PSC Neocortex Superdome Flex Server
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Resource Type: Compute
User Guide: https://portal.neocortex.psc.edu/docs/
Recommended Use: The Neocortex SDFlex is designed for processing and analyzing very large data sets in shared memory with a large number of cores. It is particularly well suited to problems that are hard to partition across distributed nodes, for example, analyses on very large graphs that must remain resident in memory, large-scale bioinformatics pipelines that operate on sizable reference datasets or pangenomes, and irregular or sparse computations that do not map cleanly onto distributed-memory architectures. The SDFlex is also a strong fit for in-memory processing and preparation of very large datasets, including those intended for downstream use on the Neocortex Cerebras CS-3 system or on Bridges-2. We welcome applications from these areas as well as from any other domain where the shared-memory capacity of the SDFlex would enable work that would otherwise be impractical.
Latitude: 40.440624
Longitude: -79.995888
Production Dates: 04/15/2024 -
Public URL: https://cider.access-ci.org/public/resources/RDR_002517
Description: Neocortex is a highly innovative resource that targets the acceleration of AI-powered scientific discovery by vastly shortening the time required for deep learning training, fostering greater integration of artificial deep learning with scientific workflows, and providing revolutionary new hardware for the development of more efficient algorithms for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The Neocortex HPE Superdome Flex (SDFlex) features 32 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L CPUs with 28 cores (56 threads) each, 2.70-4.0 GHz, 38.5 MB cache, 24 TiB RAM, aggregate memory bandwidth of 4.5 TB/s, and 204.6 TB aggregate local storage capacity with 150 GB/s read bandwidth. The SDF can provide 1.2 Tb/s to each CS-2 system and 1.6 Tb/s from the Bridges-2 filesystems. SDFlex Service units are calculated as chassis hours. Each chassis has 112 cpu cores, so an SDFlex SU = 112 core hours.