u00adburg, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Naval Ocea\u00adno\u00adgra\u00adphy has appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly 2,500 glo\u00adbal\u00adly dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted mili\u00adta\u00adry and civi\u00adli\u00adan per\u00adson\u00adnel, who coll\u00adect, pro\u00adcess and exploit envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon to assist Fleet and Joint Com\u00adman\u00adders in all war\u00adfa\u00adre are\u00adas to gua\u00adran\u00adtee the U.S. Navy\u2019s free\u00addom of action in the phy\u00adsi\u00adcal batt\u00adle\u00adspace from the depths of the oce\u00adan to the&nbsp;stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 \u2014 Feb \u2014&nbsp;2020 <span class=\"caps\">STENNIS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">SPACE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CENTER<\/span>, Miss.&nbsp;\u2014 The Navy Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Resour\u00adce Cen\u00adter (<span class=\"caps\">DSRC<\/span>) is plea\u00adsed to announ\u00adce that it will recei\u00adve the lar\u00adgest, most capa\u00adble super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtem pro\u00adcu\u00adred to date in the Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse (DoD) High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting Moder\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon Pro\u00adgram (<span class=\"caps\">HPCMP<\/span>). At a peak theo\u00adre\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of 12.8 Peta\u00adFLOPS, (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/55136-navy-to-host-most-powerful-supercomputer-in-the-dod-hpcmp\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\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":[966,1483,2252,1598],"class_list":["post-55136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-amd","tag-cray","tag-dsrc","tag-supercomputer","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55136","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=55136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55137,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55136\/revisions\/55137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}