ATOS :University of Oxford acquires Atos' latest supercomputer for Deep Learning program
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
London, Paris, November 16(th), 2017 - Atos, a global leader in digital
transformation, signs a contract with the world-renowned University of Oxford
(UK) to deliver a new national Deep Learning Supercomputer which will enable UK
academics and industry to develop and test deep learning applications and Proof
of Concepts, as part of the JADE(1) project.
The supercomputer, which is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council (EPSRC), will be used in a Deep-Learning-as-a-Service (DLaaS)
model, powered by NVIDIA GPUs and Atos' Extreme Factory technology, creating a
public Deep Learning cloud.
The Alan Turing Institute (ATI), recently established by the UK Government to
provide a national focus for developments in Artificial Intelligence, will be a
primary user of the new service helping industry and academia to access the
latest cognitive analytics technologies. DeepLearning has broad applicability,
from automated voice recognition and autonomous vehicles to medical imaging. The
technology can be used, for example, to increase the accuracy of diagnoses in
digital pathology.
Professor Mike Giles at University of Oxford said: "The University of Oxford
partnered with Atos to provide a national GPU supercomputer for the UK, which we
will use specifically to develop and support deep learning and AI applications
in addition to GPU-based supercomputing."
Arnaud Bertrand, Fellow, Head of Big Data and HPC at Atos, concluded: "We are
proud with the delivery of JADE, the first Deep Learning supercomputer on UK
soil and believe our technology and our expertise will accelerate high-tech
business innovation across the UK and beyond."
Technical features:
* The system is composed of a cluster of 22 NVIDIA DGX1 deep learning
supercomputers, which makes it the largest GPU-based system in the UK.
* Each DGX1 system has 8 Pascal P100 GPUs providing a total of 176 GPUs
and a total power of 492.2 Tflops.
* It is currently ranked #12 on the TOP20 of the Green500 list of the
most energy efficient computers.
The supercomputer is hosted by Atos at the STFC Hartree Centre in Daresbury,
near Warrington, UK.
Atos present at SC17
SC17 is the biggest event in supercomputing in the USA, focusing on HPC,
networking, storage and analysis, taking place in Denver, USA starting 13
November. Atos presents its expertise on booth #1925.
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About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with approximately 100,000
employees in 72 countries and annual revenue of around ? 12 billion. European
number one in Big Data, Cybersecurity, High Performance Computing and Digital
Workplace, the Group provides Cloud services, Infrastructure & Data Management,
Business & Platform solutions, as well as transactional services through
Worldline, the European leader in the payment industry. With its cutting-edge
technologies, digital expertise and industry knowledge, Atos supports the
digital transformation of its clients across various business sectors: Defense,
Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Energy & Utilities, Public
sector, Retail, Telecommunications and Transportation. The Group is the
Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and
operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy,
Unify and Worldline. Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is listed on the CAC40 Paris
stock index.
Press contact:
Jose de Vries | jose.devries(at)atos.net | +31 6 30 27 26 11 | (at)josee_devries
(1)JADE - Joint Academic Data science Endeavour. This proposal, led by the
University of Oxford, with support from the Alan Turing Institute (ATI),
Bristol, Edinburgh, KCL, QMUL, Sheffield, Southampton and UCL is for a national
GPU system that will support multidisciplinary science with a focus on machine
learning and molecular dynamics.
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