Atos delivers BullSequana X410 supercomputer to Swansea University

Swansea (Wales), London (United kingdom), Paris (France), March 10 2021

Atos today announced that it has signed a contract with Swansea University to deploy its BullSequana X410 supercomputer, built on the new NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU architecture and NVIDIA Mellanox HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand networking, which will help teachers in Swansea and across Wales to travel ground-breaking investigation primarily based on highly developed device mastering and deep mastering algorithms.

The premier NVIDIA A100 deployments inside Wales, this high-efficiency supercomputer varieties part of Atos’ present partnership with Supercomputing Wales – an Atos and Dell EMC supercomputing Centre of Excellence partially funded by the European Regional Improvement Fund (ERDF) by the Welsh Government.

Aspect of the ‘AccelerateAI’ initiative, also funded by the European Regional Improvement Fund (ERDF) by the Welsh Government, this GPU-accelerated supercomputer will help investigation teams with concentrations in mathematics, engineering, science and medication across Wales to supply breakthroughs in cutting-edge AI investigation and in industrial applications.

The NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs mounted inside the BullSequana X410 supercomputer are very parallel processors developed to boost computing. The integration of up to eight GPUs inside a 2U type component destinations this procedure at the forefront of today’s accelerated computing alternatives, in conditions of compute density, efficiency and cost-efficiency. The supercomputer will also leverage NVIDIA Mellanox HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand’s rapidly facts throughout, incredibly minimal latency, and smart In-Community Computing engines, enabling state-of-the-artwork efficiency for a wide range of HPC and AI applications that will further travel Swansea University’s investigation.

The AI supercomputer will be primarily based at Swansea University’s vitality-economical Bay Info Centre, the place Atos will retain the machines and do the job intently with teachers to support tackle their specific investigation demands.

Agnès Boudot, Senior Vice President, Head of HPC & Quantum at Atos, explained: “The BullSequana will give researchers across Wales with state-of-the-artwork hardware to help new scientific breakthroughs on device mastering and deep mastering algorithms. As the very first big-scale deployment of the NVIDIA A100 architecture, we believe this is an thrilling milestone for supercomputing-enabled investigation in Wales, supporting its ambition to be a entire world chief in high-efficiency computing as part of the Supercomputing Wales venture.”

Professor Biagio Lucini, Director of the Swansea Academy of Sophisticated Computing at Swansea University, explained: “We are delighted that the delivery of this cutting-edge, AI BullSequana X410 supercomputer will empower teachers across Wales to travel forward probably ground-breaking discoveries. Building on the achievements of the Supercomputing Wales venture, this very progressive machines will enhance how AI is carried out into industry and made use of to resolve investigation complications, although strengthening Wales’ placement as a major supercomputing hub.”

“HPC and AI have develop into the basis on which we recognize the alternatives to the world’s most intricate and complicated complications,“ explained Rod Evans, EMEA Director for Supercomputing, Greater Schooling and AI at NVIDIA. “That is why NVIDIA has built the world’s most strong and full AI supercomputing system that gives the steadiness and efficiency necessary for HPC and AI researchers.”

Researchers from other Universities inside the Supercomputing Wales consortium – which include Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Bangor – will have entry to the high-efficiency procedure, helping to support the country’s ambition to compete globally for investigation and innovation tasks. In collaboration with regional SMEs, the venture will also speed up adoption of AI methods in Welsh industry.

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