The Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) completed its fiscal year 2017 investment in supercomputing capability supporting the DoD Science and Technology (S&T), Test and Evaluation (T&E), and Acquisition Engineering communities. The acquisition consists of seven supercomputing systems with corresponding hardware and software maintenance services. At 14 petaFLOPs, this procurement will increase the DoD HPCMP's aggregate supercomputing capability to 47 petaFLOPs. These systems significantly enhance the Program’s capability to support the Department of Defense’s most demanding computational challenges.
The new supercomputers will be installed at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs), and will serve users from all of the services and agencies of the Department.
The AFRL DSRC in Dayton, Ohio, will receive four HPE SGI 8600 systems containing Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 (Skylake) processors. The architectures of the four systems are as follows:
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A single system of 56,448 Intel Platinum Skylake compute cores and 24 NVIDIA Tesla P100 General-Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs), 244 terabytes of memory, and 9.2 petabytes of usable storage.
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A single system of 13,824 Intel Platinum Skylake compute cores, 58 terabytes of memory, and 1.6 petabytes of usable storage.
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Two systems, each consisting of 6,912 Intel Platinum Skylake compute cores, 30 terabytes of memory, and 1.0 petabytes of usable storage.
The Navy DSRC at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, will receive three HPE SGI 8600 systems containing Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 (Skylake) processors. The architectures of the three systems are as follows:
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Two systems, each consisting of 35,328 Intel Platinum Skylake compute cores, 16 NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPGPUs , 154 terabytes of memory, and 5.6 petabytes of usable storage.
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A single system consisting of 7,104 Intel Platinum Skylake compute cores, four NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPGPUs, 32 terabytes of memory, and 1.0 petabytes of usable storage.
The systems are expected to enter production service in the second half of calendar year 2018.
About the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP)
The HPCMP provides the Department of Defense supercomputing capabilities, high-speed network communications and computational science expertise that enable DoD scientists and engineers to conduct a wide-range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition engineering activities. This partnership puts advanced technology in the hands of U.S. forces more quickly, less expensively, and with greater certainty of success. Today, the HPCMP provides a comprehensive advanced computing environment for the DoD that includes unique expertise in software development and system design, powerful high performance computing systems, and a premier wide-area research network. The HPCMP is managed on behalf of the Department of Defense by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center located in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
For more information, visit our website at: https://www.hpc.mil.
Verizon Business Network Services LLC, 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Ashburn, VA, was awarded a competitive single award indefinite-delivery/indefinitequantity, firm fixed-price contract for the Defense Research Engineering Network (DREN) to provide secure high-performance wide-area network services. The guaranteed minimum amount is $250,000.00, and will be satisfied through an initial task order awarded with the basic contract using 2021 Operations and Maintenance funds. The total amount of all orders placed against the contract shall not exceed $495,000,000.00. Performance will be at the contractor’s facilities, subscriber sites, government sites, and peering locations as designated in individual task orders. Proposals were solicited via https://beta.sam.gov, and three proposals were received in response to the solicitation. The period of performance is ten years, with a four-year base period and three two-year option periods. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Scott AFB, Illinois is the contracting activity. The Contracting Point-of-Contact is Kelly Smith-Marston, 618-418-6267. (HC1013-21-D-0002).
The Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) completed a portion of its fiscal year 2022 investment in supercomputing capability supporting the DoD Science and Technology (S&T), Test and Evaluation (T&E), and Acquisition Engineering (AE) communities. The acquisition consists of two supercomputing systems with corresponding hardware and software maintenance services. At 10 petaFLOPs, this procurement will increase the DoD HPCMP's aggregate supercomputing capability to 118 petaFLOPs. These systems will significantly enhance the Program’s capability to support the Department of Defense’s most demanding computational challenges, and include significant capabilities for artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning.
The new supercomputers will be installed at the US Army Combat Capabilities Developmental Command Army Research Laboratory (ARL) DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC), and will serve users from all of the services and agencies of the Department.
The ARL DSRC in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, will receive two HPE EX systems containing AMD EPYC (Genoa) processors. The architectures of the systems are as follows:
- An HPE EX-4000 system with 127,488 AMD EPYC “Genoa” compute cores and 64 AMD MI-250 General-Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs), supported by 335 terabytes of memory and 17 petabytes of usable storage, including 2 petabytes of NVMe-based solid state storage.
- An HPE EX-2500 system with 57,600 AMD EPYC “Genoa” compute cores supported by 135 terabytes of memory and 13 petabytes of usable storage, including 2 petabytes of NVMe-based solid state storage.
The systems are expected to enter production service in calendar year 2023.
About the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP)
The HPCMP provides the Department of Defense supercomputing capabilities, high-speed network communications and computational science expertise that enable DoD scientists and engineers to conduct a wide-range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition engineering activities. This partnership puts advanced technology in the hands of U.S. forces more quickly, less expensively, and with greater certainty of success. Today, the HPCMP provides a comprehensive advanced computing environment for the DoD that includes unique expertise in software development and system design, powerful high performance computing systems, and a premier wide-area research network. The HPCMP is managed on behalf of the Department of Defense by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center located in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
For more information, visit our website at:https://www.hpc.mil.
The Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) completed a portion of its fiscal year 2022 investment in supercomputing capability supporting the DoD Science and Technology (S&T), Test and Evaluation (T&E), and Acquisition Engineering (AE) communities. The acquisition consists of a single supercomputing system with corresponding hardware and software maintenance services. At 9 petaFLOPs, this procurement will increase the DoD HPCMP's aggregate supercomputing capability to ~120 petaFLOPs. This system significantly enhances the Program’s capability to support the Department of Defense’s most demanding computational challenges.
The new supercomputer will be installed at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC), and will serve users from all the services and agencies of the Department.
The ERDC DSRC in Vicksburg, MS, will receive an HPE EX system containing AMD EPYC (Genoa) processors. The architecture of the system is as follows:
- An HPE EX-4000 system of 277,248 AMD EPYC “Genoa” compute cores, 563 terabytes of memory, 5 petabytes of usable storage, including 4 PB of NVMe-based solid state storage, and compute access to the center’s centralized storage
The system is expected to enter production service in calendar year 2023.
About the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP)
The HPCMP provides the Department of Defense supercomputing capabilities, high-speed network communications and computational science expertise that enable DoD scientists and engineers to conduct a wide range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition engineering activities. This partnership puts advanced technology in the hands of U.S. forces more quickly, less expensively, and with greater certainty of success. Today, the HPCMP provides a comprehensive advanced computing environment for the DoD that includes unique expertise in software development and system design, powerful high performance computing systems, and a premier wide-area research network. The HPCMP is managed on behalf of the Department of Defense by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center located in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
For more information, visit our website at:https://www.hpc.mil.
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The HPCMP is pleased to announce its Call for FY 2015 DoD Dedicated HPC Project Investment (DHPI) Proposals. These are defined as two to three-year mission critical projects requiring small laboratory or test center on-site HPC systems. All proposals must be submitted by e-mail to the appropriate Service/Agency High Performance Computing Advisory Panel (HPCAP) Principal by 17 July 2014. It is anticipated that DHPI awards will be announced by 1 November 2014.
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