Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to introduce 17 petaflops computing system

2021: Plans to implement a computer system with performance 17 petaflops

On May 13, 2021, it became known that the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a German research university, plans with the help of Lenovo and its Pro-Com business partner in the coming months to implement a computer system with performance 17 petaflops, equipped with Nvidia A100 Ampere graphics processors with cooling hot water.

Using a configuration of the Lenovo GOAST system (Genomics Optimization and Scalability Tool), scientists can take advantage of the checked, previously configured decision to problems of a bioinformatics on the basis of highly productive and reliable serverovlenovo ThinkSystem. Traditionally, whole genome sequencing (WGS) requires a period of time of several days. The Lenovo GOAST system configuration in turn provides results in less than an hour - all with standard x86 servers.

{{quote 'We are pleased to begin working with Lenovo to create our supercomputer HoreKa using Neptune Direct Water Cooling (DWC) direct water cooling technology, "comments Jennifer Buchmüller, PhD, head of KIT's scientific computing and modeling department. - The environmental friendliness of this solution and the optimization of the performance of the entire system are perfectly combined with our goal: to develop increasingly efficient and consistent with the principles of sustainable development software for scientific research. This, in turn, gives us the opportunity to carry out multidimensional modeling on a much larger scale than before - for research in the field of energy sources and vehicles, materials science, the sciences of Earth systems, biomedical sciences, as well as in particle physics and cosmomicrophysics. }}

Using the Lenovo GOAST system, we can analyze large amounts of data and quickly penetrate the essence of phenomena. Our environment for HPC stimulates research that will help us bring out more nutritious, drought and disease-resistant plants to feed the world, "explains Dr. Paritosh Kumar, a research fellow at the Center of the Department of Genetics at the University of Delhi.