Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute Boosts Research With New Cray XC50 Supercomputer
September 19 2018 - 9:00AM
Supercomputer Will Power Next-Generation Research
for Japan’s Highly Advanced Railway System
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced
that it has delivered and installed a Cray® XC50™ supercomputer and
a ClusterStor™ L300 storage system at Railway Technical Research
Institute (RTRI), the research and development arm for Japan
Railways Group. The supercomputer will be used to perform railway
research in the areas of applying new technologies and materials,
enhancing simulation techniques, analyzing railway-specific
phenomena and improving evaluation methods.
RTRI chose the Cray XC50 system for its processing capacity and
for its ability to provide five times faster processing speeds,
allowing researchers to run simulation programs to analyze
technical issues in railways with more accuracy and provide more
tangible solutions.
“With the Cray XC50, we have the high-performance computing
power we need to drive, positive and significant research outcomes
for RTRI,” said Dr.
Norimichi Kumagai, president of RTRI. “In
addition, we are applying our expertise to continue research in
enhancing the safety and technology of railways throughout Japan.
By fully utilizing this powerful system, we will be able to
generate game-changing insights that will fuel one of the world’s
most advanced railway systems.”
Cray has a longstanding and productive relationship with RTRI.
In 2013, RTRI put multiple Cray supercomputers into production with
the XC30™ and CS300™ systems, enabling the Institute to model the
combined behaviors of railway system components in different
fields. Today, with the installation of a Cray XC50, RTRI will
analyze various phenomena related to railways.
“We are proud to continue our work with RTRI, a long-standing
customer in Japan, and we are pleased the Institute will
continue to utilize the power of Cray supercomputers toward the
development of railway technologies,” said Mamoru Nakano, president
of Cray Japan. “With this latest XC50 from Cray, RTRI will be even
better positioned to advance its critical research in modernizing
Japan’s railway systems.”
RTRI’s XC50 system is the third Cray has delivered
to RTRI since 2009. The air-cooled XC50 showcases Cray’s
commitment to bringing world-class systems, software and the
HPC-optimized Aries system interconnect to every data center.
Paired with the higher performance storage delivery by Cray
ClusterStor L300, the system is designed for balanced, sustained
performance across all of RTRI’s workloads. It provides more than
800 teraflops and features five cabinets, using Intel Xeon
Gold 6150 18-core (2.7 GHz) processors.
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