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| − | Astra is an [[ARM]]-based supercomputer expected to be deployed at [[Sandia National Laboratories]]. The computer is one of a series of prototypes commissioned by the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] as part of a program that evaluates the feasibility of emerging high-performance computing architectures as production platforms to support NNSA's mission. Specifically, Astra is designed to demonstrate the viability of ARM for [[DOE]] NNSA Supercomputing. | + | Astra is an [[ARM]]-based supercomputer expected to be deployed at [[Sandia National Laboratories]]. The computer is one of a series of prototypes commissioned by the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] as part of a program that evaluates the feasibility of emerging high-performance computing architectures as production platforms to support NNSA's mission. Specifically, Astra is designed to demonstrate the viability of ARM for [[DOE]] NNSA Supercomputing. Astra is the fourth prototype as part of the Vanguard project initiative and is by far the largest ARM-based supercomputer designed to that point. |
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Revision as of 21:36, 23 August 2018
Astra is a petascale ARM supercomputer designed for Sandia National Laboratories expeced to be deployed in mid-2018. This is the first ARM-based supercomputer to exceed 1 petaFLOPS.
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History
Astra is an ARM-based supercomputer expected to be deployed at Sandia National Laboratories. The computer is one of a series of prototypes commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a program that evaluates the feasibility of emerging high-performance computing architectures as production platforms to support NNSA's mission. Specifically, Astra is designed to demonstrate the viability of ARM for DOE NNSA Supercomputing. Astra is the fourth prototype as part of the Vanguard project initiative and is by far the largest ARM-based supercomputer designed to that point.
Overview
Astra is the first ARM-based petascale supercomputer. The system consists of 5,184 Cavium ThunderX2 CN9975 processors with a 1.2 MW power consumption for a peak performance of 2.322 petaFLOPS. Each ThunderX2 CN9975 has 28 cores operating at 2 GHz. There are also 108 36-port switches and 3 540-port spine switches.
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| Processors | 5,184 2 x 72 x 36 |
| Racks | 36 |
| Peak FLOPS | 2.322 petaFLOPS |
Astra has close around 700 terabytes of memory.
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| Type | DDR4 | NVMe | |
| Node | 128 GiB | ? | |
| Astra | 324 TiB | 403 TB | |
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Bibliography
- SNL (personal communication, August 2018).
- DOE. (June 18, 2018). "Arm-based supercomputer prototype to be deployed at Sandia National Laboratories" [Press Release]
- Kevin Pedretti, Jim H. Laros III, Si Hammond. (June 28, 2018). "Vanguard Astra: Maturing the ARM Software Ecosystem for U.S. DOE/ASC Supercomputing"