{"id":55405,"date":"2020-03-04T19:14:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=55405"},"modified":"2020-03-04T19:14:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:14:06","slug":"next-generation-amd-epyc-cpus-and-radeon-instinct-gpus-enable-el-capitan-supercomputer-at-lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory-to-break-2-exaflops-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/55405-next-generation-amd-epyc-cpus-and-radeon-instinct-gpus-enable-el-capitan-supercomputer-at-lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory-to-break-2-exaflops-barrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-Generation AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 CPUs and Radeon\u2122 Instinct GPUs Enable El Capitan Supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to Break 2 Exaflops Barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014 Col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with HPE<\/span> tar\u00adgets lea\u00adder\u00adship HPC<\/span> and AI<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsing per\u00adfor\u00admance start\u00ading in ear\u00adly 2023 \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 El Capi\u00adtan is set to be the second all AMD<\/span> CPU<\/span> and GPU<\/span> exas\u00adca\u00adle sys\u00adtem in the U.S., and is expec\u00adted to be more powerful than today\u2019s 200 fas\u00adtest super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters combined \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

SANTA<\/span> CLARA<\/span>, Calif., March 04, 2020 (GLOBE<\/span> NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 AMD<\/span><\/a> (NASDAQ<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today joi\u00adn\u00aded Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry (LLNL<\/span>) and HPE<\/span>, in announ\u00adcing that El Capi\u00adtan, the upco\u00adming exas\u00adca\u00adle class super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter at LLNL<\/span>, will be powered by next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 CPUs, AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Instinct GPUs and open source AMD<\/span> ROCm hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting software. <\/p>\n

With deli\u00advery expec\u00adted in ear\u00adly 2023, the El Capi\u00adtan sys\u00adtem is expec\u00adted to be the world\u2019s fas\u00adtest super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter with more than 2 exa\u00adflops of dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance. This record set\u00adting per\u00adfor\u00admance will sup\u00adport Natio\u00adnal Nuclear Secu\u00adri\u00adty Admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon requi\u00adre\u00adments for its pri\u00adma\u00adry mis\u00adsi\u00adon of ensu\u00adring the safe\u00adty, secu\u00adri\u00adty and relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of the nation\u2019s nuclear stockpile.<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> based nodes will be opti\u00admi\u00adzed to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI<\/span>) and machi\u00adne lear\u00adning (ML<\/span>) workloads to poten\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly enable the expan\u00added use of AI<\/span> and ML<\/span> into the rese\u00adarch, com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal tech\u00adni\u00adques and ana\u00adly\u00adsis that bene\u00adfits NNSA<\/span> missions.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>El Capi\u00adtan will dri\u00adve unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted advance\u00adments in HPC<\/span> and AI<\/span>, powered by the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> CPUs and Rade\u00adon Instinct GPUs,\u201d said For\u00adrest Nor\u00adrod, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter and Embedded Sys\u00adtems Group, AMD<\/span>. \u201cBuil\u00adding on our strong foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and adding trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adve cohe\u00adren\u00adcy capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, AMD<\/span> is enab\u00adling the NNSA<\/span> Tri-Lab community\u2014LLNL<\/span> and the Los Ala\u00admos and San\u00addia natio\u00adnal laboratories\u2014to achie\u00adve their mis\u00adsi\u00adon cri\u00adti\u00adcal objec\u00adti\u00adves and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte new AI<\/span> advance\u00adments to the indus\u00adtry. We are extre\u00adme\u00adly proud to con\u00adti\u00adnue our exas\u00adca\u00adle work with HPE<\/span> and NNSA<\/span> and look for\u00adward to the deli\u00advery of the most powerful super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter in the world expec\u00adted in ear\u00adly 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Powe\u00adring El Capitan<\/strong>
\nAMD<\/span> is app\u00adly\u00ading its expe\u00adri\u00adence from the high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting indus\u00adtry and advan\u00adcing its exis\u00adting CPU<\/span> and GPU<\/span> designs for El Capi\u00adtan, enab\u00adling the sys\u00adtem to be archi\u00adtec\u00adted for maxi\u00admum per\u00adfor\u00admance and ease of use.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy within El Capi\u00adtan includes:<\/p>\n