News: Dawning 4000A: il supercomputer Opteron

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<br>AMD è ben lieta di annunciare di aver chiuso un accordo con la nota azienda cinese Dawning Information Industry Corp. Ltd. per la costruzione di un sistema dall'impressionante potenza di calcolo: 10 Tflops.<br>
Questo è ottenuto mettendo in parallelo ben 2000 Opteron della serie 800 capaci di gestire un quantitativo di memoria che raggiunge i 2256GB.<p>
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BEIJING, CHINA -- July 28, 2003 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Dawning Information Industry Corp. Ltd. of China to include Dawning’s plans to use the AMD Opteron™ processor to build the fastest supercomputer in China. The Dawning 4000A supercomputer is planned to run at maximum speeds in excess of 10 trillion operations per second, or 10 Tflops. It is also expected to be the first supercomputer made in China to be considered among the most powerful in the world. <p>

Coupling the AMD Opteron processor’s outstanding performance, 64-bit capabilities and powerful, highly scalable design advantages with Dawning’s strength in research and development, the Dawning 4000A project represents the first IT industry effort in China to build one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. More than 2,000 AMD Opteron 800-series processors are planned to power the system with planned memory capacity to be up to 2256GB, or 2.256 Terabytes. The AMD Opteron processor is the only processor in the world capable of supporting a large, centrally located 64-bit computing resource while being compatible with existing 32-bit applications and the commodity desktop PC infrastructure. End users for supercomputing in China include scientific research institutes, commercial establishments, private enterprises, and computing centers. <p>

"Drawing on AMD’s leading edge AMD Opteron processors and Dawning’s team of world-class research and development engineers, we expect to usher in a new era of supercomputing technology and innovation in China,” said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of AMD’s microprocessor business unit. “AMD believes in providing customers true benefits, highlighting our customer-centric innovation. AMD Opteron processor-based systems are revolutionizing the server industry. This project demonstrates the synergy that can be achieved when two powerful companies combine their strengths."
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"The Dawning 4000A supercomputer will play an important role in promoting the development of high-performance computing networks in China,” said Li Jun, president, Dawning Information Industry Corp. Ltd. “AMD’s launch of the AMD Opteron processor was a watershed moment in the global IT industry. Its high performance, 64-bit capabilities and use of open standards are paving the way for the rapid enhancement of the performance of Chinese-made supercomputers.”
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“The development of the Dawning 4000A supercomputer based on the AMD Opteron processor truly represents a milestone in the history of supercomputers in China,” said Shi Dinghuan, secretary-general of the Ministry of Science and Technology. “We are very excited to see that local Chinese enterprises like Dawning are actually 'turning the fruit of scientific research' into industrial products to the benefit of many. We are happy to see their rapid emergence in the world of science and technology and winning honor for the country."
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The project has also won the support and recognition of the Ministry of Information Industry and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and AMD is committed to working to obtain any necessary U.S. government approval to participate in this project.
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