“Topaze”: a new computer at the CCRT co-designed by Atos and the CEA to meet the challenges of high-performance computing and data processing
Paris, France – June 23 2021
The CEA and its partners at the Research and Technological know-how Computing Heart (CCRT) have invested in a new supercomputer, named ‘Topaze’, based on the BullSequana XH2000 option from Atos, and mounted in the CEA’s Extremely Substantial Computing Heart (TGCC[1]) at Bruyères-le-Châtel in Essonne (south of Paris). It will be open up to the 1st people at the conclude of June 2021, to begin the ‘Grand Challenges’ stage, for extremely huge-scale simulations.
‘Topaze’ is part of Atos’ selection of HPC supercomputers, acquired subsequent a simply call for tenders, and is the end result of joint R&D by Atos and the CEA’s Military Apps Directorate (DAM). It has a peak computing power of all around 8.8 petaflops[two].
The new pc incorporates a normal-purpose partition of 864 nodes geared up with the newest AMD EPYC Milan 7763 processors, an accelerated partition of forty eight nodes based on Nvidia A100 processors and four extremely huge memory nodes. A DDN[3] storage program with a capacity of somewhere around 3 petabytes and a bandwidth of 280 gigabytes/s completes the computation part.
As partners of the CCRT, the groups from ArianeGroup, the CEA, Cerfacs, EDF, France Génomique, IFPEN, Ineris, Ingeliance, IRSN, L’Oréal, Michelin, Onera, the Safran Group, Synchrotron SOLEIL, TechnicAtome, Thales Defence Mission Systems, Thales Alenia House and Valeo will have access to the newest generation of computing and facts processing assets demanded for the success of their projects.
Higher-general performance digital simulation is an indispensable asset for innovation in quite a few fields, these types of as reports on the enhancement of new aircraft and helicopter engines, electrical power and ecological transition systems, the style and design and protection of nuclear reactors, environmental hazard analysis, the style and design of new ‘flexible’ satellites, the research of proteins and the decoding of the genome, the style and design and manufacture of tires and integrated devices for automobiles, exploration into new elements, and the enhancement of a lot more environmentally pleasant cosmetics.
The CCRT’s partnership model, recognized in 2003, has demonstrated its capacity to respond in a sustainable way tailor-made to the escalating desires of industry. It features a huge selection of capabilities in the subject of high-general performance calculations and processing, combining safety, innovation and overall flexibility in the use of assets. This model is based on several discussions and doing the job periods among the partners in get to share desires and comments.
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About Atos
Atos is a worldwide chief in digital transformation with one hundred and five,000 staff and annual revenue of more than € 11 billion. European amount a single in cybersecurity, cloud and high general performance computing, the Group presents tailor-made conclude-to-conclude alternatives for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization solutions and items, Atos is dedicated to a protected and decarbonized digital for its purchasers. Atos operates less than the brands Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), shown on the CAC40 Paris stock index.
The purpose of Atos is to assist style and design the potential of the info area. Its skills and solutions aid the enhancement of awareness, instruction and exploration in a multicultural tactic and lead to the enhancement of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the entire world, the Group permits its customers and staff, and members of societies at huge to live, perform and produce sustainably, in a safe and sound and protected info area. www.atos.web
About the CEA
The CEA is a crucial player in exploration, enhancement and innovation in four most important locations: electrical power transition, digital transition, engineering for the medication of the potential and protection and safety. With a workforce of 20,000 men and women, based in nine web-sites geared up with extremely huge-scale exploration infrastructures, the CEA actively participates in collaborative tasks with a huge amount of tutorial and industrial partners, in France, Europe and around the globe.
For a lot more info: www.cea.fr
By way of its Military Apps Division (CEA-DAM), the CEA is tasked with overseeing France’s protection and safety programs. It types, manufactures and assures the protection and reliability of France’s nuclear deterrent warheads. It types and can make the nuclear steam source devices that power the French Navy’s vessels. The CEA also presents technological aid to the Authorities aimed at avoiding nuclear proliferation and terrorism, as effectively as supplying its skills to suggest the French Defense Ministry on examining and managing the effects of regular weapons devices and their vulnerability.
[1] The CEA’s Extremely Substantial Computing Heart (TGCC) is an infrastructure operated by groups from the DAM Île-de-France heart and built to host supercomputers, with all the computing assets and solutions tailored to high-general performance digital processing.
[two] 1 million billion functions for each 2nd.
[3] DataDirect Networks
Photo caption: Topaze, the new supercomputer at the CCRT ©CEA