Over 1,500 Nodes of TwinPro™2U 4 Node Servers Support
Advanced Computationally Intensive Workloads for Pioneering
Experimentation and Analysis
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Micro
Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise
computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing
technology, today announced that it has deployed an additional
cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to augment
existing computing capabilities available for national security and
to help discover therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes
COVID-19.
Called the "Ruby" cluster, Supermicro's TwinPro 2U 4 node
servers leverage advanced Second Intel® Xeon®
Platinum processors with built-in AI acceleration and have 192
gigabytes (GB) of onboard memory. The cluster includes a total of
almost 85,000 cores that reach an estimated six petaflops of peak
performance. With over 1,500 nodes in 26 racks and 16 2U TwinPro
servers in each rack (64 nodes), the racks are liquid-cooled using
a direct-to-chip approach. These very dense racks, coupled with
liquid cooling, enable a significantly smaller data center
footprint and lower energy costs. Liquid cooling can provide up to
40-50% TCO savings by reducing air conditioning and cooling fan
usage. Supermicro staged, tested, and orchestrated the rack-level
integration and delivered complete plug-n-play systems to LLNL.
"Supermicro's advanced TwinPro and Ultra 2U dual CPU servers
were selected for their extreme density, support for large compute
workloads, and the flexible server Building Block
Solutions® approach so that LLNL could build exactly the
best cluster configuration for their requirements," said
Charles Liang, president, and CEO of
Supermicro. "We recognize the importance of LLNL's work to support
research on the devastating global pandemic and help to discover a
vaccine for the COVID-19."
Funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA)
Advanced Simulation and Computing Program, the Laboratory's
Multi-programmatic and Institutional Computing (M&IC) program,
and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,
the supercomputing cluster will be used for unclassified
programmatic work in support of NNSA's stockpile stewardship
mission, LLNL open science, and the search for therapeutic drugs
and designer antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes
COVID-19.
"Ruby provides a substantial computing resource in our open
collaboration zone, which has experienced a heavy increase in
demand due to an uptick in telecommuting and a growth in external
collaborations," said Chris Clouse,
acting program director for LLNL's ASC program. "A resource like
Ruby provides a venue for leveraging expertise and tools in the
open community for areas that are important to our programmatic
missions."
"The Ruby supercomputer will help drive tremendous advancements
in scientific research and discovery across a range of disciplines,
including COVID-19 research," said Trish Damkroger, Intel
vice president and general manager
of high-performance computing at Intel.
About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro (Nasdaq: SMCI), the leading innovator in
high-performance, high-efficiency server and storage technology is
a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions® for
Enterprise Data Center, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence,
and Edge Computing Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to
protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green®"
initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient,
environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.
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