University of Tokyo SCD/ITC Orders First Fujitsu PRIMEHPC FX10

November 14, 2011

Fujitsu has received an order for its new supercomputer from the Supercomputing Division, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo (SCD/ITC).

Fujitsu supercomputer PRIMEHPC FX10 will be used for the University of Tokyo's new supercomputer system, which will have a theoretical computational speed of 1.13 petaflops(1), making the system one of the few petaflops-class center systems in the world.

The new supercomputer system will start operations in April 2012. It will be used to support SCD/ITC's advanced research and educational activities in a variety of fields of science and technology, and is expected to be used by corporations as well.

Background to the Deployment of the New Supercomputer

SCD/ITC was established in 1965 as a large-scale computer center for shared use by researchers in Japan, and has been operating under its current name since 1999. The center has been contributing to advanced research using supercomputers in science and technology, and is used by more than 1,500 researchers inside and outside of the university. To meet the needs of an increasing number of diverse users and to handle large-scale applications, SCD/ITC selected PRIMEHPC FX10 for its superior computing performance, high data input/output speeds, and outstanding data processing capabilities, as well as its high compatibility with the K computer.

The new system is expected to be put to use in a variety of fields of science and technology (including earth science, astrophysics, seismology, environmental modeling, materials science, energy, biology, fluid dynamics, and solid mechanics).

Overview of the New Supercomputer System

The calculation nodes of the new supercomputer system will use a PRIMEHPC FX10 configuration comprised of 4,800 nodes. Combining high performance, scalability, and reliability with superior energy efficiency, PRIMEHPC FX10 further enhances Fujitsu's technology used in the K computer, which achieved the world's top-ranked performance capability.

For the supercomputer's peripheral systems, 74 PRIMERGY servers, 234 ETERNUS storage systems, Technical Computing Suite HPC middleware for peta-scale systems, and FEFS, a high performance, highly-reliable distributed file system which is a component of the Technical Computing Suite, will be deployed.