The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) chooses Eviden for
its new ROMEO supercomputer, powered by NVIDIA, and designed for
Grand Est scientific research communities
Press release
The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
(URCA) chooses Eviden for its new
ROMEO supercomputer,
powered by NVIDIA, and designed for Grand Est scientific research
communities
Paris, France - May 30, 2024 -
Eviden, the leading Atos company in the field of advanced
computing, today announces that it has been selected by the
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) to supply the
university with a new supercomputer for its Regional Computing
Center ROMEO, located in Reims. This new equipment, which replaces
URCA’s previous supercomputer of the same name, is based on
Eviden’s BullSequana XH3000 technology, manufactured in Europe and
offering a total capacity of 8 petaflops (i.e. 8 million billion
calculations per second). The solution is powered by NVIDIA GH200
Grace Hopper Superchips and connected by NVIDIA QUANTUM-2
InfiniBand Networking. As part of this project, Eviden's Expertise
Center in Performance Programming (CEPP) will support URCA for 5
years, providing expertise in advanced computing (HPC and AI). In
maximizing workload efficiency, CEPP accelerates simulation,
optimizes performance, and reduces cost to innovation.
This global solution will enable URCA to
establish HPC research in Reims on a long-term basis, particularly
in bioeconomics and environment sciences, and to extend its
influence at the national and European level as part of the Grand
Est Numérique Intensif (GENI) regional coordination program. In
addition to its high level of performance and availability, this
supercomputer will be one of the most eco-efficient machines in
Europe, thanks to the extensive use of NVIDIA accelerated computing
and networking technologies and hot-water cooling of the computing
servers and rack, based on Eviden's patented DLC (direct liquid
cooling) technology.
Bruno Lecointe, Group VP Business HPC AI
& Quantum, Eviden, Atos Group, commented: "We are
delighted by the renewed confidence shown by URCA, with whom we
have been working for many years. Thanks to this sovereign solution
and our CEPP services, which mobilize our best experts in digital
simulation, the academic research communities of the Grand Est
region will have access to a supercomputer architecture that ranks
among the top 500 most powerful in the world, and is one of the
most energy efficient.”
Christophe Clément, President of URCA,
said: "We are delighted that the researchers and partners
of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne will have access to
such innovative equipment, which will not only meet their needs in
terms of HPC, but also the growing demand for artificial
intelligence in the Grand Est region, particularly in the fields of
bioeconomics and the environment, simulation of the evolution of
the universe, modeling of the fundamental structure of matter, and
health. We look forward to continuing our long-standing
collaboration with Eviden and NVIDIA for the benefit of our
researchers, students, and businesses alike”.
John Josephakis, Global
VP of Sales and Business Development for HPC and Supercomputing at
NVIDIA, said: “Accelerated computing is the most
energy-efficient method of powering high-performance computing and
AI, offering transformative potential for scientific fields.
Systems such as ROMEO, based on NVIDIA Grace Hopper and NVIDIA
Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking, help propel scientific research by
delivering groundbreaking results in less time and using less
energy.”
A strategic research center
In just a few years, 250 scientific projects
have been carried out with the previous Romeo supercomputer in
strategic fields such as chemistry, biochemistry, engineering
sciences, mathematics, IT, health, and physics. For example, ROMEO
has been involved in activities such as the identification of
molecules active against COVID-19, the study of the diffusion of
atmospheric pollutants in the region, the design of digital twins
for the automotive industry, or the production of champagne in
connection with plants.
Financed within the framework of the CPER by the
French government, the Grand Est region, Europe (FEDER funds), the
Greater Reims Urban Community, URCA, its foundation, and associated
partners (Troyes University of Technology, AgroParisTech, and Reims
University Hospital), the new ROMEO supercomputer will also be made
available to students and will integrate collaborations or
industrial services linked to the European projects EUMaster4HPC,
Competence-Center-France, and eDIH Grand Est.
Configuration
THE DLC supercomputer is equipped with 232
NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, 25,000 CPU cores, NVIDIA
Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking and NVIDIA Spectrum 100Gbits
Ethernet
- Accelerated partition: 58 quad NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper
Superchip compute nodes (232 GPUs), Linpack power 8 petaflops
- CPU partition: 44 bi-socket compute nodes (10 BullSequana x440
servers and 4 BullSequana X430 servers) for a total of 8,448
cores
- 2,8 Po of IBM ESS storage, storage scale and archiving
- Datacenter: datacenter work
- Progress contract: CEPP and NVIDIA support
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About Eviden1
Eviden is a next-generation technology leader
specializing in reliable, sustainable, data-driven digital
transformation, with a strong portfolio of patented technologies.
Its position as a global leader in advanced computing, security,
AI, cloud and digital platforms enables it to provide in-depth
expertise for all business sectors, in over 47 countries. Bringing
together 47,000 world-class talents, Eviden expands the
possibilities offered by data and technology across the digital
continuum, today and for generations to come. Eviden is an Atos
Group company with annual sales of around €5 billion.
About Atos Atos is a global
leader in digital transformation, with around 95,000 employees and
annual sales of around €11 billion. The European leader in
cybersecurity, cloud and high-performance computing, the Group
provides tailored end-to-end solutions for all business sectors in
69 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization services and products,
Atos is committed to a secure, decarbonized digital future for its
customers. Atos is an SE (Societas Europaea), listed on Euronext
Paris.
Atos' objective is to help shape the future of
the information space. Its expertise and services support the
development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural
approach and contribute to the development of scientific and
technological excellence. Throughout the world, the Group enables
its customers and employees, as well as members of society as a
whole, to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure
information space.
Eviden activities include the following
brands: AppCentrica, ATHEA, Cloudamize, Cloudreach, Cryptovision,
DataSentics, Edifixio, Energy4U, Engage ESM, Evidian, Forensik,
IDEAL GRP, In Fidem, Ipsotek, Maven Wave, Profit4SF, SEC Consult,
Visual BI, Worldgrid, X-Perion. Eviden is a registered trademark.
Eviden SAS, 2024
Press contact Global: Zohra
Dali - globalprteam@atos.net
About the University of Reims
Champagne-Ardenne
A multidisciplinary university of education and
research, the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne relies on 4
nationally and internationally recognized strategic clusters of
excellence:
- A multidisciplinary cluster with an international dimension in
agro-sciences, environment, biotechnologies and bioeconomy (AEBB),
taking into account, in a region with a strong agricultural and
wine-growing economy, the sustainable production of biomass, its
transformation by green chemistry and biotechnologies, the
ecological transition and climate change, supported by the PIA
EXEBIO;
- A health cluster, with a number of excellent scientific niches
and a rich and varied range of medical and paramedical training
courses;
- A digital and engineering sciences cluster (SNI) focusing on
high-performance computing, industry 4.0, artificial intelligence,
materials and technological transformations;
- A Human and Social Sciences (SHS) cluster focused on
transformation, transition and mutation.
The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in
figures: 27,500 students, over 120 degrees, 34 research
laboratories including 4 CNRS, 1 INSERM, 2 INRAE, 1 INERIS, 1
ANSES, 1 CEA, 15 technical platforms, 2,500 staff including 850
teacher-researchers, 5th largest employer in the Champagne-Ardenne
region, over €818 million in economic impact, 20,000 jobs generated
including 10,000 in France, €257 million budget.
Press contact: Marie Odette
VICTOR, marie-odette.victor@univ-reims.fr, tél. : +33 675 65 00
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