QPACE3 - Quantum Chromodynamics Parallel Computing on the Cell
QPACE3 was de-installed in September 2022.
QPACE3 (Quantum Chromodynamics Parallel Computing on the Cell - 3rd generation) is a massively parallel and scalable computer architecture optimized for lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD).
The QPACE3 system is available for selected projects.
Hardware characteristics
Phase I: 4 Racks with 352 Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1640 M1 nodes (started operation in 6 December 2016)
- Processors: Intel Xeon Phi 7210 (Knights Landing), 64 cores/256 threads, 1.30 GHz
- Overall peak performance: 937 TFlops
- Main memory: 16.896 TB RAM (aggregate)
- Liquid cooling via Fujitsu RackCDU V3 Horizontal
- Network: Intel Omni-Path 100 Gb/s
- Power consumption: 110 kW (aggregate) Power efficiency: 5806 MFlops/W (#5 Green500, SC16)
- Operating System: CentOS 7.3
Phase II: 4 Racks with 320 Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1640 M1 nodes (started operation on 6 July 2017)
- Processors: Intel Xeon Phi 7210 (Knights Landing), 64 cores/256 threads, 1.30 GHz
- Overall peak performance: 852 TFlops
- Main memory: 30.720 TB RAM (aggregate)
Liquid cooling via Fujitsu RackCDU V3 Horizontal
Network: Intel Omni-Path 100 Gb/s
- Power consumption: 98 kW (aggregate)
- Operating System: CentOS 7.3
For more information refer to:
Energieeffizienter FUJITSU-Supercomputer QPACE3 in Jülich in Betrieb genommen,
Fujitsu aktuell, 22. Dezember 2016
Jülich Installs New QPACE3 Supercomputer for Quantum Chromodynamics,
insideHPC, 24 December 2016