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In a collaborative project with Department of
Computer Science, the first phase of the project is
implemented by early 2010. A new 1920 cores (based on Intel
Nahalem 2.53 CPU) of 64-bit Linux Grid point system is
installed to support System Research Group (SRG) of
Department of Computer Science and Multiple Disciplines
Research Project (MDRP) for HKU researchers, with a total of
theoretical peak performance value of 19.43 Tera-FLOPS (and
measured Rmax of 14.218 Tera-FLOPS). This system consists of
latest hardware such as Intel Nehalem Quadcore CPU, 10Gb
Ethernet switch and 4X DDR Infiniband communication. The
second phase implementation is further implemented at late
2010, additional 336 cores based on Intel Westmere 2.66GHz
CPU and 12 x NVIDIA Tesla M2050 GPUs together with 4X QDR Infiniband
communication are integrated to the first phase system,
making a total of theoretical peak performance value of
29.15 Tera-FLOPS for the whole Gridpoint system.
It is a UGC Special Equipment Grant project and is an extension
of China National Grid (CNGrid) in Hong Kong. The project is
initiated from the Computer Science Department, teaming up with
the Computer Centre, together with the support from a number of
researchers from Department of Chemistry, Department of
Statistics and Actuarial Science, etc.
Combining 2 phases of implementations, for the facility offering
to the Multiple Disciplines Research Project (MDRP) by Computer
Centre, it consists of 144 blade servers organized in 10
chassis, making up a total of theoretical peak performance value
of 12.402 Tera-FLOPS (and measured Rmax of 9.293 Tera-FLOPS).
Each board is equipped with TWO 64-bit Nehalem Quadcore running
at 2.53 GHz or TWO 64-bit Westmere 6-core running at 2.66GHz for
supporting the research project for multiple departments. Its
computational power is more than 6 times of the existing
HPCPOWER2 64-bit cluster.
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