{"id":62759,"date":"2021-05-12T22:57:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=62759"},"modified":"2021-05-12T22:57:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:57:39","slug":"atoss-supercomputer-to-pave-the-way-for-bulgarias-leading-position-in-high-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/62759-atoss-supercomputer-to-pave-the-way-for-bulgarias-leading-position-in-high-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Atos\u2019s supercomputer to pave the way for Bulgaria\u2019s leading position in high-tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This will be the most powerful super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter in Eas\u00adtern Euro\u00adpe and is expec\u00adted to be ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal in July&nbsp;2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Paris (France), Prague (Czech Republic), Sofia (Bulgaria) 11 May&nbsp;2021<\/h3>\n<p>Atos today announ\u00adces that Bulgaria\u2019s new EuroHPC super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, which is based on Atos\u2019 powerful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/solutions\/high-performance-computing-hpc\/bullsequana-x-supercomputers\">Bull\u00adSe\u00adqua\u00adna <span class=\"caps\">XH2000<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, is now ful\u00adly deli\u00adver\u00aded and assem\u00adbled at Sofia Tech Park in Bul\u00adga\u00adria. Atos was sel\u00adec\u00adted to build Bulgaria\u2019s petas\u00adca\u00adle super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter by&nbsp;<strong>the Euro\u00adpean High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting Joint Under\u00adta\u00adking (EuroHPC <span class=\"caps\">JU<\/span>), the hos\u00adting enti\u00adty, and the con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum \u201cPetas\u00adca\u00adle Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter Bul\u00adga\u00adria\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>(PetaSC-Bul\u00adga\u00adria)<strong>&nbsp;who\u00adse lea\u00adding part\u00adner is Sofia Tech&nbsp;Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This will be the most powerful super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter in Eas\u00adtern Euro\u00adpe and will help to levera\u00adge Bulgaria\u2019s high-tech ambi\u00adti\u00adons. Atos\u2019 Czech Repu\u00adblic pro\u00adject teams have alre\u00ada\u00addy star\u00adted the con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon tests and the super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter is expec\u00adted to start working ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly in July&nbsp;2021.<\/p>\n<p>The super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter will help impro\u00adve Euro\u00adpean sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch and fos\u00adter inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon by pro\u00advi\u00adding access to sta\u00adte-of-the-art <span class=\"caps\">HPC<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre and ser\u00advices to a wide ran\u00adge of users from the sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, indus\u00adtry and the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It will ser\u00adve the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic, public and indus\u00adtri\u00adal appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in many fields, inclu\u00adding bio\u00adin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtics, phar\u00adma\u00adcy, mole\u00adcu\u00adlar dyna\u00admics and mecha\u00adnics, quan\u00adtum che\u00admis\u00adtry and bio\u00adche\u00admis\u00adtry, arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence, per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adzed medi\u00adci\u00adne, bio\u00aden\u00adgi\u00adnee\u00adring, meteo\u00adro\u00adlo\u00adgy, and the fight against cli\u00adma\u00adte change.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We are impres\u00adsed by the pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adna\u00adlism of the Atos team. The work on the deli\u00advery and instal\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon of the machi\u00adne is ahead of sche\u00addu\u00adle. The big chall\u00adenge for the Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum \u201cPetas\u00adca\u00adle Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter \u2014 Bul\u00adga\u00adria\u201d team is buil\u00adding and making a valuable con\u00adnec\u00adtion bet\u00adween the aca\u00adde\u00admy, the indus\u00adtry, the Sofia Tech Park, and the petas\u00adca\u00adle com\u00adpu\u00adter. In this regard, we com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adte with the exis\u00adting EuroHPC cen\u00adters and have initia\u00adted mee\u00adtings with the aca\u00adde\u00admy and indus\u00adtry repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adves. We alre\u00ada\u00addy have the first requests for sol\u00adving prag\u00adma\u00adtic tasks in che\u00admis\u00adtry, medi\u00adci\u00adne, and bio\u00adlo\u00adgy. Of cour\u00adse, we are also loo\u00adking for\u00adward to the future \u2014 we are tal\u00adking with Atos to add their plat\u00adform and expe\u00adri\u00adence in quan\u00adtum com\u00adpu\u00adters\u201d,&nbsp;<\/em><strong>said Peter Sta\u00adtev, the Chair\u00adman of the Super\u00advi\u00adso\u00adry Board at Sofia Tech&nbsp;Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>As Europe\u2019s lea\u00adding super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer, we are proud to be sup\u00adport\u00ading rese\u00adar\u00adchers in indus\u00adtry and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties across Euro\u00adpe acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic dis\u00adco\u00advery and to deve\u00adlop solu\u00adti\u00adons for cur\u00adrent chal\u00adlenges such as tho\u00adse in health, ener\u00adgy and agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adre. The use of arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence in rese\u00adarch has increased the need for more fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and more ver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adli\u00adty in super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting, which is exact\u00adly what we can pro\u00advi\u00adde with our Bull\u00adSe\u00adqua\u00adna <span class=\"caps\">XH2000<\/span> so that our cus\u00adto\u00admers can bene\u00adfit from the new capa\u00adci\u00adties of hybrid workloads.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>said&nbsp;<strong>Agn\u00e8s Bou\u00addot, Seni\u00ador Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Head of <span class=\"caps\">HPC<\/span> <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Quan\u00adtum at&nbsp;Atos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter is co-finan\u00adced by the Repu\u00adblic of Bul\u00adga\u00adria and EuroHPC <span class=\"caps\">JU<\/span> with a joint invest\u00adment tota\u00adling <span class=\"caps\">EUR<\/span> 11.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>In addi\u00adti\u00adon to this EuroHPC ten\u00adder, Atos\u2019 Bull\u00adSe\u00adqua\u00adna will also be used in four addi\u00adtio\u00adnal EuroHPC super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting cen\u00adtres; <span class=\"caps\">CINECA<\/span> in Ita\u00adly,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/2021\/press-release_2021_04_21\/atos-bullsequana-powers-the-first-eurohpc-supercomputer-operational-at-izum-in-slovenia\"><span class=\"caps\">IZUM<\/span> in Slove\u00adnia<\/a>, with Lux\u00adPro\u00advi\u00adde in Luxem\u00adbourg and in the Min\u00adho Advan\u00adced Com\u00adpu\u00adting Cent\u00adre in Por\u00adtu\u00adgal, ther\u00adeby rein\u00adfor\u00adcing Atos\u2019 posi\u00adti\u00adon as a Euro\u00adpean lea\u00adder in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance computing.<\/p>\n<p>31 Atos super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters are lis\u00adted in the <span class=\"caps\">TOP500<\/span> world\u00adwi\u00adde super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter ran\u00adking, with a com\u00adbi\u00adned peak per\u00adfor\u00admance of 251 peta\u00adflops \u2014 this is an increase of 79% in peta\u00adflops from the <span class=\"caps\">TOP500<\/span> lis\u00adting in June&nbsp;2020.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The size of the <span class=\"caps\">RAM<\/span> rea\u00adches over 300 <span class=\"caps\">TB<\/span> and the num\u00adber of cores is 144 384, while the com\u00adpu\u00adter is built on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors coo\u00adled by hot water and has a fast disk sto\u00adrage with a capa\u00adci\u00adty of 2 <span class=\"caps\">PB<\/span>. The enti\u00adre sys\u00adtem is backed up against a power fail\u00adure by an unin\u00adter\u00adrup\u00adti\u00adble power sup\u00adp\u00adly with an out\u00adput of 1 <span class=\"caps\">MW<\/span>. The size of the sys\u00adtem is 12 com\u00adpu\u00adting racks and 2 racks with auxi\u00adlia\u00adry infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre. The who\u00adle com\u00adplex weighs over 30&nbsp;tons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Atos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atos is a glo\u00adbal lea\u00adder in digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon with 105,000 employees and annu\u00adal reve\u00adnue of over \u20ac 11 bil\u00adli\u00adon. Euro\u00adpean num\u00adber one in cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty, cloud and high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting, the Group pro\u00advi\u00addes tail\u00ado\u00adred end-to-end solu\u00adti\u00adons for all indus\u00adtries in 71 count\u00adries. A pio\u00adneer in decar\u00adbo\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advices and pro\u00adducts, Atos is com\u00admit\u00adted to a secu\u00adre and decar\u00adbo\u00adni\u00adzed digi\u00adtal for its cli\u00adents. Atos ope\u00adra\u00adtes under the brands Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a <span class=\"caps\">SE<\/span> (Socie\u00adtas Euro\u00adpaea), lis\u00adted on the <span class=\"caps\">CAC40<\/span> Paris stock&nbsp;index.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatos.net%2Fen%2Fraison-detre&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cadam.fisher%40atos.net%7Cdc3f94b1e8f444e666ef08d8e5420f90%7C33440fc6b7c7412cbb730e70b0198d5a%7C0%7C0%7C637511419366992113%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=GX9MPfrnn8Bc2x3KcVI9sT1LWxGQF89qukWjerOKifs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">pur\u00adpo\u00adse of Atos<\/a>&nbsp;is to help design the future of the infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon space. Its exper\u00adti\u00adse and ser\u00advices sup\u00adport the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of know\u00adledge, edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and rese\u00adarch in a mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral approach and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte to the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal excel\u00adlence. Across the world, the Group enables its cus\u00adto\u00admers and employees, and mem\u00adbers of socie\u00adties at lar\u00adge to live, work and deve\u00adlop sus\u00adtain\u00adab\u00adly, in a safe and secu\u00adre infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon&nbsp;space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon for journalists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atos has been ope\u00adra\u00adting in the Czech Repu\u00adblic sin\u00adce Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 1, 2011 fol\u00adlo\u00adwing the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of Sie\u00admens <span class=\"caps\">IT<\/span> Solu\u00adti\u00adons and Ser\u00advices, s.r.o. With more than 300 employees in 4 bran\u00adches, it gene\u00adra\u00adted an exter\u00adnal reve\u00adnue of \u20ac63m in 2020. Atos in Bul\u00adga\u00adria has more than 1200 employees working in two legal enti\u00adties pro\u00advi\u00adding world-class <span class=\"caps\">IT<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons for cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte cli\u00adents in the <span class=\"caps\">CPG<\/span> (Con\u00adsu\u00admer Packa\u00adged Goods) and F<span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>B (Food <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Bevera\u00adge) sec\u00adtors as well as a wide ran\u00adge of end-to-end ser\u00advices (20+ busi\u00adness func\u00adtions and 1000+ pro\u00adces\u00adses) within the Atos&nbsp;group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press Cont\u00adacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bul\u00adga\u00adria: Debo\u00adra Apos\u00adto\u00adlo\u00adva |&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:debora.apostolova@atos.net\">debora.apostolova@atos.net<\/a>&nbsp;| +35 98 83 22 25&nbsp;01<\/p>\n<p>Glo\u00adbal: Lau\u00adra Fau |&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:laura.fau@atos.net\">laura.fau@atos.net<\/a>&nbsp;| +33 6 73 64 04 18 |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurajanefau\">@laurajanefa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This will be the most powerful super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter in Eas\u00adtern Euro\u00adpe and is expec\u00adted to be ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal in July&nbsp;2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Paris (France), Prague (Czech Republic), Sofia (Bulgaria) 11 May&nbsp;2021<\/h3>\n<p>Atos today announ\u00adces that Bulgaria\u2019s new EuroHPC super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, which is based on Atos\u2019 powerful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/solutions\/high-performance-computing-hpc\/bullsequana-x-supercomputers\">Bull\u00adSe\u00adqua\u00adna <span class=\"caps\">XH2000<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, is now ful\u00adly deli\u00adver\u00aded and assem\u00adbled at Sofia Tech Park in Bul\u00adga\u00adria. Atos was sel\u00adec\u00adted to build Bulgaria\u2019s petas\u00adca\u00adle super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter by&nbsp;<strong>the Euro\u00adpean High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting Joint Under\u00adta\u00adking (EuroHPC <span class=\"caps\">JU<\/span>), the hos\u00adting enti\u00adty, and the con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum \u201cPetas\u00adca\u00adle Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter Bul\u00adga\u00adria\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>(PetaSC-Bul\u00adga\u00adria)<strong>&nbsp;who\u00adse lea\u00adding part\u00adner is Sofia Tech&nbsp;Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This will be the most powerful super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter in Eas\u00adtern Euro\u00adpe and will help to levera\u00adge Bulgaria\u2019s high-tech ambi\u00adti\u00adons. Atos\u2019 Czech Repu\u00adblic pro\u00adject teams have alre\u00ada\u00addy star\u00adted the con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon tests and the super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter is expec\u00adted to start working ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly in July 2021. 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