Security News > 2021 > January > HPE awarded $35+M to build supercomputer using its end-to-end HPC technologies for the NCAR

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it was awarded a $35+ million contract to build a new supercomputer using its end-to-end high performance computing technologies for the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Latest system design will help NCAR process compute and image-intensive data to create digital models of various occurrences, from wildfires and solar storms to hurricanes and droughts, with greater accuracy.

The system will be powered by HPE Cray EX supercomputer, which is a purposefully engineered HPC architecture to enable large, next-generation supercomputing, including exascale systems, and features the latest compute and dedicated AI performance.

NCAR will use the system to tackle research in a wide range of earth's phenomenal events, including determining how to make some predictions up to a decade in advance.

"We are inspired by leading R&D centers, such as the National Center of Atmospheric Research, in their research efforts of applying high-performance computing to understanding earth systems, including severe weather events and wildfires, that lead to informed decisions in earth's keeping people safe and preserving ecosystems," said Bill Mannel, vice president and general manager, HPC, at HPE. "We are honored to have been selected by NCAR to build its next-generation supercomputer that will tackle complex computational research for a range of geosciences while also making it easier for researchers to store and make that data accessible to help communities make smarter decisions."

Expanded storage to support and share complex workloads in modeling, simulation and AI using the Cray ClusterStor E1000 storage system from HPE. Purpose-built HPC networking using HPE Slingshot to address demands for higher speed and congestion control for data-intensive workloads.

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