Cray Tapped to Deliver Largest Supercomputer Dedicated to Fusion Science in Japan by National Institutes for Quantum and Radi...
March 14 2018 - 4:05PM
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced
that the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science
and Technology (QST) selected a Cray XC50™ supercomputer to
be its new flagship supercomputing system. The new system is
expected to deliver peak performance of over 4 petaflops,
an increase of more than 2 times the system it is replacing. It
will support QST in powering complex calculations for plasma
physics (turbulence, edge physics, integrated modeling) and fusion
technology, and will be the largest supercomputer used specifically
for nuclear fusion science in Japan.
The Cray XC50 supercomputer will be installed at the Rokkasho
Fusion Institute in Japan. The Cray supercomputer will replace
Helios, the Institute’s prior supercomputer used for the Broader
Approach project between the European Atomic Energy Community
(Euratom) and Japan. The supercomputer will accelerate the
realization of fusion energy through R&D and advanced
technologies project and will complement the ITER project, a
worldwide collaboration designed to demonstrate the scientific
feasibility of fusion power as an environmentally responsible
energy source.
“We’re looking forward to delivering a supercomputer for QST
that will further the Institute’s work in discovering opportunities
for fusion power as a reliable energy source,” said Mamoru Nakano,
president of Cray Japan. “The speed and integrated software
environment of the Cray XC50 will enhance QST’s infrastructure and
allow researchers to speed time to discovery.”
QST will be providing more than 1,000 European and Japanese
fusion researchers with the high-performance computing technology
required to advance game-changing research in fusion power. The
Cray system will provide the performance and scale necessary to
support QST researchers in running complex plasma calculations as
part of the ITER project.
The Cray XC series of supercomputers are designed to handle the
most challenging workloads requiring sustained multi-petaflop
performance. The Cray XC supercomputers incorporate the Aries
high-performance network interconnect for low latency and scalable
global bandwidth, the HPC-optimized Cray Linux Environment, the
Cray programming environment consisting of powerful tools for
application developers, as well as the latest Intel® processors and
NVIDIA® GPU accelerators. The Cray XC supercomputers deliver on
Cray’s commitment to performance supercomputing with an
architecture and tightly-integrated software environment that
provides extreme scalability and sustained performance.
The system is expected to be put into production in 2018.
For more information on the Cray XC™ supercomputers, please
visit the Cray website at www.cray.com.
About Cray Inc.Global supercomputing leader
Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) provides innovative systems and solutions
enabling scientists and engineers in industry, academia and
government to meet existing and future simulation and analytics
challenges. Leveraging more than 40 years of experience in
developing and servicing the world’s most advanced supercomputers,
Cray offers a comprehensive portfolio of supercomputers and big
data storage and analytics solutions delivering unrivaled
performance, efficiency and scalability. Cray’s Adaptive
Supercomputing vision is focused on delivering innovative
next-generation products that integrate diverse processing
technologies into a unified architecture, allowing customers to
meet the market’s continued demand for realized performance. Go to
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