* HPE was awarded
* New deal is part of the Pawsey Capital Refresh Program that funds next-generation supercomputing to advance
* Pawsey will gain 30X more compute power and 10X more energy efficiency with advanced supercomputing solutions using the HPE Cray EX supercomputer featuring future AMD EPYC(TM) CPUs and AMD Instinct(TM) GPUs
Pawsey's new system will be
HPE will build the new system using the HPE Cray EX supercomputer, the world's most advanced high-performance computing (HPC) architecture, to support higher performance, density, and efficiency needs. HPE will also integrate the Cray ClusterStor E1000 system, which utilizes tailored software and hardware features to meet expanded high-performance storage needs, and feature a future-generation of AMD EPYC(TM) CPUs and AMD Instinct(TM) GPUs for significant compute power and targeted processors for AI and image-driven applications.
"Supercomputers like those at Pawsey are increasingly crucial to our ability to conduct world-class, high-impact research. The upgrades we're announcing are a critical move in strengthening
HPE will empower more than 1,600 researchers at the Pawsey Supercomputer Centre to accelerate discovery and innovation
Accelerating Scientific Discovery at Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
HPE, Cray and SGI, well before the companies merged with HPE, have had a 20 year-long history in powering Pawsey's supercomputers. More than 1,600 researchers use these systems today to accelerate discovery and innovation. Recent outcomes from Pawsey's supercomputers include:
Understanding grape vine viruses to preserve crop production: Pawsey's supercomputers have been used to study grapevine leaf-roll viruses (GLRV) which infect grape vines and impact up to 70% of production across
Using AI to teach underwater robots to swim like fish: Underwater robotics are used in environmental monitoring, resource exploration, search and rescue efforts and more. To further improve navigation for underwater robots and enable them to be autonomous, scientists are teaching them to swim like fish. Computational fluid dynamics models were developed and leveraged on Pawsey's supercomputers to simulate fish swimming styles, including how they increase speed and change direction, and applied these capabilities in machine learning algorithms to train neural networks on underwater robotics.
Solving mysteries of the universe: In an ongoing quest to uncover unknown parts of the universe, scientists used improved sky-mapping techniques to detect seven new galaxies which has been further studied using complex modeling and simulation as a step to understanding dark matter and the universe's overall physical processes. Researchers also use this knowledge to improve technologies used on earth, such as scanners and communications networks.
"Scientific breakthroughs made by world leading research centers, such as Pawsey Supercomputer Centre, inspire us to continue empowering the community with powerful supercomputing solutions that combat the broadest range of challenges," said
The new system will have a speed performance of 50 petaflops, making it one of the largest supercomputers in the region.2 It will replace Pawsey's Magnus and Galaxy systems, which are based on Cray technology.
"AMD is excited to help accelerate groundbreaking scientific research with our high-performance processors in the next-generation HPE and Pawsey supercomputer," said
To learn more about HPE's supercomputing solutions, please visit: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/compute/hpc/supercomputing.html
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1 30X more compute and 10X energy efficiency compared to Pawsey's Magnus system and calculated by Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
2 Speed performance of 50 petaflops attributed to overall system performance advancements compared to Pawsey's Magnus system
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