Eviden deployment to boost DiRAC GPU supercomputing capacity up to
80 per cent
London, (UK)
- May 22,
2023 – Eviden, the Atos business leading in
advanced computing, and the University of Edinburgh today announce
a three-year contract extension to increase the computing capacity
of the BullSequana XH2000. This energy-efficient supercomputing
system was delivered by Atos to facilitate the Extreme Scaling
Service of DiRAC, allowing the UK science community to pursue
cutting-edge research on a broad range of topics, from simulating
the entire evolution of the universe to modelling the fundamental
structure of matter.
As part of the contract, Eviden will expand the
power of the existing system by providing additional hardware,
including 256 NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs up to 80 per cent more
capacity, allowing scientists across the Science and Technology
Facilities Council (STFC) community to drive forward research in
theoretical physics.
Additional DDN storage and NVIDIA Quantum
InfiniBand networking will be provided with Eviden engineers
installing, configuring and integrating the new GPU nodes into the
state-of-the-art system, located in Scotland’s capital city.
Professor Luigi Del
Debbio, Professor of Theoretical Physics
at the University of Edinburgh and Project Lead: “We are
delighted to continue our strategic partnership with Eviden, an
Atos business, which will enable our growing scientific community
to harness increasingly powerful supercomputing resources and make
potentially ground-breaking discoveries in all the research areas
supported by DiRAC. The upgraded equipment will build on the
success of the current system, further enhancing our HPC system
offering and strengthening the University of Edinburgh’s position
as a world-leading supercomputing hub.”
Emmanuel Le Roux, Group SVP, Head of
Advanced Computing, HPC and AI,
Eviden, at Atos
Group: “The extension to our existing
partnership with the University of Edinburgh is testament to the
success of the BullSequana system with these upgrades providing a
major boost to DiRAC’s high performance computing resources.
Bolstering the existing system with additional GPU capability and
storage will accelerate scientific research, helping to address
real-world issues through the power of supercomputing.”
Eviden is committed to supporting closer
collaboration between academia and industry through the power of
supercomputing and deep learning. In the UK, the company works in
partnership with centres of excellence including The Science and
Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre, Wellcome
Genome Campus, the University of Oxford’s JADE service, among
others.
Eviden, a global leader in HPC, has
reinforced its positioning with 43 supercomputers in the latest
TOP500 listing (June 2023), all also referenced in the latest
Green500. With an increased performance and now reaching 238
petaflops, the Leonardo system, EuroHPC pre-exascale supercomputer
hosted by Cineca and based on Eviden’s BullSequana XH2000, has
maintained its position as the 4th most powerful supercomputer in
the world. Eviden also has three new systems entering the listing,
including Alex6, first HPC system to enter the TOP500 with an
Eviden BXI interconnect technology connecting both CPUs and
GPUs.
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About
Eviden 1
EvidenEviden designs the scope composed of Atos’
digital, cloud, big data and security business lines. It will be a
global leader in data-driven, trusted and sustainable digital
transformation. As a next generation digital business with
worldwide leading positions in digital, cloud, data, advanced
computing and security, it brings deep expertise for all industries
in more than 53 countries. By uniting unique high-end technologies
across the full digital continuum with 57,000 world-class talents,
Eviden expands the possibilities of technologies for enterprises
and public authorities, helping them to build their digital future.
Eviden is an Atos Group business with an annual revenue of c. € 5
billion.
About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital
transformation with 111,000 employees and annual revenue of c. € 11
billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and
high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end
solutions for all industries in 69 countries. A pioneer in
decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE
(Societas Europaea) and listed on Euronext Paris.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future
of the information space. Its expertise and services support the
development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural
approach and contribute to the development of scientific and
technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its
customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live,
work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information
space.
About
DiRAC
DiRAC stands for Distributed Research Utilising
Advanced Computing. The DiRAC High Performance Computing facility
provides cutting-edge supercomputing resources for UK researchers
working on world-leading scientific calculations across a wide
range of areas including particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology
and nuclear physics. It comprises supercomputers at Cambridge,
Durham, Leicester and Edinburgh, each designed to support specific
types of calculations. DiRAC also provides access to a team of
expert research software engineers to help researchers make the
most efficient use of the available computing resources. For more
details see: https://dirac.ac.uk/.
Press
contacts:
Global PR: Constance Arnoux –
constance.arnoux@atos.net – +33 (0)6 44 12 16 35
UK: Helena Shadbolt – helena.shadbolt@mhpc.com –
+44 (0)20 3128 8799
UK: Nick Collins –
nick.collins@mhpc.com – +44 (0)20 3128 8897
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& Kasch, Motiv, Nimbix, Processia,
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