Exascale Tianhe-3 prototype unveiled

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天河三号超算原型机亮相天津，告别英特尔实现芯片全自主化

澎湃新闻记者 虞涵棋 发自天津

2018-05-17 12:06 来源：澎湃新闻

5月16-18日在天津举行的第二届世界智能大会上，刚刚研制完毕的“天河三号”超算原型机首次亮相。告别前代的英特尔芯片，“天河三号”原型机采用自主的飞腾处理器、天河高速互联通信和麒麟操作系统，实现了芯片的全国产化。

国家超级计算天津中心（下简称“超算天津中心”）工作人员向澎湃新闻介绍道，飞腾处理器单芯片128核，单节点计算能力约6T，而“天河二号”处理器的单节点计算能力约为3T。

所谓原型机，是一种在研制超算之前进行技术验证的预研项目。目前，“天河三号”超算原型机已基本研制完毕，6月底将在超算天津中心二层机房安装部署，随后对系统压力、峰值和软件应用等进行新一轮的测试。

而新一代百亿亿次（E级）超算“天河三号”研制项目尚在申请过程中，由超算天津中心联合国防科技大学进行。“天河三号”的目标性能将比“天河二号”提升十倍以上。

国家超级计算天津中心于2009年由科技部批准设立，部署有“天河一号”超级计算机。

使用英特尔Xeon Phi处理器的“天河二号”曾连续6年称雄全球超级计算机榜单，能进行3万亿粒子数的中微子和暗物质宇宙学N体数值模拟，揭示了宇宙大爆炸后1600万年至今月137亿年的历史。

2017年，安装自主研发“申威26010”众核处理器的“神威太湖之光”取代“天河二号”登顶。

中、美、欧、日本等国家正在紧张研制百亿亿次（E级）超算。除了“天河三号”之外，中国在这方面的部署还有中科曙光的E级超算和超算济南中心的神威E级。

https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2135476

 

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China unveils sample machine for new-generation exascale supercomputer

Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-17 23:33:21|Editor: Mu Xuequan

TIANJIN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin unveiled a sample machine for the new-generation exascale supercomputer at the second World Intelligence Congress.

It is the first time the machine, which has three sets of equipment, each about two meters high, was on public view.

The new supercomputer Tianhe-3 will be 200 times faster and have 100 times more storage capacity than the Tianhe-1 supercomputer, China's first petaflop supercomputer launched in 2010, said Xia Zijun, deputy director of the research and development branch at the center.

The sample machine will be a test for the computing power of the Tianhe-3 supercomputer, which is expected to be ready in 2020, he said. The sample machine will go operational by year end.

It will pave the way for the development of a supercomputer capable of a billion billion calculations per second.

The center will explore the application of the computers in super computing, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and Internet of things, he said.

The supercomputer center in Tianjin began developing the exascale supercomputer with the National University of Defense Technology in 2016.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/17/c_137187080.htm

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

Self-made chips is the way to go!

 

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China unveils sample machine for new-generation exascale supercomputer

Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-17 23:33:21|Editor: Mu Xuequan

TIANJIN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin unveiled a sample machine for the new-generation exascale supercomputer at the second World Intelligence Congress.

It is the first time the machine, which has three sets of equipment, each about two meters high, was on public view.

The new supercomputer Tianhe-3 will be 200 times faster and have 100 times more storage capacity than the Tianhe-1 supercomputer, China's first petaflop supercomputer launched in 2010, said Xia Zijun, deputy director of the research and development branch at the center.

The sample machine will be a test for the computing power of the Tianhe-3 supercomputer, which is expected to be ready in 2020, he said. The sample machine will go operational by year end.

It will pave the way for the development of a supercomputer capable of a billion billion calculations per second.

The center will explore the application of the computers in super computing, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and Internet of things, he said.

The supercomputer center in Tianjin began developing the exascale supercomputer with the National University of Defense Technology in 2016.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/17/c_137187080.htm

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[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

SP2012 is silent for not understanding what SPC is !
SPC=super computer.
No thanks!

 

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Prototype of Tianhe-3 debuts at 2nd World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin

Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-17 21:59:38|Editor: ZX

Photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows the prototype of Tianhe-3, a supercomputer capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second, during the 2nd World Intelligence Congress in north China's Tianjin. The National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin displayed the prototype of the supercomputer for the first time at the intelligence congress. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows the prototype of Tianhe-3, a supercomputer capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second, during the 2nd World Intelligence Congress in north China's Tianjin. The National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin displayed the prototype of the supercomputer for the first time at the intelligence congress. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows the prototype of Tianhe-3, a supercomputer capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second, during the 2nd World Intelligence Congress in north China's Tianjin. The National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin displayed the prototype of the supercomputer for the first time at the intelligence congress. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

 

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BEHOLD, the world's first exascale super computer

 

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Full immersion variable phase cooling technology .

 

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China’s supercomputer leads in operation speed

(People's Daily Online) 17:33, May 18, 2018

With a crowd of fans, silence in the air and frequent keystrokes, a group of young university students competed at the 2018 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, or ASC18, on pioneering AI, NASA and Nobel Prize winning applications, China Youth Daily reported on May 16.

During the competition, Li Beichen from Tsinghua University and his team built a small-sized supercomputer within just a few hours, the piece having the ability to run as fast as 10,000 home computers combined.

Over the past 30 years, China’s computer industry has come on leaps and bounds and the country is now a leading force when it comes to supercomputers. A supercomputer can run at the lightening-quick speed of over a trillion times per second. The fastest supercomputer and number one on the TOP500 list, the Sunway TaihuLight, featuring processing capacity of 125.436 petaflops (PFlops) per second, which means it can perform quadrillions of calculations per second at peak performance, beats the speed of Li’s computer by over 100 times.

Early in 2001, the TOP500 list didn’t include anything developed by China. But today, two made-in-China supercomputers are ranked number one and two on the TOP500 list as the fastest supercomputers in the world. A total of 204 on the list are from China, overtaking the US who only has 143 listed.

To date, the Tianhe-2, another self-developed supercomputer, provides service for more than 1,200 users including universities and institutions, and supports over 400 national projects.

China has mastered manufacturing technologies, such as how to manufacture Sunway TaihuLight or Sunway BlueLight, Zhang Yunquan, director of National Supercomputing Center in Jinan, told the China Youth Daily and China Youth Online.

Chips, operation systems and cooling systems are all independently developed in China. However, China owns little market share in its supercomputer software, lagging behind the US and Japan, the two software behemoths.

The US has spent over 50 years studying and developing supercomputers, but China has only made efforts in this field over the past three decades, said Zhang, adding that a long-term development plan, clear direction and patience are needed to develop supercomputer technology in China.

 

[Daniel808]

Supercomputer Development in China.


@denel @Armchair @LeGenD @Nilgiri

 

[denel]

Supercomputer Development in China.


@denel @Armchair @LeGenD @Nilgiri

Yes, they have given it first priority. Please note given the push into machine learning, big data and automation, it is no wonder why we are seeing very significant inroads on the chinese front.

Next front is quantum computing. That is the holy grail where Chinese institutions are doing a lot of ground breaking work.

 

[Beast]

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They delayed to 2020 and claimed how they will rival and beat China easily.

 

[Nilgiri]

Supercomputer Development in China.


@denel @Armchair @LeGenD @Nilgiri

Hope you are doing well my friend. Cheers.