April 2, 2012
Fujitsu Limited
Enables world-class performance and energy efficiency
using Fujitsu's PRIMEHPC FX10
Tokyo, April 2, 2012 - Fujitsu today announced
that it has completed construction of the new
supercomputer, nicknamed Oakleaf-FX, for the Supercomputing
Division of the University of Tokyo's Information
Technology Center (SCD/ITC). The new system will begin
operations from today.
The new Oakleaf-FX system, which employs Fujitsu's
PRIMEHPC FX10 supercomputer, is one of the few
petaflops-class(1) systems in the world and achieves high
energy efficiency, as low as 1.4MW for overall system power
consumption.
Oakleaf-FX has been installed at the Second Research
Complex, Kashiwa Campus, The University of Tokyo, located
in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture. In addition to contributing
to SCD/ITC's cutting-edge research in a wide range of
scientific and technological fields, the new system will be
used in High-Performance Computing (HPC) education at both
the undergraduate and graduate levels. As a result, it is
expected to help train the next generation of leaders in
the field of computational science.
Background to the Deployment of the New Supercomputer
SCD/ITC was established in 1965 as a large-scale computer
center for shared use by researchers in Japan, and has been
operating under its current name since 1999. The center has
been contributing to advanced research using supercomputers
in science and technology, and is used by more than 1,500
researchers inside and outside of the university. To meet
the needs of an increasing number of diverse users and to
handle large-scale applications, the University of Tokyo
selected PRIMEHPC FX10 for its high compatibility with the
K computer(2)
supercomputer. Moreover, as the need is higher than ever
for superior energy efficiency that can keep up with
today's energy requirements, the PRIMEHPC FX10 is
unique in its energy-efficiency performance, which was able
to successfully meet SCD/ITC's requirement for
system-wide power consumption of 1.4MW or less.
Overview of the New Oakleaf-FX System
The calculation nodes of the new Oakleaf-FX system use a
PRIMEHPC FX10 configuration comprised of 4,800 nodes (50
racks).
Combining high performance, scalability, and reliability
with superior energy efficiency, PRIMEHPC FX10 further
enhances Fujitsu's technology used in the K computer,
which has achieved the world's top-ranked
performance(3).
For the supercomputer's peripheral systems, 74 PRIMERGY
x86 servers, 234 ETERNUS storage systems, Technical
Computing Suite(4),
which is HPC middleware for peta-scale systems, and FEFS(5), a high-performance,
highly reliable distributed file system that is a component
of the Technical Computing Suite, have be deployed.
Oakleaf-FX is slated to be used in a wide range of
scientific and technological areas, including earth
science, astrophysics, seismology, weather modeling,
materials science, energy, biology, hydrodynamics, and
solid-state physics.
Company Overview
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Compute Nodes
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PRIMEHPC FX10
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Number of racks
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50
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Nodes
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4,800
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Theoretical Peak Performance
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1.13 petaflops
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Memory Capacity
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150TB
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Interconnect
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Tofu Interconnect (6D Mesh/Torus)
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Log-in Nodes Management Servers
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16 PRIMERGY RX200S6 servers
58 PRIMERGY RX300S6 servers
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Local Files
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150 ETERNUS DX80S2 storage units 1.1
petabytes (RAID5)
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Shared Files
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80 ETERNUS DX410S2 storage units
2.1 petabytes (RAID6)
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Software
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Technical Computing Suite
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File System
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FEFS
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Compiler
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Fortran/C/C++
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Numerical Computation Library
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SSL II (Scientific Subroutine Library II), C-SSL II,
SSL II/MPI
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Future Prospects
Through Oakleaf-FX, SCD/ITC will pursue a variety of
advanced research and development initiatives led by
researchers inside and outside of the university, as well
as promote the training of the next generation of leaders
in the field of computational science.
As a core facility of Japan's HPC industry, in addition
to advancing SCD/ITC's efforts, the system will be used
to develop application software and enhance user services
in anticipation of future exascale computing systems.
With the new system, Fujitsu will also play a role in
SCD/ITC's activities, while leveraging the
company's extensive product lineup, robust service
framework, and over thirty years of HPC support know-how to
provide comprehensive support in all areas of R&D and
analysis work.
Comment from Kengo Nakajima, Ph.D., Director,
Supercomputing Division, Information Technology Center, The
University of Tokyo
The PRIMEHPC FX10 supercomputer system (Oakleaf-FX) will
contribute to advancements in various types of research and
development activities by users from both academia and
industry. Oakleaf-FX will be used for the HPC education
program in the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
for future computational scientists. Oakleaf-FX will be
operated so that priority is given to larger-scale jobs.
Furthermore, a new project, called "Large-Scale HPC
Challenge" is also starting. Members of a group whose
proposal has been accepted can occupy all computing nodes
(4,800 nodes, 1.13 PFLOPS) of the FX10 system for 24 hours.
One proposal is selected per month.
Glossary and Notes
Quadrillion floating-point operations per second. The
nickname RIKEN has been using for this next-generation
supercomputer since July 2010. Ranked first on the 37th and
38th TOP500 lists. Fujitsu's original HPC middleware,
which includes system management and job operation management
functions, FEFS, as well as a compiler and library, resulting
in high execution performance for massively parallel
applications. Fujitsu Exabyte File System. A high-performance
distributed file system that enables sharing across 100,000
nodes.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and
communication technology (ICT) company offering a full
range of technology products, solutions and services. Over
170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100
countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to
shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu
Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5
trillion yen (US$55 billion) for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2011. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
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