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“Topaze”: a new computer at the CCRT co-designed by Atos and the CEA to meet the challenges of high-performance computing and data processing

Paris, France – June 23 2021

The CEA and its companions at the Research and Know-how Computing Centre (CCRT) have invested in a new supercomputer, named ‘Topaze’, centered on the BullSequana XH2000 resolution from Atos, and set up in the CEA’s Very Significant Computing Centre (TGCC[one]) at Bruyères-le-Châtel in Essonne (south of Paris). It will be open to the first customers at the conclude of June 2021, to start off the ‘Grand Challenges’ period, for pretty massive-scale simulations.

‘Topaze’ is section of Atos’ assortment of HPC supercomputers, acquired following a phone for tenders, and is the result of joint R&D by Atos and the CEA’s Army Programs Directorate (DAM). It has a peak computing electricity of all around eight.eight petaflops[2].

The new computer system contains a normal-objective partition of 864 nodes equipped with the hottest AMD EPYC Milan 7763 processors, an accelerated partition of forty eight nodes centered on Nvidia A100 processors and four pretty massive memory nodes. A DDN[three] storage system with a capacity of roughly three petabytes and a bandwidth of 280 gigabytes/s completes the computation section.

atos-topazeAs companions of the CCRT, the teams from ArianeGroup, the CEA, Cerfacs, EDF, France Génomique, IFPEN, Ineris, Ingeliance, IRSN, L’Oréal, Michelin, Onera, the Safran Group, Synchrotron SOLEIL, TechnicAtome, Thales Defence Mission Systems, Thales Alenia Area and Valeo will have accessibility to the hottest generation of computing and data processing assets expected for the accomplishment of their projects.

High-general performance electronic simulation is an indispensable asset for innovation in lots of fields, these as experiments on the advancement of new plane and helicopter engines, strength and ecological changeover systems, the structure and safety of nuclear reactors, environmental threat analysis, the structure of new ‘flexible’ satellites, the analyze of proteins and the decoding of the genome, the structure and manufacture of tires and built-in devices for automobiles, research into new elements, and the advancement of more environmentally welcoming cosmetics.

The CCRT’s partnership product, set up in 2003, has demonstrated its means to respond in a sustainable way tailor-made to the developing desires of field. It presents a huge assortment of abilities in the discipline of substantial-general performance calculations and processing, combining stability, innovation and overall flexibility in the use of assets. This product is centered on numerous discussions and working periods between the companions in get to share desires and opinions.

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Press contacts:

Laura Fau | [email protected] | +33 six seventy three 64 04 eighteen | @laurajanefau

Tuline Laeser | [email protected] | +33 six twelve 04 40 22 | @CEA_Officiel

About Atos

Atos is a global leader in electronic transformation with one hundred and five,000 employees and yearly revenue of about € eleven billion. European selection just one in cybersecurity, cloud and substantial general performance computing, the Group supplies tailor-made conclude-to-conclude answers for all industries in seventy one nations around the world. A pioneer in decarbonization products and services and products, Atos is fully commited to a secure and decarbonized electronic for its consumers. Atos operates less than the models Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The objective of Atos is to assist structure the long run of the information and facts house. Its knowledge and products and services help the advancement of know-how, schooling and research in a multicultural solution and contribute to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the planet, the Group enables its clients and employees, and customers of societies at massive to reside, perform and acquire sustainably, in a safe and sound and secure information and facts house. www.atos.net

About the CEA

The CEA is a essential participant in research, advancement and innovation in four most important places: strength changeover, electronic changeover, technological innovation for the drugs of the long run and defense and stability. With a workforce of twenty,000 individuals, centered in nine web pages equipped with pretty massive-scale research infrastructures, the CEA actively participates in collaborative initiatives with a massive selection of tutorial and industrial companions, in France, Europe and around the world.

For more information and facts: www.cea.fr

Via its Army Programs Division (CEA-DAM), the CEA is tasked with overseeing France’s defense and stability applications. It types, manufactures and ensures the safety and dependability of France’s nuclear deterrent warheads. It types and would make the nuclear steam provide devices that electricity the French Navy’s vessels. The CEA also supplies specialized help to the Authorities aimed at stopping nuclear proliferation and terrorism, as nicely as furnishing its knowledge to recommend the French Protection Ministry on examining and controlling the effects of regular weapons devices and their vulnerability.

[one] The CEA’s Very Significant Computing Centre (TGCC) is an infrastructure operated by teams from the DAM Île-de-France centre and developed to host supercomputers, with all the computing assets and products and services adapted to substantial-general performance electronic processing.

[2] one million billion operations for each second.

[three] DataDirect Networks

Image caption: Topaze, the new supercomputer at the CCRT ©CEA