T2K Open Supercomputer Systems with Quad-Core AMD Opteron™
Processors Now in Operation
Computing Power, Scalability and Energy-Efficiency of the Quad-Core
AMD Opteron™ Processor Contributes to
Supercomputers with Specifications Developed by University of Tsukuba,
University of Tokyo, and Kyoto University
TOKYO (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) June 1, 2008 --
AMD Japan (NYSE: AMD) today announced the official start of operation of
the T2K supercomputer systems featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron™
processors and with specifications developed jointly by the University
of Tsukuba, the University of Tokyo, and Kyoto University. These T2K
systems were delivered to the University of Tsukuba by Cray Japan Inc.
and Sumisho Computer Systems, to the University of Tokyo by Hitachi
Ltd., and to Kyoto University by Fujitsu Ltd.
“In July 2006, these three universities began
jointly developing common specifications for each university’s
next-generation supercomputer with an eye toward using their
supercomputers collaboratively,” said Shunsuke
Yoshizawa, director, Regional Marketing, AMD Japan. “The
universities aimed to adopt the most advanced and highest performance
technology as early as possible, and have engaged in three pillars of
openness that make up this new shared specifications experiment: the use
of open source hardware architecture, open source system software, and
their desire to make the supercomputers widely available amongst the
three institutions. The performance, scalability and advance floating
point processing capability of the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor
easily matched their requirements.”
The University of Tokyo supercomputer system is comprised of 952 nodes
of the Hitachi HA8000-tc/RS425 technical server with four Quad-Core
AMD Opteron processors per node. The system as designed achieves a
theoretical peak performance of approximately 140 teraflops. A teraflop
or “tflop” is the
computing power required to process one trillion floating point
operations per second. This theoretical peak performance is the fastest
in Japan at the time of launch.
The University of Tsukuba’s system was built
by Cray Japan Inc. and Sumisho Computer Systems and is based on Appro
International’s Xtreme-X Supercomputer, while
the Kyoto University’s system was built
around the Fujitsu HX600 HPC server. Both supercomputers are equipped
with four Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors per node. The University of
Tsukuba’s system can achieve a theoretical
peak performance of approximately 95 tflops, while the Kyoto University
system tops out at a theoretical peak performance of approximately 61
tflops.
The T2K supercomputers will provide these universities and their
researchers with the outstanding system performance and advanced
floating point processing enabled by Quad-core AMD Opteron processors.
The selection of AMD technology for these highly advanced systems can
also provide the universities with much-needed energy
efficiency in the form of performance-per-watt and innovative
processor-level power management features such as AMD CoolCore™
Technology and Independent Dynamic Core Technology.
The synergy of advanced research expertise in computer science developed
over many years at these three universities and the computing power of
the new AMD processor-based T2K supercomputers is expected to help
address increasingly diverse needs in industry and academia including
the large-scale scientific calculations for researching subatomic
particles and nuclear energy, astronomy, climate modeling and weather
forecasting, and genetics and biomedical advancements, among many
others. Additional information about T2K can be found at http://www.open-supercomputer.org.
Visit AMD on the Web
For more information on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor family,
including FAQs, development tools, and other general information, please
visit http://multicore.amd.com.
Information on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor pricing can be found at http://www.amd.com/pricing.
An online press kit is available at http://www.amd.com/quadcore/presskit.
About AMD
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of
innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer
electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open innovation, choice
and industry growth by delivering superior customer-centric solutions
that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. For more information,
visit http://www.amd.com.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron and combinations thereof, are
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for
informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
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