ARCHER2 will deliver over 11X the computational throughput of its predecessor ARCHER. The new supercomputer features :
28 PFLOP/s peak performance
5,848 compute nodes, each with dual AMD Rome 64 core CPUs at 2.2GHz, for 748,544 cores in total and 1.57 PBytes of total system memory
23x Shasta Mountain direct liquid cooled cabinets
14.5 PBytes of Lustre work storage in 4 file systems
1.1 PByte all-flash Lustre BurstBuffer file system
1+1 PByte home file system in Disaster Recovery configuration using NetApp FAS8200
Cray next-generation Slingshot 100Gbps network in a diameter-three dragonfly topology, consisting of 46 compute groups, 1 I/O group and 1 Service group
Shasta River racks for management and post processing
Test and Development System (TDS) platform, to be installed in advance
Collaboration platform with 4 x compute nodes attached to 16 x Next Generation AMD GPUs
Software wise ARCHER2 will feature the Cray Programming Environment with specific optimizing compilers and libraries for AMD's EPYC Rome. The system will rely on Cray's Linux Environment, also optimized specifically for AMD's Rome.
When ARCHER2 goes into operation next year it is expected to be the 5th most powerful supercomputer in the world and the most powerful CPU-only supercomputer in the world.
ARCHER2 will deliver over 11X the computational throughput of its predecessor ARCHER. The new supercomputer features :
28 PFLOP/s peak performance
5,848 compute nodes, each with dual AMD Rome 64 core CPUs at 2.2GHz, for 748,544 cores in total and 1.57 PBytes of total system memory
23x Shasta Mountain direct liquid cooled cabinets
14.5 PBytes of Lustre work storage in 4 file systems
1.1 PByte all-flash Lustre BurstBuffer file system
1+1 PByte home file system in Disaster Recovery configuration using NetApp FAS8200
Cray next-generation Slingshot 100Gbps network in a diameter-three dragonfly topology, consisting of 46 compute groups, 1 I/O group and 1 Service group
Shasta River racks for management and post processing
Test and Development System (TDS) platform, to be installed in advance
Collaboration platform with 4 x compute nodes attached to 16 x Next Generation AMD GPUs
Software wise ARCHER2 will feature the Cray Programming Environment with specific optimizing compilers and libraries for AMD's EPYC Rome. The system will rely on Cray's Linux Environment, also optimized specifically for AMD's Rome.
When ARCHER2 goes into operation next year it is expected to be the 5th most powerful supercomputer in the world and the most powerful CPU-only supercomputer in the world.
for those who have budget constraints and cannot afford the above, a 64 core threadripper is now looking like a January 2020 release. For me, that will be the ticket, I can wait...
