NewsByteSeptember3,2019
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What’snew:Today,Intel,theTexasAdvancedComputingCenter(TACC)atTheUniversityofTexasatAustin(UTAustin),theNationalScienceFoundation(NSF),DellTechnologiesandotherscienceandtechnologypartnersgatheredtounveilFrontera,thefifthmostpowerfulsupercomputerintheworldandthefastestinacademia.Basedon2ndgenerationIntel®Xeon®ScalableprocessorsandfeaturingIntel®Optane™DCpersistentmemory,theFronterasystemispoisedtoacceleratescientificresearchandinnovation.
“TheFronterasystemwillprovideresearcherscomputationalandartificialintelligencecapabilitiesthathavenotexistedbeforeforacademicresearch.WithInteltechnology,thisnewsupercomputeropensupnewpossibilitiesinscienceandengineeringtoadvanceresearchincludingcosmicunderstanding,medicalcuresandenergyneeds.”–TrishDamkroger,Intelvicepresidentandgeneralmanager,ExtremeComputingOrganization
WhyIt’sImportant:Astheworld’sfastestacademicsupercomputer,Fronterawillenablebreakthroughresearchacrossanumberoffields,includingastronomy,medicine,artificialintelligence(AI),quantummechanicsandmechanicalengineering.EarlyprojectsbeingrunonFronterainclude:
Understandingtheinfluenceofdistantstars:ManuelaCampanelli,professorofastrophysicsatRochesterInstituteofTechnologyanddirectorfortheCenterforComputationalRelativityandGravitation,isusingFronteratodevelopasimulationtoamplifyourunderstandingofgravitationalwaves.Thegoalistoexplaintheoriginofthepowerfulenergyburststhatareemittedduringaneutronstarmerger,includingthetypesofelectromagneticsignalsemitted.FronteraenablesCampanelliandherteamtoperformcomplexsimulationsataspeedtwoormoretimesfasterthanwhatispossibleonanylocalsupercomputer.
Diagnosisandtreatmentofgliomas:ProfessorGeorgeBirosofUTAustinisusingFronteratobuildcomplexbio-physicalmodelsofbraintumordevelopmenttomoreeffectivelydiagnoseandtreatgliomas,atypeofbraintumor.Frontera’sstate-of-the-artsystemenablesautomatedmedicalimageprocessingtodetecttheextentofcancersbeyondthemaintumorgrowth,whichmustberemovedduringsurgerytopreventthecancerfromreturning.
Teachingneuralnetworksquantumchemistry:OlexandrIsayev,assistantprofessoratUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,isusingFronteratotrainaneuralnetworkthataccuratelydescribestheforcefieldsandpotentialenergyofmoleculesbasedontheir3Dstructures.TheFronterasystemenablesIsayevtoscaleuphisresearch,reachingarecordof3millioncalculationsin24hours.Hisworkhasmanypotentialapplications,butamongthemostimpactfulisdrugdiscovery—findingnewmoleculesthatcaninteractwithspecificproteinstotreatandcurediseases.
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Eradicatingemergingviruses:PeterKasson,associateprofessorofmolecularphysiologyandofbiomedicalengineeringattheUniversityofVirginia,isstudyingemergingvirusesandguidingthedevelopmentofnewantiviraltherapies.Tostudythemechanismsoftheseviruses,Kassonandhisteamcombinemicroscopicresearchwithcomputermodelsofthevirus,builtoneatomatatime,andthensimulatethemechanicsofhowtheatomswouldinteract.EarlyworkonFronteraisalreadyenablingsimulationsthataretwoorthreetimesfasterthanonpriorsupercomputers.
Buildingasunnierenergyfuture:GaneshBalasubramanian,assistantprofessorofmechanicalengineeringandmechanicsatLehighUniversity,wasamongtheearlyusersofFrontera,studyingthedynamicsoforganicphotovoltaicmaterials.Activelycollaboratingwithexperimentalists,heisworkingtodevelopefficientwaystocreatenext-generationflexiblesolarphotovoltaicsthatcanexceedtheenergy-producingpotentialoftoday’sdevices.
TechnologiesinFrontera:FirstannouncedinAugust2018,Fronterawasbuiltinearly2019andearnedtheNo.5spotontheTop500listoftheworld’smostadvancedsupercomputersinJune2019.FeaturingDellEMCPowerEdgeserverswith2ndGenIntelXeonScalableprocessors,Frontera’s8008computenodesdeliverspeakperformanceof38.75petaflops.FronteraalsofeaturesIntelOptaneDCpersistentmemorytoaddresstheperformanceandmemorycapacityrequirementsofthediverseworkloadsruninthesystem,includingscientificmodelingandsimulation,bigdataandartificialintelligence.
HowIntelandTACCCollaborate:IntelandTACChavebeencollaboratingongroundbreakingsupercomputingprojectsformorethanadecade,withthegoalofdevelopingadvancedsystemstoenablescientificbreakthroughsfortheresearchcommunity.TheFronterasupercomputercontinuestheclosecollaborationbetweenTACC,DellTechnologiesandInteltodrivehigh-performancecomputinginnovationswithunprecedentedperformance,productivityandefficiency.
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