Targeted for 2021 Delivery, The Argonne
National Laboratory Supercomputer will Enable High-Performance
Computing and Artificial Intelligence at Exascale
Intel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will
deliver the first supercomputer with a performance of one exaFLOP
in the United States. The system being developed at DOE’s Argonne
National Laboratory* in Chicago, named “Aurora,” will be used to
dramatically advance scientific research and discovery. The
contract is valued at more than $500 million and will be delivered
to Argonne National Laboratory by Intel and sub-contractor Cray
Inc.* in 2021.
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Intel will deliver the Aurora
supercomputer, the United States’ first exascale system, to Argonne
National Laboratory in 2021. Aurora will incorporate a future Intel
Xeon Scalable processor, Intel Optane DC Persistent memory, Intel’s
Xe compute architecture and Intel OneAPI programming framework --
all anchored to Intel’s six key pillars of innovation. (Credit:
Argonne National Laboratory)
The Aurora system’s exaFLOP of performance – equal to a
“quintillion” floating point computations per second – combined
with an ability to handle both traditional high-performance
computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) will give
researchers an unprecedented set of tools to address scientific
problems at exascale. These breakthrough research projects range
from developing extreme-scale cosmological simulations, discovering
new approaches for drug response prediction and discovering
materials for the creation of more efficient organic solar cells.
The Aurora system will foster new scientific innovation and usher
in new technological capabilities, furthering the United States’
scientific leadership position globally.
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“Achieving exascale is imperative, not only to better the
scientific community, but also to better the lives of everyday
Americans,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. “Aurora and
the next generation of exascale supercomputers will apply HPC and
AI technologies to areas such as cancer research, climate modeling
and veterans’ health treatments. The innovative advancements that
will be made with exascale will have an incredibly significant
impact on our society.”
“Today is an important day not only for the team of
technologists and scientists who have come together to build our
first exascale computer – but also for all of us who are committed
to American innovation and manufacturing,” said Bob Swan, Intel
CEO. “The convergence of AI and high-performance computing is an
enormous opportunity to address some of the world’s biggest
challenges and an important catalyst for economic opportunity.”
“There is tremendous scientific benefit to our nation that comes
from collaborations like this one with the Department of Energy,
Argonne National Laboratory, and industry partners Intel and Cray,”
said Argonne National Laboratory Director Paul Kearns. “Argonne’s
Aurora system is built for next-generation artificial intelligence
and will accelerate scientific discovery by combining
high-performance computing and artificial intelligence to address
real world problems, such as improving extreme weather forecasting,
accelerating medical treatments, mapping the human brain,
developing new materials and further understanding the universe –
and that is just the beginning.”
The foundation of the Aurora supercomputer will be new Intel
technologies designed specifically for the convergence of
artificial intelligence and high-performance computing at extreme
computing scale. These include a future generation of the Intel®
Xeon® Scalable processor, Intel’s Xe compute architecture, a future
generation of Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory, and Intel’s One
API software. Aurora will use Cray’s next-generation supercomputer
system, code-named “Shasta,” which will comprise more than 200
cabinets and include Cray's SlingshotTM high-performance scalable
interconnect and the Shasta software stack optimized for Intel
architecture.
“Cray is proud to be partnering with Intel and Argonne to
accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation across a broad
range of disciplines,” said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of
Cray. “We are excited that Shasta will be the foundation for the
upcoming exascale-era characterized by extreme performance
capability, new data-centric workloads and heterogeneous
computing.”
For information about the work at DOE’s Argonne National
Laboratory visit its website.
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About Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing
national problems in science and technology. The nation’s first
national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and
applied scientific research in virtually every scientific
discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from
hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and
municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems,
advance America’s scientific leadership and prepare the nation for
a better future. With employees from more
than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago
Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Office of Science.
About Cray Inc.
Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) combines computation and creativity so
visionaries can keep asking questions that challenge the limits of
possibility. Drawing on more than 45 years of experience, Cray
develops the world’s most advanced supercomputers, pushing the
boundaries of performance, efficiency and scalability. Cray
continues to innovate today at the convergence of data and
discovery, offering a comprehensive portfolio of supercomputers,
high-performance storage, data analytics and artificial
intelligence solutions. Go to www.cray.com for more
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