{"id":13577,"date":"2019-05-08T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/?p=13577"},"modified":"2026-03-07T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:00:44","slug":"amd-power-worlds-fastest-supercomputer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/amd-power-worlds-fastest-supercomputer\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD to Power World\u2019s Fastest Supercomputer"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD to Power World\u2019s Fastest Supercomputer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Collaboration with Cray targets over 1.5 exaflops of next-generation AI and HPC processing performance in the Frontier system by 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

SANTA CLARA, Calif. \u2014 May 7, 2019 \u2014<\/strong> AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today joined the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Cray Inc. in announcing what is expected to be the world\u2019s fastest exascale-class supercomputer, scheduled to be delivered to ORNL in 2021. To deliver what is expected to be more than 1.5 exaflops of expected processing performance, the Frontier system is designed to use future generation High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) optimized, custom AMD EPYC™ CPU, and AMD Radeon™ Instinct GPU processors. Researchers at ORNL will use the Frontier system\u2019s unprecedented computing power and next-generation AI techniques to simulate, model and advance understanding of the interactions underlying the science of weather, sub-atomic structures, genomics, physics, and other important scientific fields. <\/p>\n

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\u201cAMD is proud to partner with Cray and ORNL to deliver what is expected to be the world\u2019s most powerful supercomputer,\u201d said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president, and general manager, AMD Datacenter and Embedded Systems Group. \u201cFrontier will feature custom CPU and GPU technology from AMD and represents the latest achievement on a long list of technology innovations AMD has contributed to the Department of Energy exascale programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AMD innovations to be used in the Frontier system include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Future-generation High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) optimized, custom AMD EPYC CPU, and Radeon Instinct GPU processors supported by High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and extensive mixed precision ops for optimum deep learning performance;<\/p>\n

\u2022 A custom high-bandwidth, low-latency coherent Infinity Fabric, connecting four AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs to one AMD EPYC CPU per node; <\/p>\n

\u2022 An enhanced version of the open source ROCm programming environment, developed with Cray to tap into the combined performance of AMD CPUs and GPUs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are excited to work with the team at AMD to deliver the Frontier system to Oak Ridge National Laboratory,\u201d said Steve Scott, senior vice president and CTO at Cray. \u201cCray\u2019s Shasta supercomputers are designed to support leading-edge processor technologies and high-performance storage, all tightly interconnected by Cray\u2019s new Slingshot network. The combination of Cray and AMD technology in the Frontier system will dramatically enhance performance at scale for AI, analytics, and simulation, enabling DOE to further push the boundaries of scientific discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

AMD has a proud supercomputing history and a long-standing engagement with DOE, starting with the Jaguar supercomputer in 2005 and Titan supercomputer in 2011. The Frontier system leverages years of exascale technology investments by DOE. The contract award includes technology development funding, a center of excellence, several early-delivery systems, the main Frontier system and multi-year systems support. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrontier represents the state-of-the-art in high-performance computing. Designing and standing up a machine of its scope requires working closely with industry, partnerships which not only enable breakthrough science but also ensure American scientific and economic competitiveness on the global stage,\u201d said Jeff Nichols, associate laboratory director for Computing and Computational Sciences, ORNL. \u201cWe are delighted to work with AMD to integrate the CPU and GPU technologies that enable this extremely capable accelerated node architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n

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