SGI Awarded $27M Systems Contract with the Army Research Laboratory Defense Supercomputing Resource Center
October 31 2016 - 7:41PM
Today, SGI (NASDAQ:SGI), a global leader in high-performance
solutions for compute, data analytics, and data management,
announced that the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has
selected SGI® ICE™ XA for two of its Army Research Laboratory
Defense Supercomputing Resource Center (ARL DSRC) systems. The
upgrades are part of a technology insertion, known as TI-16, for
their High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP).
HPCMP delivers world-class commercial, high-end,
high-performance computational capabilities to DoD’s Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) community through its
five DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs).
With HPC technology, DoD scientists and engineers can utilize
physics-based simulations to achieve better understanding of a
variety of phenomena affecting national defense. The upgraded
systems also allow quick data searches that are generated from
field tests across a wide spectrum of military operations. Powerful
supercomputers help with data quality, increasing situational
awareness, and advancing soldier performance with live and virtual
data analytics. The new SGI systems will be leveraged to scale
algorithms, increase real-time experimental data processing and
methods for live-virtual simulations.
The agreement for ARL DSRC system #1 values at $8.9 million, and
ARL DSRC system #2 at $17.6 million.
SGI was also awarded four annual maintenance options over the
next four years, allowing DoD to leverage its world-class
professional services available 24/7. The work for both systems
will be performed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an
estimated completion date of April 24, 2021. Army Corps of
Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama, has been delegated contracting
authority for these agreements.
Announcement Highlights
- DoD has selected SGI to increase supercomputing power with two
ARL DSRC systems
- DoD’s investment in supercomputers helps with data quality,
increasing situational awareness, and advancing soldier performance
with live and virtual data analytics; it also allows DoD scientists
and engineers to achieve a better understanding of a variety of
phenomena affecting national defense
- The upgraded SGI systems will help DoD scale algorithms,
increase real-time experimental data processing and methods for
live-virtual simulations
Technical Information
- ARL DSRC system #1 will deploy SGI® ICE™ XA with quad node
blade and E-Cell technology, utilizing the 22-core Intel® Xeon®
processor E5-2699 v4 to achieve peak compute power
- ARL DSRC system #1 will be comprised of 33,088 compute cores
offering 1.16 Petaflops capability, a Mellanox Enhanced Data Rate
(EDR) as a 1:1 non-blocking Fat-Tree with 3.4 PB usable storage
based on SGI InfiniteStorage 5600i technology
- ARL DSRC system #2 will deploy SGI® ICE™ XA comprised of 73,920
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2698 v4 compute cores, offering 2.6
Petaflops capability, a Mellanox Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)-based 1:1
non-blocking Fat-Tree and 11.8 PB usable storage based on SGI
InfiniteStorage 5600i technology
Supporting Quotes
"We’re excited to partner with SGI for our TI-16 DoD program,
and have full confidence in the system’s ability to provide
excellent performance," said Dr. Raju Namburu, director of ARL
DSRC. “Choosing the right HPC partners is crucial, as we rely on
supercomputing and large-scale analytics and predictive sciences to
provide the competitive edge we need to maintain our position as
the nation’s premier laboratory for land forces.”
"We believe that the two SGI systems will bring a unique
capability to solve DoD's most challenging problems," said Thomas
Kendall, technical director of ARL DSRC. "The combination of a
non-blocking, fat-tree topology, based on the recently available
100 Gbps EDR technology and the newest server CPU technology will
enable a wide range of applications to consistently achieve high
levels of performance.”
"DoD’s annual, recurring investment in HPC is a testament to its
belief in the power and strategic value of supercomputing,” said
Jorge Titinger, president and CEO, SGI. “Expanding our partnership
with ARL DSCR is the result of our record of exceptional HPC
performance with previous DoD systems. We have had a healthy
long-standing relationship with HPCMP over the last two decades,
and we remain committed to delivering to DoD new innovative
technology and the highest level of service and management. We look
forward to continuing our partnership with one of the most
important institutions in our nation.”
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