The document outlines SGI's advancements in high-performance computing (HPC), showcasing the SGI UV and ICE X servers designed for data-intensive applications, featuring the latest Intel Xeon processors. It highlights the performance rankings of multiple supercomputers and presents the efficiency advantages of their M-cell technology over traditional data center solutions. SGI emphasizes a focus on solving customer problems with innovative computing and cooling solutions.

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SGI®
HPC Update
Bill Mannel
VP, Servers

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Speed and Scale
∞
0
Human
Scale
Atomic
to
Cellular
Astronomical
Subatomic
106
10-­‐6
10-­‐15
1024
1016
1018
Exascale
Femtometer
Lightyear
YoDascale
Finding Answers™

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Agenda
• SGI® UV™
• SGI® ICE™ X

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SGI UV 2: The Big Brain
Computer
• Focus on Solving Your Problems,
Not IT Problems
• No-Limit Computing, Built on
Industry Standards
• World's Largest In-Memory System
for Data-Intensive Applications
World-leading Capability for Data Intensive Work, now
with Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-4600 Product Family.

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SGI UV
“Anything Is
Possible … with
Effort”
Enterprise
SMP
“No Limit Computing: Anything is possible”
“Anything Is
Possible … at a
Price”
SGI® UVTM 2000
Commodity
Clusters
Workstation
“Some Things are
Possible”
Big Brain Computer

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SGI UV
Open Source
Analytics
Workgroup Development
KVM Virtualization
Neo4j

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June 2013 SGI® ICE™ X Top500
Entries
• #11, Pangea, Total Exploration
Production, Pau, France, Xeon
E5-2670 8C, FDR Infiniband
• Top commercial system on the list!
• http://www.sgi.com/products/servers/ice/x/
feature.html
• #14, Spirit, U.S. Air Force Research
Laboratory, Dayton, OH, Xeon
E5-2670 8C, FDR Infiniband
• Both Intel® Xeon® x86 standard
technology

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M-Cell Notable Features (w/ M-Rack)
• “Closed-Loop Airflow”
– Hot aisle containment eliminates data center CRAC unit,
pump and chiller
– Can eliminate cooling tower with secondary process
• Supports Warm Water Cooling
• Large, Efficient “Unified” Cooling Racks
• Acoustically Treated
– Leave your ear plugs out and…
– have a conversation in your data center again
Complete Cell
Compute Rack
Cooling Rack
Blower
(One of three)
Cooling Rack
(Blowers removed)
Water Coil
(One of two)

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June 2013 Top500
Rank Name Site Manufacturer Country CPU Cores Other Cores Rmax Rpeak Eff (%) Power Mflops/Watt Processor
1 Tianhe-2 (MilkyWay-2)National University of Defense Technology NUDT China 3120000 2736000 33862700 54902400 61.68 17808 1901.54 Intel IvyBridge
2 TitanDOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Cray Inc. United States 560640 261632 17590000 27112550 64.88 8209 2142.77 AMD x86_64
3 SequoiaDOE/NNSA/LLNL IBM United States 1572864 0 17173224 20132659.2 85.3 7890 2176.58 PowerPC
4 RIKEN (AICS) Fujitsu Japan 705024 0 10510000 11280384 93.17 12659.89 830.18 Sparc
5 MiraDOE/SC/Argonne National Laboratory IBM United States 786432 0 8586612 10066330 85.3 3945 2176.58 PowerPC
6 StampedeTACC Dell United States 462462 366366 5168110 8520111.6 60.66 4510 1145.92 Intel SandyBridge
7 JUQUEENForschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) IBM Germany 458752 0 5008857 5872025.6 85.3 2301 2176.82 PowerPC
8 VulcanDOE/NNSA/LLNL IBM United States 393216 0 4293306 5033165 85.3 1972 2177.13 PowerPC
9 SuperMUCLeibniz Rechenzentrum IBM Germany 147456 0 2897000 3185050 90.96 3422.67 846.42
Intel SandyBridge
10 Tianhe-1ANational Supercomputing Center in Tianjin NUDT China 186368 100352 2566000 4701000 54.58 4040 635.15 Intel Nehalem
11 PangeaTotal Exploration Production SGI France 110400 0 2098090 2296320 91.37 2118 990.6
Intel SandyBridge
12 FermiCINECA IBM Italy 163840 0 1788878 2097152 85.3 821.88 2176.57 PowerPC
13 DARPA Trial SubsetIBM Development Engineering IBM United States 63360 0 1515000 1944391.68 77.92 3575.63 423.7 Power
14 SpiritAir Force Research Laboratory SGI United States 73584 0 1415470 1530547.2 92.48 1606 881.36 Intel SandyBridge
117%
Efficiency
advantage
of
M-­‐cell
over
IBM
liquid
cooled
idataplex

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Large Scale HPC:
M-Cell
Traditional Data Center:
D-Rack
Rack Environmental Options
Container Environments:
Leverage Cell Solutions

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SGI ICE X
Design Innovations Summary
• IP-115 Twin-Node Compute Blade
• Independently Scalable Power
Architecture
• Separable Cooling Solutions
• Unified Backplane Fabric
• Ground-Breaking Density
• Multiple Data Center Environment
Support

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SGI ICE X Compute Node: IP-119
(MedinaQ Twin) for “M-Rack”
Balanced
throughput
• Two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 series
• Two Intel® Xeon Phi™ 5120D Coprocessor
• FDR InfiniBand - single or dual plane
• Four DDR3 DIMMs/ socket @ up to 1600 MT/s
• Expect 1866 MT/s support w/1 DPC populated (w/ Ivy Bridge-EP)
• Up to one 2.5” SATA HDD/ SSD drive
• Liquid cold sinks
FDR + 1:1 processor to coprocessor ratio
= Balanced Throughput
One dual socket node w/
two coprocessors in
one blade slot!

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IP-119 Compute Blade
One
dual
socket
node
with
two
coprocessors
in
one
blade
slot!
Two
Intel®
Xeon
Phi™
Coprocessors
(DFF
Assemblies)

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IP-119 Compute Blade
(Top Mother Board Detail)
24X
PCIe
Header
QPI
Interposers
Between
Sockets
(4)
PCIe
Interposer
To
FDR
HCA

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24X
PCIe
Header
Interposer
For
PCIe
to
FDR
IB
HCA
QPI
Interposers
Between
Sockets
(4)
Back
Plane
Power
&
Control
interface
IP-119 Compute Blade
(Bottom Mother Board Detail)

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IP-119 Compute Blade
(Complete Assembly)
Top
Board
BoDom
Board
(FDR
IB
HCA
card
removed)
Two
Intel®
Xeon
Phi™
Coprocessors

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IP-119 Compute Blade
(Rear ISO View) Top
Board
BoDom
Board