Guru3D.com
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Channels
    • Archive
  • DOWNLOADS
    • New Downloads
    • Categories
    • Archive
  • GAME REVIEWS
  • ARTICLES
    • Rig of the Month
    • Join ROTM
    • PC Buyers Guide
    • Guru3D VGA Charts
    • Editorials
    • Dated content
  • HARDWARE REVIEWS
    • Videocards
    • Processors
    • Audio
    • Motherboards
    • Memory and Flash
    • SSD Storage
    • Chassis
    • Media Players
    • Power Supply
    • Laptop and Mobile
    • Smartphone
    • Networking
    • Keyboard Mouse
    • Cooling
    • Search articles
    • Knowledgebase
    • More Categories
  • FORUMS
  • NEWSLETTER
  • CONTACT

New Reviews
ASRock Z590 Extreme review
Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC review
Corsair K70 RGB TKL keyboard review
Corsair RM650x (2021) power supply review
be quiet! Silent Loop 2 280mm review
Corsair K55 RGB PRO XT keyboard review
Guru3D Rig of the Month - March 2021
Intel Core i9-11900K processor review
Intel Core i5-11600K processor review
ASUS ROG Maximus XIII HERO review

New Downloads
Guru3D RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server Download 7.3.2 Beta 2
MSI Afterburner 4.6.4 Beta 2 Download
HWiNFO Download v7.02
Intel HD graphics Driver Download Version: DCH 27.20.100.9316
Corsair Utility Engine Download (iCUE) Download v4.9.350
Quake II RTX Download 1.5.0
GeForce 465.89 WHQL driver download
AIDA64 Download Version 6.33
AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.3.2 driver download
Display Driver Uninstaller Download version 18.0.3.8


New Forum Topics
AMD Announces Ryzen 5000 G-Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphic Game Ready Driver WHQL 465.89 download & discussion NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated) PC sales have risen significantly in Q1 of 2021, despite all shortages NVIDIA Announces Grace CPU for Giant AI and High Performance Computing Workloads Age of Empires 4 makes a return with new gameplay and imagery Asus to release resizable BAR update for Z370 and Z390 motherboards in May Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042.508) MSI To release two super fast NVMe SSDs - Gen 4x4 and Read and Writes up-to 7000 MB/s Review: ASRock Z590 Extreme




Guru3D.com » News » El Capitan Supercomputer: AMD ZEN4 CPUs & Instinct GPUs offer 2 Exaflops of Compute

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.



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




« EK Rolls out 179 EUR Threadripper monoblock for ROG Zenith II Extreme · El Capitan Supercomputer: AMD ZEN4 CPUs & Instinct GPUs offer 2 Exaflops of Compute · For Intel 10nm will be a less productive node than 14nm and 22nm »

4 pages 1 2 3 4


SpajdrEX
AMD Vanguard



Posts: 2773
Joined: 2006-05-07

#5766237 Posted on: 03/05/2020 11:30 AM
People laugh when I say that but it will happen sooner or later, and no amount "safe" guard from that happen will stop it.


Yes, it's coming guys



386SX
Senior Member



Posts: 1104
Joined: 2017-06-26

#5766264 Posted on: 03/05/2020 01:29 PM
Yes, it's coming guys



Yep!

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.

What was the original purpose of Skynet again? To manage the nuclear arsenal, right?

I dont care about the name, something like this will happen, and El Capitan is another step into this direction.

DownwithEA
Member



Posts: 25
Joined: 2017-05-30

#5766312 Posted on: 03/05/2020 05:26 PM
Lol, you gotta admit, it would run Earth Defense Force 5 pretty sweet.


I like your thinking friend :) We just need to get KevinEDF to this beast.

schmidtbag
Senior Member



Posts: 5744
Joined: 2012-11-10

#5766325 Posted on: 03/05/2020 06:30 PM
Really we just need to create a super intelligent AI the rest will could take care of itself. However we don't even have AI's that are as smart as insects so it's not something that will happen any time soon. Personally I think if we ever do get a super intelligent AI they likely would be happy to choose to live on another planet as ours isn't all that ideal for silicon life.

That's exactly it: an AI that's actually intelligent would opt for the most efficient and reliable course of action, where killing all humans would be VERY low on the list of possibilities. If for some weird reason this AI had a sense of self-preservation (an inherently biological trait), it could just bask in the sunlight with a solar panel in the middle of Bir Tawil for eternity where nobody will bother it. Otherwise, it would likely just willingly format itself or just shut itself off.

Silva
Senior Member



Posts: 1435
Joined: 2013-06-04

#5766577 Posted on: 03/06/2020 01:57 PM
The ideas shown in the fiction works have brought us, eventually, good technology: because some people dream, others make it happen.
If there are people making viruses, I'm sure an evil AI could rise from human efforts too, don't need to be a rogue one.
That said, we humans can't recreate a consciousness, an individual (yet). That requires biological traits, as well as the growing up from baby to adult to form a personality.
Any AI being developed now would only work within a certain number of pre defined instructions. Taking an input, it would decide the best output.
What we call AI isn't actually it, it's more of a "Logic Action Programmed Operations Relay", or LAPOR. Yes, I made that up just now.

4 pages 1 2 3 4


Post New Comment
Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.


Guru3D.com © 2021