{"id":62646,"date":"2021-04-29T07:45:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T05:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=62646"},"modified":"2021-04-29T07:45:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T05:45:53","slug":"hewlett-packard-enterprise-selected-to-build-new-supercomputer-for-the-national-supercomputing-centre-singapore-to-support-scientific-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/62646-hewlett-packard-enterprise-selected-to-build-new-supercomputer-for-the-national-supercomputing-centre-singapore-to-support-scientific-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Hewlett Packard Enterprise Selected to Build New Supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre Singapore to Support Scientific Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natio\u00adnal Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Cent\u00adre (NSCC<\/span>) Sin\u00adga\u00adpo\u00adre advan\u00adces R&<\/span>D across bio\u00adme\u00addi\u00adci\u00adne, geno\u00admics, dise\u00ada\u00adses, cli\u00adma\u00adte and more with an 8X<\/span> fas\u00adter sys\u00adtem powered by the HPE<\/span> Cray EX<\/span> supercomputer<\/i><\/p>\n

April 27, 2021 10:00 PM<\/span> Eas\u00adtern Day\u00adlight Time<\/p>\n

HOUSTON<\/span>\u2013(BUSINESS<\/span> WIRE<\/span><\/a>)\u2013Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse<\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: HPE<\/span>) today announ\u00adced it has been award\u00aded $40M<\/span> SGD<\/span> to build a new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter for the Natio\u00adnal Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Cent\u00adre (NSCC<\/span>) Sin\u00adga\u00adpo\u00adre, the natio\u00adnal high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) resour\u00adce cen\u00adter dedi\u00adca\u00adted to sup\u00adport\u00ading sci\u00adence and engi\u00adnee\u00adring com\u00adpu\u00adting needs for aca\u00adde\u00admic, rese\u00adarch and indus\u00adtry com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties. The new sys\u00adtem, which will be 8X<\/span> fas\u00adter com\u00adpared to NSCC<\/span>\u2019s exis\u00adting pool of HPC<\/span> resour\u00adces, will expand and aug\u00adment ongo\u00ading rese\u00adarch efforts by enab\u00adling tools such as arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI<\/span>) and deep machi\u00adne lear\u00adning to opti\u00admi\u00adze mode\u00adling, simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and even soft\u00adware simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon for quan\u00adtum com\u00adpu\u00adting. NSCC<\/span> will use the sys\u00adtem to unlock sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic dis\u00adco\u00adveries across medi\u00adci\u00adne, dise\u00ada\u00adses, cli\u00adma\u00adte, engi\u00adnee\u00adring and more.<\/p>\n

The new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter was fun\u00added through a SGD200<\/span> mil\u00adli\u00adon invest\u00adment<\/a> that was announ\u00adced by the Sin\u00adga\u00adpo\u00adre govern\u00adment in March 2019 to boost Singapore\u2019s high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting resources.<\/p>\n

Fue\u00adling a new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting jour\u00adney at the Natio\u00adnal Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Cent\u00adre Singapore<\/b><\/p>\n

The NSCC<\/span>\u2019s new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter will be built and powered using the HPE<\/span> Cray EX<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter<\/a>, which is an HPC<\/span> sys\u00adtem desi\u00adgned to sup\u00adport next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting, such as Exas\u00adca\u00adle-class sys\u00adtems, that also fea\u00adtures a full stack of pur\u00adpo\u00adse-built tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies across com\u00adpu\u00adte, soft\u00adware, sto\u00adrage and net\u00adwor\u00adking to harness insights from vast, com\u00adplex data more quick\u00adly and effi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly. The advan\u00adced per\u00adfor\u00admance will help tack\u00adle com\u00adpu\u00adte and data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve mode\u00adling and simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon needs requi\u00adring hig\u00adher speed and tar\u00adge\u00adted HPC<\/span> and arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence capabilities.<\/p>\n

The new sys\u00adtem will be housed in a new data cen\u00adter desi\u00adgned to increase sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and redu\u00adce ener\u00adgy con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon. To fur\u00adther sup\u00adport NSCC<\/span>\u2019s mis\u00adsi\u00adon for a gree\u00adner data cen\u00adter, the new sys\u00adtem will levera\u00adge liquid-coo\u00adling capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties made pos\u00adsi\u00adble through the HPE<\/span> Cray EX<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter to increase ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and power den\u00adsi\u00adty by trans\u00adfer\u00adring heat gene\u00adra\u00adted by the new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter with a liquid-coo\u00adled process.<\/p>\n

The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of the\u00adse advan\u00adced tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies will enable the NSCC<\/span>\u2019s exis\u00adting com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of rese\u00adar\u00adchers and sci\u00aden\u00adtists fur\u00adther their R&<\/span>D efforts to make breakth\u00adroughs in a ran\u00adge of are\u00adas, some of which include:<\/p>\n