Atos multiplies supercomputing capacity by 12 at CESGA in Spain with new “Finisterrae III”

Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain), Paris (France) July 29, 2021

Atos has been chosen by the Galician Supercomputing Middle (CESGA), to structure, provide and put in a new supercomputing procedure, named Finisterrae III, based on Atos’ BullSequana X supercomputing architecture, that will multiply the existing capacities of the centre by twelve, when delivering large storage capability. The agreement also features a 30-qubit Atos Quantum Understanding Machine (Atos QLM30), which spots CESGA as a pioneer in Spain in quantum simulation.

CESGA will use the supercomputer for analysis initiatives in collaboration with university and business researchers in Galicia for numerous strategic locations of science and know-how this kind of as nanotechnology, new materials and industrial processes, health and lifetime sciences and ocean sciences. It will also boost the use of HPC and Major Details in SMEs.

It will permit end users to adopt new Synthetic Intelligence, Machine Understanding and Deep Understanding strategies and use these in supercomputing. It will also boost Field four. and the Industrial Electronic Innovation Hub of Galicia, bringing supercomputing strategies to general public administrations and extending the use of supercomputing to other locations of knowledge, this kind of as Social Sciences and Humanities.

The basic structure basic principle of the Finisterrae III challenge is to give a easy, open up, efficient, adaptable, and adaptable infrastructure for unique computational paradigms. In this sense, the challenge will give access to emerging technologies, in particular Quantum Computing, many thanks to the Atos QLM, which will permit experts, developers, and end users to practice on the machine.

“We are proud to give CESGA with this new supercomputing procedure designed with the most recent technologies which is also a responsible and high-functionality device that contributes to the progression of science and know-how”, stated Agnès Boudot, Senior Vice President, Head of HPC & Quantum at Atos. “With this new agreement Atos confirms its know-how in offering high-functionality computing solutions, opening computing new horizons to the continuously demanding desires of our shoppers.”

The objectives of CESGA are the universalization of Study, Growth and Innovation (R&D&I), facilitating access to these means to a increased selection of entities and providers, as nicely as creating a website link concerning locations of knowledge (mainstreaming) and supporting the expanding complexity of investigations.

Quantum simulation

The Atos QLM is a simulator that enables end users to build, optimize and take a look at quantum programs. Combining an ultra-compact, high-powered machine with a common programming language. It enables researchers and engineers to build and experiment with quantum software program and is the world’s only quantum software program progress and simulation apparatus. The procedure simulates the regulations of physics, which are at the heart of quantum computing, to estimate the correct execution of a quantum program with double-digit precision.

For far more details on the Finisterrae III challenge, take a look at the CESGA web site: https://www.cesga.es/en/what-we-do/supercomputing/

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Technological specifications:

Finisterrae III will multiply the computing capability of the past CESGA supercomputer by twelve, delivering a computing ability of four PetaFLOPS via 354 computing nodes outfitted with most recent generation Intel Xeon Ice Lake 8352Y processors of 32 cores at two.2GHz.

It also incorporates a full of one hundred forty four GPU accelerators: Nvidia A100 and Nvidia T4 GPU.

With each other, the supercomputer nodes have 118 TB combination memory and five PB disk storage capability based on NetApp know-how.

Storage – For community storage, nodes include NVMe SSD good point out drives, with an combination capability of 355TB and blazing-rapid knowledge enter/ output velocity. The new procedure also has a 20 PB capability long-lasting knowledge storage subsystem.

Interconnect – The nodes are linked by a high capability, pretty lower latency Infiniband HDR100 interconnect community.

About Atos

Atos is a world wide leader in electronic transformation with one hundred and five,000 workers and yearly revenue of over € eleven billion. European selection one in cybersecurity, cloud and high functionality computing, the Team delivers tailored end-to-end solutions for all industries in seventy one nations. A pioneer in decarbonization expert services and products, Atos is fully commited to a safe and decarbonized electronic for its clientele. Atos operates underneath the brand names Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), detailed on the CAC40 Paris inventory index.

The function of Atos is to help structure the future of the details place. Its know-how and expert services assistance the progress of knowledge, instruction and analysis in a multicultural solution and add to the progress of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the entire world, the Team enables its shoppers and workers, and users of societies at significant to dwell, work and build sustainably, in a risk-free and safe details place.

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