{"id":62878,"date":"2021-05-27T20:12:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=62878"},"modified":"2021-05-27T20:14:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:14:06","slug":"berkeley-lab-deploys-next-gen-supercomputer-perlmutter-bolstering-u-s-scientific-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/62878-berkeley-lab-deploys-next-gen-supercomputer-perlmutter-bolstering-u-s-scientific-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Lab Deploys Next-Gen Supercomputer, Perlmutter, Bolstering U.S. Scientific Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Heterogeneous System Will Support Research in Advanced Computing, AI<\/span>, Data Science &<\/span> More<\/h2>\n

MAY<\/span> 27, 2021 \u2014 The Natio\u00adnal Ener\u00adgy Rese\u00adarch Sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic Com\u00adpu\u00adting Cen\u00adter (NERSC<\/span>) at Law\u00adrence Ber\u00adke\u00adley Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry (Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab) today for\u00admal\u00adly unvei\u00adled the first pha\u00adse of its next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, Perl\u00admut\u00adter. The new sys\u00adtem, named in honor of the Lab\u2019s Nobel Pri\u00adze-win\u00adning astro\u00adphy\u00adsi\u00adcist Saul Perl\u00admut\u00adter, will great\u00adly increase the high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for a broad spec\u00adtrum of unclas\u00adsi\u00adfied sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch within the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy (DOE<\/span>) Office of Science.<\/p>\n

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The Perl\u00admut\u00adter sys\u00adtem will play a key role in advan\u00adcing sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch in the U.S. and is front and cen\u00adter in a num\u00adber of cri\u00adti\u00adcal tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, inclu\u00adding advan\u00adced com\u00adpu\u00adting, arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence, and data sci\u00adence. The sys\u00adtem will also be hea\u00advi\u00adly used in stu\u00addies of the cli\u00adma\u00adte and the envi\u00adron\u00adment, clean ener\u00adgy tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtors and microelec\u00adtro\u00adnics, and quan\u00adtum infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon science.<\/p>\n

As part of a vir\u00adtu\u00adal cele\u00adbra\u00adti\u00adon to announ\u00adce the instal\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, Dr. Perl\u00admut\u00adter hims\u00adelf was on hand to release the first set of offi\u00adci\u00adal jobs on the new sys\u00adtem. Dr. Perl\u00admut\u00adter is no stran\u00adger to super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting, having used NERSC<\/span> in the rese\u00adarch that show\u00aded that the expan\u00adsi\u00adon of the uni\u00adver\u00adse is acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting, for which he shared the 2011 Nobel Pri\u00adze in Physics.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The Perl\u00admut\u00adter super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter will help inspi\u00adre the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of sci\u00aden\u00adtists and inno\u00adva\u00adtors, allo\u00adwing the U.S. and DOE<\/span> to remain a lea\u00adder in using sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon to ans\u00adwer our grea\u00adtest ques\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said David Turk, DOE<\/span> Depu\u00adty Secre\u00adta\u00adry. \u201cAs we con\u00adti\u00adnue to enhan\u00adce and deploy com\u00adpu\u00adting plat\u00adforms like this, our natio\u00adnal labs will only be bet\u00adter posi\u00adtio\u00adned to deve\u00adlop solu\u00adti\u00adons to today\u2019s toug\u00adhest pro\u00adblems, from cli\u00adma\u00adte chan\u00adge to cybersecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Depu\u00adty Secre\u00adta\u00adry Turk was one of seve\u00adral govern\u00adment digni\u00adta\u00adries who, along with repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adves from sci\u00adence and indus\u00adtry, par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the dedi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon event. The unvei\u00adling goes hand in hand with <\/a>Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab\u2019s 90<\/a>th<\/sup><\/a> anni\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adry cele\u00adbra\u00adti\u00adon<\/a>,  which high\u00adlights the nine deca\u00addes of dis\u00adco\u00advery sci\u00adence at Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab and ima\u00adgi\u00adnes the next 90 years. The Perl\u00admut\u00adter sys\u00adtem ushers in a new chap\u00adter in NERSC<\/span>\u2019s high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting sto\u00adry that star\u00adted more than 45 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Perl\u00admut\u00adter will pro\u00advi\u00adde con\u00adsider\u00ada\u00adb\u00adly more com\u00adpu\u00adting power than our cur\u00adrent super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, Cori and will intro\u00addu\u00adce seve\u00adral key tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that will be used in exas\u00adca\u00adle sys\u00adtems in the coming years,\u201d said NERSC<\/span> Direc\u00adtor Sudip Dosan\u00adjh. \u201cIt will enable a lar\u00adger ran\u00adge of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons than pre\u00advious NERSC<\/span> sys\u00adtems and is the first NERSC<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter desi\u00adgned from the very begin\u00adning to meet the needs of both simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and data analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next-Generation HPC<\/span> Fuels Team Science<\/h2>\n

Perl\u00admut\u00adter fea\u00adtures a hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre that will pro\u00advi\u00adde four times the com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal power curr\u00adent\u00adly available at NERSC<\/span>, making it among the fas\u00adtest super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters in the world for sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, data ana\u00adly\u00adsis, and arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. To ensu\u00adre that its users can rea\u00addi\u00adly uti\u00adli\u00adze this new tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, NERSC<\/span> has been working with key appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment teams sin\u00adce 2019 to prepa\u00adre codes for Perl\u00admut\u00adter through its NERSC<\/span> Exas\u00adca\u00adle Sci\u00adence Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons Program.<\/p>\n

The sys\u00adtem, an HPE<\/span> Cray EX<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, is being deli\u00adver\u00aded in two pha\u00adses. Pha\u00adse 1 fea\u00adtures 1,536 GPU-acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted nodes, each con\u00adtai\u00adning four NVIDIA<\/span> NVlink-con\u00adnec\u00adted A100<\/span> Ten\u00adsor Core GPUs and one AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> \u201cMilan\u201d CPU<\/span> Pro\u00adces\u00adsor. Pha\u00adse 1 also includes a 35 PB<\/span> all-flash Lust\u00adre file sys\u00adtem that will pro\u00advi\u00adde very high-band\u00adwidth sto\u00adrage. Pha\u00adse 2, set to arri\u00adve later this year, will add 3,072 CPU-only nodes, each with two AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> \u201cMilan\u201d pro\u00adces\u00adsors and 512 GB<\/span> of memo\u00adry per node.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Today\u2019s launch show\u00adca\u00adses our strong col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab by being one of the first sys\u00adtems to be powered by the HPE<\/span> Cray EX<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, which lever\u00ada\u00adges com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve, next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies,\u201d said Bill Man\u00adnel, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, HPC<\/span>, at HPE<\/span>. \u201cWe are hono\u00adred to be part of the Lab\u2019s spe\u00adcial day and look for\u00adward to see\u00ading Perl\u00admut\u00adter play an inte\u00adgral role in aug\u00admen\u00adting rese\u00adarch efforts to sup\u00adport NERSC<\/span>\u2019s ongo\u00ading mis\u00adsi\u00adon in advan\u00adcing insights for deve\u00adlo\u00adping new ener\u00adgy sources.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Perl\u00admut\u00adter is a world-class super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter with AI<\/span> capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties that enable the sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty to push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting rese\u00adarch as we enter the exas\u00adca\u00adle AI<\/span> era,\u201d said Ian Buck, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adting at NVIDIA<\/span>. \u201cNVIDIA<\/span> GPU-acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adting pro\u00advi\u00addes incre\u00addi\u00adble per\u00adfor\u00admance and fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to the wide ran\u00adge of HPC<\/span> and AI<\/span> workloads Perl\u00admut\u00adter will tackle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The\u00adre has never been a more exci\u00adting time in high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting. As an indus\u00adtry, we are dri\u00adving toward the exas\u00adca\u00adle era with the most powerful super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters that rese\u00adar\u00adchers, sci\u00aden\u00adtists and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lea\u00adders have ever seen,\u201d said For\u00adrest Nor\u00adrod, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Data Cen\u00adter and Embedded Solu\u00adti\u00adons Group, AMD<\/span>. \u201cThe new Perl\u00admut\u00adter sys\u00adtem, based on the 3rd<\/sup> Gen AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> ser\u00adver pro\u00adces\u00adsors, will levera\u00adge our CPU<\/span> per\u00adfor\u00admance to sup\u00adport the next wave of cri\u00adti\u00adcal dis\u00adco\u00adveries in are\u00adas inclu\u00adding arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence, cli\u00adma\u00adte and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal rese\u00adarch, quan\u00adtum sci\u00adence and more. We can\u00adnot wait to see the sci\u00adence and dis\u00adco\u00adveries that this sys\u00adtem will produce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab and NERSC<\/span> have a long tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon of sup\u00adport\u00ading team sci\u00adence, which is also a core tenet of Dr. Perlmutter\u2019s lega\u00adcy as a sci\u00aden\u00adtist, tea\u00adcher, and men\u00adtor. During the unvei\u00adling event, a panel of sci\u00aden\u00adtists who have long used NERSC<\/span> resour\u00adces in their rese\u00adarch dis\u00adcus\u00adsed the impact that Perl\u00admut\u00adter is expec\u00adted to have on sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic dis\u00adco\u00advery going forward.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>This is a very exci\u00adting time to be com\u00adbi\u00adning the power of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter faci\u00adli\u00adties with sci\u00adence, and that is part\u00adly becau\u00adse sci\u00adence has deve\u00adlo\u00adped the abili\u00adty to coll\u00adect very lar\u00adge amounts of data and bring them all to bear at one time,\u201d Dr. Perl\u00admut\u00adter said. \u201cThis new super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter is exact\u00adly what we need to hand\u00adle the\u00adse data\u00adsets. As a result, we are expec\u00adting to find new dis\u00adco\u00adveries in cos\u00admo\u00adlo\u00adgy, micro\u00adbio\u00adlo\u00adgy, gene\u00adtics, cli\u00adma\u00adte chan\u00adge, mate\u00adri\u00adal sci\u00aden\u00adces, and pret\u00adty much any other field you can think of.\u201d<\/p>\n

NERSC<\/span> is a DOE<\/span> Office of Sci\u00adence user facility.<\/p>\n

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About NERSC<\/span> and Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab<\/strong>
\nThe Natio\u00adnal Ener\u00adgy Rese\u00adarch Sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic Com\u00adpu\u00adting Cen\u00adter (NERSC<\/span>) is a U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy Office of Sci\u00adence User Faci\u00adli\u00adty that ser\u00adves as the pri\u00adma\u00adry high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting cen\u00adter for sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch spon\u00adso\u00adred by the Office of Sci\u00adence. Loca\u00adted at Law\u00adrence Ber\u00adke\u00adley Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, the NERSC<\/span> Cen\u00adter ser\u00adves more than 7,000 sci\u00aden\u00adtists at natio\u00adnal labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adries and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties rese\u00adar\u00adching a wide ran\u00adge of pro\u00adblems in com\u00adbus\u00adti\u00adon, cli\u00adma\u00adte mode\u00adling, fusi\u00adon ener\u00adgy, mate\u00adri\u00adals sci\u00adence, phy\u00adsics, che\u00admis\u00adtry, com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal bio\u00adlo\u00adgy, and other disci\u00adpli\u00adnes. Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab<\/a> is a DOE<\/span> natio\u00adnal labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry loca\u00adted in Ber\u00adke\u00adley, Cali\u00adfor\u00adnia. It con\u00adducts unclas\u00adsi\u00adfied sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch and is mana\u00adged by the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cali\u00adfor\u00adnia for the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy. \u00bbLearn more about com\u00adpu\u00adting sci\u00aden\u00adces<\/a> at Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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New Heterogeneous System Will Support Research in Advanced Computing, AI<\/span>, Data Science &<\/span> More<\/h2>\n

MAY<\/span> 27, 2021 \u2014 The Natio\u00adnal Ener\u00adgy Rese\u00adarch Sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic Com\u00adpu\u00adting Cen\u00adter (NERSC<\/span>) at Law\u00adrence Ber\u00adke\u00adley Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry (Ber\u00adke\u00adley Lab) today for\u00admal\u00adly unvei\u00adled the first pha\u00adse of its next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter, Perl\u00admut\u00adter. The new sys\u00adtem, named in honor of the Lab\u2019s Nobel Pri\u00adze-win\u00adning astro\u00adphy\u00adsi\u00adcist Saul Perl\u00admut\u00adter, will great\u00adly increase the high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for a broad spec\u00adtrum of unclas\u00adsi\u00adfied sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch within the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy (DOE<\/span>) Office of Science.<\/p>\n

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