Cray XC30
The Cray XC30 is a massively-parallel multiprocessor supercomputer manufactured by Cray. It consists of Intel Xeon processors, with optional Nvidia Tesla or Xeon Phi accelerators, connected together by Cray's proprietary "Aries" interconnect, stored in air-cooled or liquid-cooled cabinets.[1] Each liquid-cooled cabinet can contain up to 48 blades,[2] each with eight CPU sockets, and uses 90 kW of power.[3]
In 2014, Cray XC30 systems appear prominently on the TOP500 Supercomputer lists.[4]
Deployed Cray XC30 systems
Europe
- The UK's national high-performance computing facility in Edinburgh has a 118,080-core XC30 called "ARCHER,"[5] which cost £43 million.[6]
- There is a 115,984-core XC30 system called "Piz Daint" at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, located in southern Switzerland.[7]
- The ECMWF has two XC30 systems used for weather prediction.[8]
- The Deutscher Wetterdienst has two XC30s (for redundancy), also used for weather prediction.[9]
United States
- The NERSC has a 133,824-core XC30 called "Edison." [10]
- A 225,984-core XC30 system is installed at an undisclosed government location.[11]
Australia
- iVEC has a 9,440-core XC30 called "Galaxy." One chassis of this contains GPUs; the rest is all-CPU. Its November 2013 and June 2014 Top500 entries were before the GPU chassis was installed. This system is used for radio astronomy.[12]
Notes
References
- "Cray XC30 Brochure" (PDF). Cray Inc. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Cray XC30 & XC30-AC Technology". Cray Inc. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Cray XC30 Specifications". Cray Inc. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Top500 Supercomputer - June 2014". Top500.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Top500 Supercomputer Site for Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)". Top500.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Top500 Supercomputer Site for EPSRC/University of Edinburgh". Top500.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Top500 Supercomputer Site for ECMWF". Top500.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Cray Supercomputer Powers German Weather Service". iNET Interactive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "NERSC Edison". US Department of Energy, Office of Science. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Top500 Supercomputer Site for Government, USA". Top500.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "Top500 Supercomputer Site for Galaxy/Pawsey Supercomputing Centre". Top500.org. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.
- "Pawsey Galaxy". Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. Retrieved 11 Nov 2014.
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