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Eviden, which used to belong to Atos, is allowed to build Jupiter. This will be Europe’s first exascale computer. The system is scheduled to go live in Germany
Eviden, which used to belong to Atos, is allowed to build Jupiter. This will be Europe’s first exascale computer. The system is scheduled to go live in Germany next year.
Eviden could build Europe’s first exascale computer. As already decided, the HPC system will be called Jupiter. According to good European custom, this is an acronym. It is Joint venture pioneering innovative and transformative exascale research. The computer is being developed as part of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking project, with which the EU wants to assert itself in the highly competitive HPC sector.
Eviden will build Jupiter using the BulSequana XH3000 architecture, which uses direct liquid cooling. The inner workings are unique: The computer is controlled by ARM-based SiPearl Rhea processors. These are HPC chips specially developed for this occasion in Europe, which are primarily characterized by their high memory bandwidth. This makes Jupiter something of a prestige project with which the EU wants to show that it can play on an equal footing with the Americans and the Chinese using its own chips.
However, not every chip is manufactured in-house. Eviden will equip Jupiter with a separate booster cluster that will support the Rhea chips. This cluster will have Nvidia GPUs. This acceleration should make Jupiter suitable for a wide range of workloads, including AI training.
The contract has an initial value of 23 million euros and is intended to finance the construction, installation and maintenance of Jupiter, according to EuroHPC. However, Eviden himself states that the entire project is worth 500 million euros, taking into account the manufacturing and operating costs over a period of five years.
Half of the money comes from the EuroHPC JU, in which EU member states have participated. Germany pays the rest and in return can host Jupiter. The system ends up in the Jülich Supercomputing Center.
Eviden emerged from France’s Atos, which planned to split into two companies in 2022 amid protests from almost the entire C-suite. The parts around digital, big data and security ended up under the name Eviden, although at first it looked like the name would be Evidian. Eviden wants to secure a large and relevant contract with Jupiter that would immediately demonstrate that the demerger saga had no impact on the company’s performance.
Source: IT Daily
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