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El Capitan Supercomputer: AMD ZEN4 CPUs & Instinct GPUs offer 2 Exaflops of Compute

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/04/2020 08:30 PM | source: | 20 comment(s)
El Capitan Supercomputer: AMD ZEN4 CPUs & Instinct  GPUs offer 2 Exaflops of Compute

AMD, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and HPE announced that El Capitan, the upcoming exascale-class supercomputer, will have more than 2 exaflops of double precision performance powered by next generation AMD EPYC CPUs and Radeon Instinct GPUs. that makes it the world's fastest super-computer.

The system features next generation AMD EPYC processors, codenamed “Genoa” featuring the “Zen 4” processor core, next generation AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs based on a new compute optimized architecture, 3rd Gen AMD Infinity Architecture and open source AMD ROCm heterogeneous computing software. El Capitan will be the second exascale system in the U.S. powered by AMD CPUs and GPUs and is expected to be more powerful than today’s 200 fastest supercomputers combined and 10x faster than the world’s current fastest supercomputer.

  

  

El Capitan will support National Nuclear Security Administration requirements for its primary mission of ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear stockpile. The AMD based nodes will be optimized to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads that benefit NNSA missions.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — March 4, 2020 — AMD today joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and HPE, in announcing that El Capitan, the upcoming exascale class supercomputer at LLNL, will be powered by next generation AMD EPYC™ CPUs, AMD Radeon™ Instinct GPUs and open source AMD ROCm heterogeneous computing software. With delivery expected in early 2023, the El Capitan system is expected to be the world’s fastest supercomputer with more than 2 exaflops of double precision performance. This record setting performance will support National Nuclear Security Administration requirements for its primary mission of ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear stockpile.

The AMD based nodes will be optimized to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads to potentially enable the expanded use of AI and ML into the research, computational techniques and analysis that benefits NNSA missions.

“El Capitan will drive unprecedented advancements in HPC and AI, powered by the next generation AMD EPYC CPUs and Radeon Instinct GPUs,” said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager, Datacenter and Embedded Systems Group, AMD. “Building on our strong foundation in high-performance computing and adding transformative coherency capabilities, AMD is enabling the NNSA Tri-Lab community—LLNL and the Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories—to achieve their mission critical objectives and contribute new AI advancements to the industry. We are extremely proud to continue our exascale work with HPE and NNSA and look forward to the delivery of the most powerful supercomputer in the world expected in early 2023.”

AMD Technology Powering El Capitan

AMD is applying its experience from the high-performance computing industry and advancing its existing CPU and GPU designs for El Capitan, enabling the system to be architected for maximum performance and ease of use.

AMD technology within El Capitan includes:

  • Next generation AMD EPYC processors, codenamed “Genoa” featuring the “Zen 4” processor core. These processors will support next generation memory and I/O sub systems for AI and HPC workloads,
  • Next generation Radeon Instinct GPUs based on a new compute-optimized architecture for workloads including HPC and AI. These GPUs will use the next- generation high bandwidth memory and are designed for optimum deep learning performance,
  • The 3rd Gen AMD Infinity Architecture, which will provide a high-bandwidth, low latency connection between the four Radeon Instinct GPUs and one AMD EPYC CPU included in each node of El Capitan. As well, the 3rd Gen AMD Infinity Architecture includes unified memory across the CPU and GPU, easing programmer access to accelerated computing,
  • An enhanced version of the open source ROCm heterogenous programming environment, being developed to tap into the combined performance of AMD CPUs and GPUs, unlocking maximum performance.

“This unprecedented computing capability, powered by advanced CPU and GPU technology from AMD, will sustain America’s position on the global stage in high performance computing and provide an observable example of the commitment of the country to maintaining an unparalleled nuclear deterrent,” said LLNL Lab Director Bill Goldstein. “Today’s news provides a prime example of how government and industry can work together for the benefit of the entire nation.”

El Capitan comes with a $600 million price tag.



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tsunami231
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#5766087 Posted on: 03/04/2020 10:15 PM
I was thinking the same thing.


People laugh when I say that but it will happen sooner or later, and no amount "safe" guard from that happen will stop it.

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#5766094 Posted on: 03/04/2020 10:45 PM
People laugh when I say that but it will happen sooner or later, and no amount "safe" guard from that happen will stop it.

I don't laugh, I find it annoying.

Skynet isn't happening. Ever. For those who disagree, you might as well prepare yourself with some garlic, wooden crosses, and silver bullets because vampires are just as likely to be real.

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#5766097 Posted on: 03/04/2020 10:51 PM
I don't laugh, I find it annoying.

Skynet isn't happening. Ever. For those who disagree, you might as well prepare yourself with some garlic, wooden crosses, and silver bullets because vampires are just as likely to be real.

Sure.

Multi billion dollar companies release buggy software all the time, but when it comes to defense and military software nobody would ever dare to release a buggy AI to meet a stupid deadline. Nope. That shit only happens in movies and books.

Its not a question of if. Some day we'll have AI-enhanced defense software, then some decades later we'll have an AI-controlled defense software, and some time later we'll have one of the buggier, rushed-job AIs going rogue. It might not be USA's or China's, but some backwater country like North Korea who wants to become an world power and lacks the means to do so will implement something dangerous and unreliable.

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#5766099 Posted on: 03/04/2020 10:56 PM
Gentlemen, we can assume and argue endesly.
Let's not forget what this thread is all about.
Supercomputer with huge data computational power.
Let's think about best uses in mankind's benefit.

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#5766105 Posted on: 03/04/2020 11:07 PM
Sure.

Multi billion dollar companies release buggy software all the time, but when it comes to defense and military software nobody would ever dare to release a buggy AI to meet a stupid deadline. Nope. That crap only happens in movies and books.

Its not a question of if. Some day we'll have AI-enhanced defense software, then some decades later we'll have an AI-controlled defense software, and some time later we'll have one of the buggier, rushed-job AIs going rogue. It might not be USA's or China's, but some backwater country like North Korea who wants to become an world power and lacks the means to do so will implement something dangerous and unreliable.
Yeah ok. When this supposed fatal error occurs, feel free to direct the insatiable bloodthirst of the T-1000 to my doorstep and tell it my name is John Connor.

There is an astronomically gigantic list of very specific things that need to happen just "perfectly" in order for something like a robotic uprising to occur. If you want to live in this fantasy where nearly-immortal killer robots are going to randomly terrorize the streets of your home town, sorry but you need to get a better grip of reality.

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