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The celebratory event signals the official launch of CU Boulder鈥檚 third-generation high performance computing infrastructure, which is provisioned and available to campus researchers immediately.
On May 18, numerous leaders from on- and off-campus will gather to celebrate, introduce and officially launch the campus鈥檚 new high-performance computing infrastructure, dubbed 鈥淎lpine.鈥�
Alpine replaces 鈥淩MACC Summit,"听the previous infrastructure, which has been in use since 2017. Comparable to systems now in use at top peer institutions across the country, Alpine will improve upon RMACC Summit by providing cutting-edge hardware that enhances traditional High Performance Computing听workloads, enables Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning workloads, and provides user-friendly access through tools such as Open OnDemand.
"Alpine is a modular system designed to meet the growing and rapidly evolving needs of our researchers," said Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of Research Computing Shelley Knuth. "Alpine addresses our users' requests for faster compute and more robust options for machine learning."听
Notable among the technical specifications that will make Alpine an invaluable tool in research computing for researchers, industry partners and others, Alpine boasts: 3rd generation AMD EPYC CPUs, which provide enhanced energy efficiency per cycle compared to the Intel Xeon E5-2680 CPUs on RMACC Summit; Nvidia A100 GPUs; AMD MI100 GPUs; HDR InfiniBand; and 25 Gb Ethernet.
The 听will celebrate the Alpine infrastructure being fully operational and allow the community to enjoy a 20-minute tour, including snacks, an introduction to Research Computing, and a tour of the supercomputer container. The opportunity is open to the public and free of charge, and CU Boulder Research Computing staff will be on site to answer questions. CU Boulder听Chief Information Officer Marin Stanek, Chief Operating Officer Patrick O鈥橰ourke, and Acting Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Massimo Ruzzene will offer remarks at 1:30 p.m.
In addition to the main launch event, Research Computing is offering a full slate of training and informational events the week of May 16鈥�20.
Researchers seeking to use Research Computing resources, which includes not only the听Alpine supercomputer, but also large scale data storage, cloud computing听and secure research computing, are invited to visit the Research Computing website to听learn about more听training offerings, the community discussion forum, office hours听and general contact information.
Alpine is funded by the Financial Futures strategic initiative.