Penguin Computing to Deliver National Supercomputer to Irish Centre (ICHEC) for High-End Computing
July 18 2018 - 3:00AM
Penguin Computing, a subsidiary of SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SGH) and leading provider of high-performance computing
(HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), enterprise data center and
cloud solutions, today announced that it will deliver the new
national supercomputer to the Irish Centre for High-End Computing
(ICHEC) at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway. Funded
by the Science Foundation Ireland, the new system will replace the
Fionn supercomputer installed in 2013. It will be part of
Ireland’s National High Performance Computing Service and provide
Irish researchers with HPC power to address some of the toughest
challenges in science and society.
The new ICHEC supercomputer will be accessible via the cloud to
researchers across Ireland, thanks to the inclusion of Penguin
Computing Scyld Cloud Manager® management software and an HPC cloud
user interface layer based on Penguin Computing® On-Demand™ (POD)™,
the Penguin Computing bare metal Cloud platform. This will allow
Irish researchers to run their projects without needing to
understand the intricacies of HPC performance and tuning,
increasing the potential user population that can benefit from
using traditional HPC techniques, as well as AI and machine
learning.
“Because we are investing in critical infrastructure to ensure
Ireland can compete internationally in key domains such as
precision medicine, earth observation and artificial
intelligence, we needed to work with HPC experts
like Penguin Computing,” said ICHEC Director Professor JC
Desplat.
“With 11 supercomputers in the Top500 list and a bare metal HPC
Cloud service since 2009, we knew we could rely on
Penguin Computing’s HPC expertise to address our needs in
an innovative way,” said Professor Desplat. “Penguin Computing was
cognizant of the careful planning and installation requirements for
performing an in-place swap of our existing infrastructure with a
system five times more powerful. Additionally, the use of Penguin
Computing’s innovative cloud software stack will enable easy and
secure access for researchers across Ireland.”
“At Penguin Computing we push the boundaries of performance and
efficiency to help customers like ICHEC tackle their most
challenging computing problems,” said Tom Coull, President
& CEO of Penguin Computing. “In response to increased global
demand for our AI, HPC, and data center solutions, Penguin
Computing has expanded its presence in Europe over the last 12
months to better serve customers. We are honored that ICHEC
put their trust in Penguin Computing to provide Ireland with its
national supercomputer and we look forward to meeting the needs of
their researchers across Ireland.”
As part of its European expansion, Penguin Computing has opened
a corporate office in London with UK-based Rod McAllister as EMEA
Sales Director. To ensure fast, thorough support to European
customers, Penguin Computing is expanding around-the-clock
technical hardware support and managed services as well as
replacement parts depots in the UK, Netherlands and Germany.
The ICHEC supercomputer is comprised of 336 high performance
servers with 13,440 Intel-based central processing unit (CPU) cores
and 64 terabytes of general purpose memory. For specialized
computing, the new system includes 6 large memory nodes with 1.5
terabytes of memory per server, plus 32 accelerator nodes divided
between Intel Xeon Phi and NVIDIA P100 graphics processing units
(GPUs). These are connected by Intel 100Gbit/s Omnipath technology
and DataDirect Networks provide 1 petabyte of high performance
storage over a parallel file system.
About Penguin Computing, a SMART Global Holdings
CompanyPenguin Computing, a U.S.-based global provider of
high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and
machine learning, and data center solutions, has been serving
industry for over 20 years with more than 2,500 customers in 40
countries across eight major vertical markets. Penguin offers a
comprehensive portfolio of hardware and software including
solutions based on the Open Compute Project (OCP), as well as
extensive services including financing and top-rated customer
support. Penguin Computing products include Linux-based servers,
software, integrated turn-key clusters, enterprise-grade storage,
and bare metal HPC, all available in hardware or cloud-based
solutions via Penguin Computing® On-Demand™ (POD). Penguin
Computing is a subsidiary of SMART Global Holdings, Inc., and the
cornerstone of SMART’s newest business unit, Specialty Compute
& Storage Solutions (SCSS).
Visit www.penguincomputing.com to learn more about the
company.
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For further information, contact:Rachel
ShatzKarbo Communications for Penguin
Computing650-270-1097penguin@karbocom.com
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