UK's Archer 2 supercomputer to use 12,000 AMD Epyc Rome CPUs

[HEXUS]

Cray is building this 1.5 million thread system in the UK Research and Innovation Centre.

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[Bagpuss]

28 Pflops...

That's not bad actually, puts it at (currently) number 5 in the top 10 of the worlds most powerful supercomputers, probably will have fallen down that list by the time its actually operational though.

...and the gap between #5 & #4 is considerable (61 pflops)

[blokeinkent]

But can it run Crisis on full titty?

[Millennium]

I am happy that AMD CPUs are getting the usage and recognition they deserve. AMD has done well as compared to Intel in the last couple yyears.

But can it run Crisis on full titty?

Yep.

[chj]

But can it run Crisis on full titty?

Yep.

It seems that there's a comparatively small number of GPUs hooked up though

"The system is designed to be a CPU-only beast, though it will include 16 AMD GPUs connected to four compute nodes just in case"

[Tabbykatze]

Now we know where all the good Zen 2 dies are going

Well done AMD!

[lumireleon]

so can they sold me the old Archer 1 compute cabinets? I need a supercomputer in my neighbourhood.

[philehidiot]

*Retrieves a stick*

*prepares to poke*


Brexit.





*hides*.

[mikeo]

Didn't Felicity Smoak (aca Green Arrow) come up with this a while back?

[scaryjim]

… Brexit. ...

Shouldn't have any impact on this, AFAIK. Can't say the same for many other research initiatives, but Archer should be OK...

[ohmaheid]

I'm guessing the security - or lack thereof, of Intel hardware is one of the reasons for going with AMD.

[Rubarb]

I'm guessing the security - or lack thereof, of Intel hardware is one of the reasons for going with AMD.

LOL and cost

[Zak33]

They will stress test it playing ARMA2, ripping a copy of Apocolypse now at 1080p AND play minesweeper on it.

What a weapon

[aidanjt]

So I guess we shouldn't hold our breath waiting on Ryzen/Threadripper CPUs with non-garbage tier 8 core chiplets?

[Xlucine]

It seems that there's a comparatively small number of GPUs hooked up though

"The system is designed to be a CPU-only beast, though it will include 16 AMD GPUs connected to four compute nodes just in case"

It can run crysis on low at 720p ~10,000 times at once
https://youtu.be/HuLsrr79-Pw?t=705

[ETR316]

So, its already outdated.