Atos delivers BullSequana X410 supercomputer to Swansea University

Swansea (Wales), London (United kingdom), Paris (France), March ten 2021

Atos these days announced that it has signed a agreement with Swansea College to deploy its BullSequana X410 supercomputer, developed on the new NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU architecture and NVIDIA Mellanox HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand networking, which will empower academics in Swansea and across Wales to drive ground-breaking investigation centered on sophisticated machine finding out and deep finding out algorithms.

The major NVIDIA A100 deployments within Wales, this substantial-functionality supercomputer kinds component of Atos’ present marriage with Supercomputing Wales – an Atos and Dell EMC supercomputing Centre of Excellence partly funded by the European Regional Enhancement Fund (ERDF) by way of the Welsh Government.

Part of the ‘AccelerateAI’ initiative, also funded by the European Regional Enhancement Fund (ERDF) by way of the Welsh Government, this GPU-accelerated supercomputer will empower investigation groups with concentrations in mathematics, engineering, science and medication across Wales to supply developments in cutting-edge AI investigation and in industrial applications.

The NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs mounted within the BullSequana X410 supercomputer are hugely parallel processors made to boost computing. The integration of up to eight GPUs within a 2U type element locations this technique at the forefront of today’s accelerated computing remedies, in conditions of compute density, functionality and charge-efficiency. The supercomputer will also leverage NVIDIA Mellanox HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand’s speedy information all through, particularly very low latency, and good In-Community Computing engines, enabling condition-of-the-art functionality for a broad assortment of HPC and AI applications that will more drive Swansea University’s investigation.

The AI supercomputer will be centered at Swansea University’s electricity-economical Bay Data Centre, where by Atos will maintain the products and operate closely with academics to help handle their certain investigation requirements.

Agnès Boudot, Senior Vice President, Head of HPC & Quantum at Atos, reported: “The BullSequana will provide scientists across Wales with condition-of-the-art components to empower new scientific developments on machine finding out and deep finding out algorithms. As the initial large-scale deployment of the NVIDIA A100 architecture, we believe this is an fascinating milestone for supercomputing-enabled investigation in Wales, supporting its ambition to be a entire world chief in substantial-functionality computing as component of the Supercomputing Wales venture.”

Professor Biagio Lucini, Director of the Swansea Academy of Superior Computing at Swansea College, reported: “We are delighted that the supply of this cutting-edge, AI BullSequana X410 supercomputer will empower academics across Wales to drive ahead likely ground-breaking discoveries. Developing on the achievements of the Supercomputing Wales venture, this hugely impressive products will increase how AI is applied into marketplace and applied to clear up investigation issues, even though strengthening Wales’ situation as a leading supercomputing hub.”

“HPC and AI have come to be the basis on which we notice the remedies to the world’s most complex and tough issues,“ reported Rod Evans, EMEA Director for Supercomputing, Greater Schooling and AI at NVIDIA. “That is why NVIDIA has developed the world’s most sturdy and comprehensive AI supercomputing platform that gives the stability and functionality required for HPC and AI scientists.”

Scientists from other Universities within the Supercomputing Wales consortium – which includes Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Bangor – will have access to the substantial-functionality technique, assisting to assist the country’s ambition to contend globally for investigation and innovation projects. In collaboration with neighborhood SMEs, the venture will also speed up adoption of AI techniques in Welsh marketplace.

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