July 18, 2011 at 08:51HP partners with Nvidia to create new GPU servers
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Hewlett-Packard is partnering with Nvidia to create new high-performance servers with up to eight high-speed GPUs for high-performance computing.
With Nvidia, HP has developed several unique configurations, one of which is the largest supercomputer in the world, known as the "Greenest Production Supercomputer." The latest HP server will use the new high-end Nvidia Tesla GPUs.
The combination of GPUs and CPUs is becoming more common as companies seek computing power without increasing energy consumption. For parallel processing, GPUs that contain hundreds of cores can provide speed without a corresponding jump in energy consumption.
However, both software and workloads must be carefully optimized for a still rather unique architecture. Compare the "Greenest Production Supercomputer" server running on Nvidia and Jaguar chips, which uses AMD x86 processors.
This is an incredible achievement in performance 1 , especially if you compare it with Jaguar, which is the second in the list of TOP500 supercomputers 2 . Both have a similar peak performance, but the new Nvidia Tsubame 2.0 consume only 1/7 of the energy.
Take this into account and you will understand why GPUs have had such an impact on high-performance computing.
The new server is at number 14 on the server’s top list, but its real value may be a sign of HP’s continued commitment to server-side innovation and its connection with Nvidia.
Nvidia plans to release GPU chips that will use an ARM processor based on the well-known Project Denver.
1 I did not find the exact information about comparing Tsubame 2.0 and Jaguar.
2 As of June 2011, Jaguar is in third place on the TOP500 List.
More on the Tesla GPU.
More on the Tesla M2090
With Nvidia, HP has developed several unique configurations, one of which is the largest supercomputer in the world, known as the "Greenest Production Supercomputer." The latest HP server will use the new high-end Nvidia Tesla GPUs.
The combination of GPUs and CPUs is becoming more common as companies seek computing power without increasing energy consumption. For parallel processing, GPUs that contain hundreds of cores can provide speed without a corresponding jump in energy consumption.
However, both software and workloads must be carefully optimized for a still rather unique architecture. Compare the "Greenest Production Supercomputer" server running on Nvidia and Jaguar chips, which uses AMD x86 processors.
This is an incredible achievement in performance 1 , especially if you compare it with Jaguar, which is the second in the list of TOP500 supercomputers 2 . Both have a similar peak performance, but the new Nvidia Tsubame 2.0 consume only 1/7 of the energy.
Take this into account and you will understand why GPUs have had such an impact on high-performance computing.
The new server is at number 14 on the server’s top list, but its real value may be a sign of HP’s continued commitment to server-side innovation and its connection with Nvidia.
Nvidia plans to release GPU chips that will use an ARM processor based on the well-known Project Denver.
1 I did not find the exact information about comparing Tsubame 2.0 and Jaguar.
2 As of June 2011, Jaguar is in third place on the TOP500 List.
More on the Tesla GPU.
More on the Tesla M2090