“Topaze”: a new computer at the CCRT co-designed by Atos and the CEA to meet the challenges of high-performance computing and data processing

Paris, France – June 23 2021

The CEA and its partners at the Research and Technologies Computing Centre (CCRT) have invested in a new supercomputer, named ‘Topaze’, centered on the BullSequana XH2000 option from Atos, and set up in the CEA’s Really Massive Computing Centre (TGCC[1]) at Bruyères-le-Châtel in Essonne (south of Paris). It will be open to the initially buyers at the stop of June 2021, to start the ‘Grand Challenges’ phase, for really significant-scale simulations.

‘Topaze’ is portion of Atos’ range of HPC supercomputers, acquired pursuing a connect with for tenders, and is the final result of joint R&D by Atos and the CEA’s Military services Apps Directorate (DAM). It has a peak computing ability of all-around eight.eight petaflops[2].

The new personal computer contains a common-function partition of 864 nodes equipped with the most current AMD EPYC Milan 7763 processors, an accelerated partition of 48 nodes centered on Nvidia A100 processors and four really significant memory nodes. A DDN[3] storage system with a capability of somewhere around 3 petabytes and a bandwidth of 280 gigabytes/s completes the computation portion.

atos-topaze As partners of the CCRT, the groups from ArianeGroup, the CEA, Cerfacs, EDF, France Génomique, IFPEN, Ineris, Ingeliance, IRSN, L’Oréal, Michelin, Onera, the Safran Group, Synchrotron SOLEIL, TechnicAtome, Thales Defence Mission Techniques, Thales Alenia Place and Valeo will have access to the most current technology of computing and knowledge processing methods necessary for the results of their projects.

Substantial-general performance digital simulation is an indispensable asset for innovation in quite a few fields, these as research on the improvement of new aircraft and helicopter engines, electrical power and ecological transition systems, the design and protection of nuclear reactors, environmental hazard evaluation, the design of new ‘flexible’ satellites, the analyze of proteins and the decoding of the genome, the design and manufacture of tires and built-in units for automobiles, research into new elements, and the improvement of much more environmentally friendly cosmetics.

The CCRT’s partnership model, founded in 2003, has shown its ability to react in a sustainable way tailor-made to the developing demands of marketplace. It gives a vast range of skills in the field of high-general performance calculations and processing, combining safety, innovation and flexibility in the use of methods. This model is centered on many discussions and working sessions amongst the partners in get to share demands and suggestions.

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About Atos

Atos is a world-wide leader in digital transformation with a hundred and five,000 employees and annual profits of about € 11 billion. European number one particular in cybersecurity, cloud and high general performance computing, the Group supplies tailor-made stop-to-stop alternatives for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization services and merchandise, Atos is fully commited to a protected and decarbonized digital for its shoppers. Atos operates beneath the brand names Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), mentioned on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The function of Atos is to assist design the long run of the data house. Its know-how and services guidance the improvement of expertise, education and learning and research in a multicultural tactic and lead to the improvement of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the earth, the Group permits its shoppers and employees, and associates of societies at significant to live, function and establish sustainably, in a harmless and protected data house. www.atos.net

About the CEA

The CEA is a key participant in research, improvement and innovation in four main regions: electrical power transition, digital transition, technologies for the drugs of the long run and defense and safety. With a workforce of twenty,000 persons, centered in 9 web pages equipped with really significant-scale research infrastructures, the CEA actively participates in collaborative tasks with a significant number of educational and industrial partners, in France, Europe and globally.

For much more data: www.cea.fr

Via its Military services Apps Division (CEA-DAM), the CEA is tasked with overseeing France’s defense and safety plans. It layouts, manufactures and guarantees the protection and dependability of France’s nuclear deterrent warheads. It layouts and will make the nuclear steam provide units that ability the French Navy’s vessels. The CEA also supplies complex guidance to the Authorities aimed at preventing nuclear proliferation and terrorism, as properly as offering its know-how to advise the French Defense Ministry on evaluating and handling the results of typical weapons units and their vulnerability.

[1] The CEA’s Really Massive Computing Centre (TGCC) is an infrastructure operated by groups from the DAM Île-de-France centre and built to host supercomputers, with all the computing methods and services adapted to high-general performance digital processing.

[2] 1 million billion functions for each 2nd.

[3] DataDirect Networks