Hewlett Packard Enterprise Selected to Build New Supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre Singapore to Support Sc...
28 April 2021 - 12:00PM
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National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore advances R&D
across biomedicine, genomics, diseases, climate and more with an 8X
faster system powered by the HPE Cray EX supercomputer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced it has
been awarded $40M SGD to build a new supercomputer for the National
Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore, the national
high-performance computing (HPC) resource center dedicated to
supporting science and engineering computing needs for academic,
research and industry communities. The new system, which will be 8X
faster compared to NSCC’s existing pool of HPC resources, will
expand and augment ongoing research efforts by enabling tools such
as artificial intelligence (AI) and deep machine learning to
optimize modeling, simulation and even software simulation for
quantum computing. NSCC will use the system to unlock scientific
discoveries across medicine, diseases, climate, engineering and
more.
The new supercomputer was funded through a SGD200 million
investment that was announced by the Singapore government in March
2019 to boost Singapore’s high-performance computing resources.
Fueling a new supercomputing journey at the National
Supercomputing Centre Singapore
The NSCC’s new supercomputer will be built and powered using the
HPE Cray EX supercomputer, which is an HPC system designed to
support next-generation supercomputing, such as Exascale-class
systems, that also features a full stack of purpose-built
technologies across compute, software, storage and networking to
harness insights from vast, complex data more quickly and
efficiently. The advanced performance will help tackle compute and
data-intensive modeling and simulation needs requiring higher speed
and targeted HPC and artificial intelligence capabilities.
The new system will be housed in a new data center designed to
increase sustainability and reduce energy consumption. To further
support NSCC’s mission for a greener data center, the new system
will leverage liquid-cooling capabilities made possible through the
HPE Cray EX supercomputer to increase energy efficiency and power
density by transferring heat generated by the new supercomputer
with a liquid-cooled process.
The combination of these advanced technologies will enable the
NSCC’s existing community of researchers and scientists further
their R&D efforts to make breakthroughs in a range of areas,
some of which include:
- Understanding the spread of airborne cough droplets
which is critical to addressing immediate risks related to the
COVID-19 pandemic
- Accelerating insights into weather forecasting and climate
patterns for Singapore and Southeast Asia with high-resolution
weather modeling capabilities
- Advancing safety in autonomous driving with optimized AI
training
“We are inspired by how Singapore’s community of scientists have
leveraged high performance computing to improve ongoing research
efforts. We are honored to continue empowering their mission by
building them a powerful system using the HPE Cray EX supercomputer
that delivers comprehensive, purposely-engineered technologies for
demanding research,” said Bill Mannel, vice president and general
manager, HPE. “The new system will deliver a significant boost to
R&D, allowing Singapore’s community of scientists and engineers
to make greater contributions that will unlock innovation, economic
value, and overall, strengthen the nation’s position in becoming
more digitally-driven.”
“Supercomputers have enabled the scientific community in
Singapore to make significant strides in their research,” said
Associate Professor Tan Tin Wee, Chief Executive at the National
Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore. “The new system will
provide the necessary resources to meet the growing supercomputing
needs of our researchers, and to enable more of such significant
scientific breakthroughs at the national and global level.”
The NSCC’s supercomputer unlocks new level of scientific
discovery with advanced technologies
The HPE Cray EX supercomputer powering NSCC’s new supercomputer
is a purpose-built system designed specifically to deliver petaflop
to exaflop performance with the world’s most energy-efficient
footprint. It also includes the HPE Cray EX software stack for
software-defined capabilities that allow the NSCC’s users to gain
the high-performance of a supercomputer, but through the
operational experience of a cloud. Additionally, HPE will integrate
the following next-generation technologies with the HPE Cray EX
supercomputer:
- Expanded storage to support and share complex workloads
in modeling, simulation and AI using the Cray ClusterStor E1000
storage system from HPE and HPE Data Management Framework. NSCC’s
new supercomputer will deliver 10 petabytes of storage with over
300GB/s of read/write performance speeds.
- Purpose-built HPC networking using HPE Slingshot to
address demands for higher speed and congestion control for
data-intensive workloads
- Fully integrated software suite to optimize HPC and AI
applications using the HPE Cray Programming Environment
- Powerful compute to improve modeling and simulation
using 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors
- Targeted accelerated computing capabilities with 352
NVIDIA® A100 Tensor Core GPUs for both HPC and AI workloads
- Expanded network infrastructure with multiple 100Gbps
links for upgraded connectivity between users and the
supercomputing resources using the SingAREN-Lightwave Internet
Exchange (SLIX) from the Singapore Advanced Research and Education
Network (SingAREN)
The new system will be operational in early 2022. To learn more
about NSCC and Singapore’s national HPC resources, please visit
www.nscc.sg
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