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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. | + | 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. |
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Revision as of 22:59, 12 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.
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"
