Cray's Next-Generation "Shasta" Supercomputer Chosen for Argonne National Laboratory's "Aurora" System - Seite 2

The next-generation Cray Shasta platform will build upon the advanced supercomputing technologies currently available in the high-end Cray XC and Cray CS™ cluster supercomputers to provide customers with more flexible, reliable and scalable systems for quickly solving the world's toughest computational challenges. Using best-in-class processors, memory and networks, the Shasta systems are the full embodiment of Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision and will be designed to provide Cray customers with a path to exascale computing.

Cray's Shasta platform will feature a next-generation system architecture with the flexibility to support multiple infrastructures and software environments. This will allow Shasta systems to be configured to address a broad range of compute and data-intensive workflows, and the systems will be designed to provide configuration options across the price/performance spectrum to address the different requirements of commercial, government, academic and other user organizations. Shasta's adaptive supercomputing infrastructure is designed to support multiple Intel building blocks, such as future Intel® Xeon and Xeon Phi™ processors and Intel® Omni-Path Fabric high speed interconnect technology.

"The Aurora system will represent the pinnacle of supercomputing, providing Argonne with a balanced, power efficient and reliable system based on Intel Architecture that will preserve their existing investments in software applications for years to come," said Raj Hazra, vice president, Data Center Group and general manager, Technical Computing Group at Intel. "We are excited about this new working relationship with Cray to accelerate the path to exascale and drive the next-generation of scientific discoveries at Argonne National Labs."

A range of positive financial outcomes exist with this contract due to multiple options associated with the various deliverables and funding including a separate R&D contract. Delivery for the initial Theta system is expected in 2016. If exercised as anticipated, Cray expects the larger follow-on Aurora system to be delivered in 2018.

Conference Call Information
Cray, Intel and Argonne will host a conference call today, Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 p.m. EDT) to discuss today's announcement. To access the call, please dial into the conference at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call at [phone]. International caller should dial (857)-244-8351. The passcode is 67256629.