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U.S. Department of Energy Selects Intel to Deliver Nation's Most Powerful Supercomputer at Argonne National LaboratoryIntel (News - Alert) Corporation today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) has awarded Intel Federal LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, a contract to deliver two next-generation supercomputers to Argonne National Laboratory. Intel Selected by U.S. Department of Energy to Deliver Nation's Most Powerful Supercomputer (Photo: Business Wire) The contract is part of the DOE's multimillion dollar initiative to build state-of-the-art supercomputers at Argonne, Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Laboratories that will be five to seven times more powerful than today's top supercomputers. The joint Collaboration of Oak Ridge, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore (CORAL) will help to advance U.S. leadership in scientific research and maintain its position at the forefront of next-generation exascale computing for years to come. Intel was selected as the prime contractor and will work with Cray Inc. as the system integrator and manufacturer of these next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) systems for the ALCF. The largest system, to be called Aurora, is based on Intel's HPC scalable system framework and will be a next-generation Cray "Shasta" supercomputer. The Aurora system will be delivered in 2018 and have a peak performance of 180 petaflops, making it the world's most powerful system currently announced to date. A second system, to be named Theta, will serve as an early production system for the ALCF. To be delivered in the 2016, the system will provide performance of 8.5 petaflops while requiring only 1.7 megawatts of power. "The selection of Intel to deliver the Aurora supercomputer is validation of our unique position to lead a new era in HPC," said Raj Hazra, vice president, Data Center Group and general manager, Technical Computing Group at Intel. "Intel's HPC scalable system framework enables balanced, scalable and efficient systems while extending the ecosystem's decades of software investment to future generations. We look forward to the numerous scientific discoveries and the far-reaching impacts on society that Aurora will enable." News Facts
The Aurora supercomputer represents a new architectural direction based on Intel's HPC scalable system framework. The framework is a flexible blueprint for developing high-performance, balanced, power-efficient and reliable systems capable of supporting both compute- and data-intensive workloads. The framework combines next-generation Intel Xeon and Xeon Phi processors, Intel Omni-Path Fabric, innovative memory technologies, Intel® Silicon Photonics Technology and the Intel Lustre parallel file system - with the ability to efficiently integrate these components into a broad spectrum of HPC system solutions. The framework also provides a ubiquitous and standards-based programming model, extending the ecosystem's current investments in existing code for future generations. Supporting Quotes
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About Intel Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. As a leader in corporate responsibility and sustainability, Intel also manufactures the world's first commercially available "conflict-free" microprocessors. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com, and about Intel's conflict-free efforts at conflictfree.intel.com. Results have been estimated or simulated using internal Intel analysis or architecture simulation or modeling, and provided to you for informational purposes. Any differences in your system hardware, software or configuration may affect your actual performance. 1ASCI Red at the Sandia National Laboratory 2 The ALCF's current Mira system delivers a peak performance of 10 petaflops and a peak power consumption of 4.8 megawatts. The Aurora system will have a peak performance of 180 petaflops and a peak power consumption of 13 megawatts. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon and Intel Xeon Phi, Omni-Path Fabric and Silicon Photonics are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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