Uma ungumthandi wamakhompiyutha, ngokuqinisekile kwesinye isikhathi uke wayibona i- uhlu lokuhle kakhulu emhlabeni, okusobala ukuthi kubuswa yiChina ne-United States okwamanje, yize kungekude kakhulu nokuhle kakhulu emhlabeni sithola ikhompiyutha enkulu yaseSpain namuhla, ngenxa yokuvela kwayo okusha, engayifinyelela idlula ngisho ne-NASA ngamandla amakhulu.
Ngokuqinisekile uyazi ukuthi sikhuluma ngakho UMareNostrum 4, isilo sekhompyutha namuhla esitholakale esontweni elidala, ikakhulukazi kwi Umbhoshongo waseGirona ngaphakathi kwesikhungo esibizwa ngeBarcelona Supercomputing Center noma mhlawumbe esaziwa kangcono ezweni lonke, okungenani bengilokhu ngikuzwa ngale ndlela, njengeNational Supercomputing Center.
Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa sikhuluma ngekhompyutha ephethe amandla aphezulu we 11,1 Izindawo ezifuywayo, okungukuthi, iyakwazi ukwenza imisebenzi engaphansi kwe-11.100 billion ngomzuzwana, amandla azokhula abe 13,7 Izindawo ezifuywayo Lapho nje iqoqo lalo elijwayelekile, okwamanje elinamaraki angama-48 linamaqhuqhuva angama-3.456, lizonwetshwa ngamaqoqo amathathu amasha, amancane, asezingeni eliphezulu ezinyangeni ezizayo. Wonke la mandla namuhla anikezelwe kuphela ocwaningweni.
Ngokuningiliziwe, ngikutshele ukuthi wonke amaqoqo alo mshini ohlaba umxhwele awanalutho olungaphansi kwamashipsi amabili we-Intel Xeon Platinum nawo, ane-processor engama-24 ngayinye. Uma sibala ngokushesha sithola ukuthi iMareNostrum 4 inenani eliphelele le- Amaprosesa we-165.888 nenkumbulo emaphakathi yama-Terabytes angama-390.
Ukujula kancane ezindabeni ezizofika kungekudala eMareNostrum 4 sithola ukuthi amaqoqo amabili amasha azofakwa maduze kulo mshini azohluka ngomqondo othile, ngakolunye uhlangothi eyodwa yawo izokwakhiwa e-United States futhi izofaka amaprosesa amanoveli afana ne IBM POWER9 kanye ne-NVIDIA Volta GPUs, anele ukunikeza amandla wekhompyutha amakhulu kune-1,5 Petaflops ngenkathi amaqoqo amabili asele esenziwa eJapan futhi nawo ezoba nabaprosesa I-ARMv8 ne-Intel Knights Hill, yanele ukunikela ngama-Petaflops ayi-0,5 lilinye.
UMareNostrum 4, the 'ezahlukahlukene kakhulu futhi ezithakazelisayo emhlabeni'
Ngenxa yakho konke lokhu kuthuthukiswa, iMareNostrum 4 izonikela nge- amandla wekhompuyutha angaphansi kwezikhathi eziyi-10 ephakeme kunangaphambili ngenkathi, ngokuqondene ukusetshenziswa kwamandla, lokhu nje izokwenyuka ngo-30%. Akungabazeki ukuthi ukuvuselelwa okungaphezu kokuthokozisayo, kokubili ekwandiseni amandla awo nasekuxubeni ubuchwepheshe obuhlukile, into nayo, eye yakwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-supercomputer 'ezahlukahlukene kakhulu futhi ezithakazelisayo emhlabeni'.
Uma sibheka uhlu lwama-supercomputer anamandla kakhulu emhlabeni, olusha ngoJuni 19, siyakuthola lokho IMareNostrum 4 ikleliswe endaweni yeshumi nantathu njengekhompyutha eshesha kunazo zonke emhlabeni phambili ngisho nezinyathelo ezibalulekile ezifana nePleiades, ikhompiyutha enkulu namuhla ehlala e-NASA's Ames Research Center. Ezingeni laseYurophu, IMareNostrum 4 ithatha indawo ye- Indawo yesithathu ngoba, ngemuva kwalokhu kubuyekezwa, ezingeni lamandla weqiwa kuphela yiSwitzerland Piz Daint kanye nekhompyutha abayifakile e-United Kingdom Meteorological Office.
Ilusizo kangakanani iMareNostrum 4?
Namuhla iMareNostrum 4 yi itholakale kubo bonke ososayensi eYurophuNgokuqondile, ingasetshenziselwa ukucubungula izibalo ezinkulu futhi ukulingisa okuyinkimbinkimbi ikakhulukazi noma, kwezinye izimo, ukuhlaziywa kwemininingwane emikhulu yedatha. Isibonelo esicacile salokho esetshenziselwa khona manje izicelo ezizofakwa uma seziqala ukusebenza futhi lapho sithola khona eziningi ezihlobene nemikhakha ehlukene njengokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, umuthi wokugomela ingculazi, ukutadisha amaza adonsela phansi, ukwenziwa kwama-radiotherapies amasha umdlavuza kanye nokufaniswa ekukhiqizeni amandla we-fusion.
Uma eseBarcelona akayona iSpanish. Ngokushesha nje lapho amaCatalan eseyazi, azoqala ukuyisho futhi uma kutholakala okuthile kubonga leli qembu, bazothi bekubonga ikhompyutha yabo.