NEC October 25th, announced the new product "SX-9" of the super computer "SX series" which loads new CPU, started offer from the same day. It has improved efficiency substantially per single core with new CPU which actualizes the operational efficiency, 102.4GFLOPS, in comparison with the type until recently.
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The super computer "SX-9" which loads new CPU, assures substantial efficiency rise
As for SX-9, university and institution, HPC for weather climatic system (High Performance Computing) successor aircraft of server "SX-8". The SX series being domestic so far, sells the sum total approximately 1,100 units. Among those, the number of incoming orders in Japan occupies 50%.
Largest feature per single core is the loading new CPU which actualizes the operational efficiency of 102.4GFLOPS. As for actualizing above 100GFLOPS according to NEC, as a single core you say that it is the world first. Until recently when SX-8 of the type, per 1 node is 128GFLOPS, if you compare, it means to actualize the operational efficiency which is a match to 1 node of SX-8 with only one CPU.
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As for the efficiency of new CPU, it is a match to the efficiency per 1 node of type "SX-8" until recently
As for new CPU, while succeeding from the past architecture, the plural improvements such as addition of the computing element and reinforcement of the vector pipeline are administered. 65 nano- meters (nm) with production process, it assures also 1 chip of vector unit and scalar unit.
As for SX-9, per 1 node it is possible to load maximum of 16 CPU. Because of this, operational efficiency is expanded to 1.6TFLOPS. When you compare with SX-8 which shows 1.6TFLOPS with 13 nodes, with SX-9 in the simplicity calculation per 1 node it means that efficiency improvement of 13 times is assured. In addition, because per 1CPU it has possessed also the memory bandwidth of 256Gbps, entire memory bandwidth per 1 node reaches to 4Tbps. As for shared storage per 1 node as for inter- connecting which connects between 1TB and the node by the fact that the high-speed characteristic of 128Gbps is actualized, connection of the maximum of 512 nodes is made possible.
Furthermore in installation area, SX-8 (13 nodes) 19.3? So vis-a-vis being as for SX-9 4.9? By electric power consumption 30kVA and area electric power consumption are reduced to 1 of 4 parts respectively similarly vis-a-vis 108kVA.
The NEC execution official routine work, the Maruyama good one person developed "aiming toward the fact that balance well it offers ease of use and high-speed characteristic, concerning SX-9. (Like IBM) the product development which pursues the highest efficiency the optimum you do not think for the user ", that, the user friendly functional aspect was emphasized.
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The NEC execution official routine work, the Maruyama good one person
Actually, SX-9 for HPC high-speed joint ownership file software "GSTORAGEFS" and has prepared various private software such as the compiler and the efficiency analytical tool which do program such as automatic vector conversion/automatic parallel conversion tuning in addition to OS which is optimized because the large-scale multiple node is formed in addition to consecutive functional strengthening. The user says that by the fact that these software are utilized, quickly it can introduce & can execute SX-9.
The price of SX-9 1 node (per 4CPU loading) reaches approximately 1 hundred million 5,000 ten thousand Yen with smallest constitution. NEC has anticipated the sale of 700 systems in 3 years. If presently, we are advancing the European customer and the business talk of 100 node scale and receive an order you say that it becomes the sale of 100 hundred million Yen scale. In the country, 2008 summer with the goal of delivering SX-9 of 10 nodes in the Osaka university is decisive.
NEC HPC sale propulsion headquarters chief, according to bamboo grass warehouse Takayuki, in the global market of HPC, presently NEC says that it has possessed 20% share. "In the future, that share is made to expand up to 50%, with the throwing SX-9" as for the same person you talked the enthusiasm.
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