Atos unveils next-generation hybrid exascale-class supercomputer, a key driver for digital and economic sovereignty
16 Février 2022 - 2:00PM
Atos unveils next-generation hybrid exascale-class supercomputer, a
key driver for digital and economic sovereignty
Press Release
Atos unveils next-generation
hybrid exascale-class
supercomputer, a key driver for digital
and economic sovereignty
Paris
France, February
16, 2021
– Atos today unveils its new exascale-class
supercomputer, the BullSequana XH3000, a hybrid computing platform
with unparalleled flexibility and performance to enable top
scientists and researchers to advance research in sectors such as
weather forecasting and climate change, new drug discovery,
genomics. Designed and manufactured in Europe at its factory in
Angers, France, this is Atos’ most efficient and powerful
supercomputer and an important element in securing today’s digital
and economic sovereignty. As the undisputed European leader in
supercomputing, Atos plays a key role in addressing sovereignty
issues, ensuring that key HPC knowledge and skills are fostered and
remain in Europe.
Empowering digital and
economic sovereigntyIn order to take full advantage of
their data while maintaining their ability to protect it under any
circumstance, governments, public bodies and private companies are
now making sovereignty a major issue. With its BullSequana XH3000
and its expertise in sovereign cloud and cybersecurity, Atos is
committed to providing its customers with the means to exercise
greater control over the data they produce and exchange.
Pushing the boundaries of
technical excellence
-
Exascale1 performance
with Accelerated Hybrid Computing -
today’s increase in the quantity and complexity of data means that
there is an exponential need in terms of computing power, in order
to tackle the new challenges that humanity is facing today such as
global warming and the Covid-19 pandemic. The BullSequana XH3000
will be able to deliver unprecedented computing power – up to 6x
increase in computing power than previous versions - at any scale,
up to an exascale-class system by using Hybrid Computing advanced
techniques, combining CPUs, GPUs with AI or even in quantum
computing hardware in traditional scientific simulation
workflows.
- Greener
HPC – harmonizing performance & energy consumption
- the BullSequana XH3000 is the one of most
energy-efficient supercomputers on the market thanks to its
eco-design and architecture, patented Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC)
solution – which will provide over 50% more cooling power than
previous generations - and fully eco-compliant product lifecycle,
from raw material sourcing and manufacturing, to testing and
transportation, and disposal/recycling.
“High-performance computing has made
enormous contributions to science, engineering and the quality of
human life and is a cornerstone of innovation and scientific
progress.“ said Earl Joseph, CEO at
Hyperion Research, HPC industry analyst
group “As the leading European HPC vendor, Atos is well
positioned to continue advancing research and innovation with its
new supercomputer, and to bring exascale class systems to its
customers. With its new BullSequana XH3000 supercomputer,
hybrid computing ecosystem integrating AI and quantum, and its
strong roadmap for exascale, Atos demonstrates a clear,
comprehensive vision of the future of scientific simulation, while
taking into account the importance of decarbonization.”
“Supercomputing plays a pivotal role in driving
innovations for business, society, and the global economy as a
whole and is also key to scientific and economic sovereignty in the
21st century.” said Rodolphe
Belmer, CEO of Atos. “We are
extremely proud of our role as a leader in HPC and of our new
BullSequana supercomputer, revealed today, which results from 15
years of R&D efforts and brings together Atos’ proven expertise
and experience in high-performance computing, AI, quantum, security
and digital decarbonization. It will no doubt enable, through the
gateway of exascale, some of the key scientific and industrial
innovation breakthroughs of the future.”
The BullSequana XH3000 integrates the latest and
most-demanding technologies, networks and interconnect and is
powered by the latest CPU and GPU processor and accelerator
architectures from AMD, Intel, NVIDIA and ultimately the European
microprocessor from SiPearl, for improved power capacity and
enhanced performance, to provide larger scale, faster and more
efficient scientific simulations. Its OpenSequana architecture
makes it fully compatible with any future computing blade and
interconnect technologies, so users can easily scale up as and when
needed. With a security-by-design approach, integrating
vulnerability monitoring and threat anticipation, the BullSequana
XH3000 ensures that data is powerfully protected.
The BullSequana XH3000 is planned to be
available from Q4 2022.
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Technical details
- Increased performance - up to 6x increase in
computing power per m² and best computing power per m² on the
market
- Fully scalable with a configuration from
1PFlops to 1 ExaFlops for digital simulation and to 10 ExaFlops for
AI applications (when next-gen processing units will be on the
market)
- Flexibility – can integrate the latest
processing units, from providers such as AMD, Intel, NVIDIA and the
future European processor EPI, which will go up to 1000W+ vs 350W
today bringing improved power capacity/performance
- Ready for now + future: Supports current
most-demanding tech + future tech (including future processing
units which will come in next 6 years
- Energy-efficient: Improved 4th Gen Direct
Liquid Cooling (DLC): over 50% more cooling power then previous
generations, in order to fit with latest generation CPU and GPUs
consumption.
- Designed for both ‘traditional’ digital simulation and
accelerated hybrid computing with HPC, AI and Quantum
convergence.
- First generation of Atos supercomputer able to support a wide
range of interconnect networks such as BXI, High Speed Ethernet and
HDR & NDR InfiniBand.
About AtosAtos is a global
leader in digital transformation with 107,000 employees and annual
revenue of over € 11 billion. European number one in cybersecurity,
cloud and high performance computing, the Group provides tailored
end-to-end solutions for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer
in decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE
(Societas Europaea), listed on Euronext Paris and included in the
CAC 40 ESG and Next 20 Paris Stock indexes.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future
of the information space. Its expertise and services support the
development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural
approach and contribute to the development of scientific and
technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its
customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live,
work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information
space.
Press contact:Laura Fau |
laura.fau@atos.net | +33 6 73 64 04 18 | @laurajanefau
1 An exascale supercomputer can perform up to one billion of
billion operations by second (1 exaflop)
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