Denmark's largest supercomputer ready at AAU
It is nothing less than the largest computer is now ready for use by researchers at AAU. The powerful machine, which will be named Fyrkat, has a memory corresponding to about 1200 PC 'is. First of all, the supercomputer a win for the research at AAU because it can handle issues that are so large that they can not be kept in an ordinary PC's memory. The computer produced and supplied by IBM Denmark are also CPU power as nearly 700 computers and a computing power of over 6200 gigaflops, which means that it can make more than 6 trillion floating point calculations per second.
Supercomputer is also designed so energy efficient, so that it only uses half as much power as other computers, partly because there is not the normal requirements for cooling of the machine. - We have an enormous "PC muscle" for the benefit of research, and in this way comes Aalborg University at the forefront of eScience, ie research that takes place on the large computer installations, says Frede Blaabjerg from Engineering, Natural and Medicine . - In addition, we are pleased that this solution saves us a half million crowns on the electricity bill over three years compared with other supercomputers. So we have not only gained a strong but also a "green" supercomputer, says Frede Blaabjerg. The big energy savings because the supplier IBM has put a number of components together so that for example only one power supply and four blowers for each 112 CPU 'is.
Several research groups at AAU will continue to conduct research, they have not previously had the opportunity, since many types of science no longer are done in laboratories, but on computers made extensive calculations, create simulations and the like. Already now is a variety of major projects ready, where the supercomputer will help, among other things, with calculations of how antennas affects people and buildings, biofuels research and pollution, and development and testing of composite materials for wind turbine blades.
Denmark's largest computer has been financed through a million grant from DCSC (Danish Center for Scientific Computing), which distributes the funds to the Danish operations centers with supercomputers and AAU is now a part of. In addition, also Engineering, Science and Medicine at Aalborg University itself contributed more than one million crowns and received support from the Obel Family Foundation to finance the computer. So far, AAU had to apply for access to equipment at other universities, but it changed that now. Behind the application is a joint consortium across the four institutions of Electronic Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Energy Engineering. Facts:
* In assembled fills supercomputer 4 m2, equivalent to a large American fridge. * Only ten years ago the world's most powerful machine was in 1333 GFLOPS (and in 1985 only 4 GFLOPS). It would then be impossible to build a machine of this size, what will be used at the university. * Technical facts about super computer Fyrkat at AAU: Memory 1.3 terabytes of RAM (ie 1334 gigabytes). Storage 4.8 Terabyte (ie 4800 gigabytes). Rain Kraft 6263 GFLOPS, ie 6 trillion floating point calculations (floating point calculations) per second. 672 cores (CPU 's), 84 servers, clock speed of 2.33 GHz. Network: 1 Gigabit Ethernet and InfiniBand. * The supercomputer provided by IBM Denmark in cooperation with Komplex-IT * Download additional background information on engineering, research using mm
Supercomputer is also designed so energy efficient, so that it only uses half as much power as other computers, partly because there is not the normal requirements for cooling of the machine. - We have an enormous "PC muscle" for the benefit of research, and in this way comes Aalborg University at the forefront of eScience, ie research that takes place on the large computer installations, says Frede Blaabjerg from Engineering, Natural and Medicine . - In addition, we are pleased that this solution saves us a half million crowns on the electricity bill over three years compared with other supercomputers. So we have not only gained a strong but also a "green" supercomputer, says Frede Blaabjerg. The big energy savings because the supplier IBM has put a number of components together so that for example only one power supply and four blowers for each 112 CPU 'is.
Several research groups at AAU will continue to conduct research, they have not previously had the opportunity, since many types of science no longer are done in laboratories, but on computers made extensive calculations, create simulations and the like. Already now is a variety of major projects ready, where the supercomputer will help, among other things, with calculations of how antennas affects people and buildings, biofuels research and pollution, and development and testing of composite materials for wind turbine blades.
Denmark's largest computer has been financed through a million grant from DCSC (Danish Center for Scientific Computing), which distributes the funds to the Danish operations centers with supercomputers and AAU is now a part of. In addition, also Engineering, Science and Medicine at Aalborg University itself contributed more than one million crowns and received support from the Obel Family Foundation to finance the computer. So far, AAU had to apply for access to equipment at other universities, but it changed that now. Behind the application is a joint consortium across the four institutions of Electronic Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Energy Engineering. Facts:
* In assembled fills supercomputer 4 m2, equivalent to a large American fridge. * Only ten years ago the world's most powerful machine was in 1333 GFLOPS (and in 1985 only 4 GFLOPS). It would then be impossible to build a machine of this size, what will be used at the university. * Technical facts about super computer Fyrkat at AAU: Memory 1.3 terabytes of RAM (ie 1334 gigabytes). Storage 4.8 Terabyte (ie 4800 gigabytes). Rain Kraft 6263 GFLOPS, ie 6 trillion floating point calculations (floating point calculations) per second. 672 cores (CPU 's), 84 servers, clock speed of 2.33 GHz. Network: 1 Gigabit Ethernet and InfiniBand. * The supercomputer provided by IBM Denmark in cooperation with Komplex-IT * Download additional background information on engineering, research using mm
