Very cool! On Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 7:58 PM Fischer, Jeremy <jer...@iu.edu> wrote:
> It’s going to be integrated with/part of the Bridges2 supercomputer that’s > going into service in the fall. The specifics for that are not completely > published, but here’s a little about it: > > https://www.psc.edu/phase2 > > It’s my understanding that NeoCortex is going to have a petabyte or two of > NVME disk sitting in front of it with some HPE hardware and then it’ll > utilize the queues and lustre file system on Bridges2 as its front end. > > NSF funded NeoCortex for 5 million as part of the Category II > infrastructure grants from OAC — > https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2005597&HistoricalAwards=false > > The Category II awards are for experimental systems. > > SUNY Stony Brook got one last year — > https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1927880 > > SDSC also got one this year - > https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2005369&HistoricalAwards=false > > J > > On Jun 13, 2020, at 10:35 PM, Jonathan Engwall < > engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you plane a thing really flat it gets really small, I'm guessing. The > price sounds bizarrely low, only millions. They use of it is strange too, > with no mention of disks or storage. It might be interactive. > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 8:56 PM Jonathan Aquilina <jaquil...@eagleeyet.net> > wrote: > >> I honestly cannot imagine the cost involved here for such a system. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Jonathan Aquilina >> >> EagleEyeT >> >> >> >> Phone: +356 2033 0099 >> >> Moblie + 356 7995 7942 >> >> Email: sa...@eagleeyet.net >> >> Website: https://eagleeyet.net >> >> >> >> *From:* Beowulf <beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org> *On Behalf Of *Peter St. >> John >> *Sent:* 12 June 2020 20:51 >> *To:* Jonathan Engwall <engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> >> *Cc:* Beowulf Mailing List <Beowulf@beowulf.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [Beowulf] Neocortex unreal supercomputer >> >> >> >> I'm imaging the 8"-on-a-side thing as an Array Coprocessor; the way >> NVIDIA cards can be used. Video cards fill an ISA card slot (in my day an >> uber gaming rig could use two in tandem in adjacent slots). Mine was a >> box about the length of my hand that filled the card, it had appreciable >> memory, maybe a quarter of my core. I can imagine that scaling up. Probably >> can do well with LINPACK :-) >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 6:28 AM Jonathan Engwall < >> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yes, it may. It is designed for natural language processing and >> convoluted neural networks. Here is a second article. >> >> >> https://insidehpc.com/2020/06/ai-supercomputer-at-psc-to-combine-cerebras-wafer-scale-chips-and-hpe-superdome-flex/ >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 1:19 AM John Hearns <hear...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Will it dream of electric sheep when they turn out the lights and let it >> sleep? >> >> >> >> >> https://www.lanl.gov/discover/news-release-archive/2020/June/0608-artificial-brains.php >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 01:16, Jonathan Engwall < >> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This machine is planned, or possibly being built in Pittsburg. It sounds >> impossible with a CPU approximatly 8 inches on each side, if square, having >> thousands of cores and needing hundreds of 100 gigabit cards to its slave >> machines. >> >> >> https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/06/09/neocortex-will-be-first-of-its-kind-800000-core-ai-supercomputer/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > >
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