14 DAY TRIAL // The T2K Open Supercomputer System powered by Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors and featuring TYAN 4-socket server platforms was developed by the University of Tokyo. It started operating on June 1st and was ranked No. 1 in Japan, as it is able to achieve a theoretical peak performance of approximately 140 Tflop/s. The system has been ranked No. 16 on the 31st edition of the TOP 500 list released today in Dresden, Germany.
The TYAN TN28 B4988, a TYAN 4-socket Opteron server platform, is the base for the 952 node systems delivered to the University of Tokyo by Hitachi Ltd. The T2K system consists of 952 nodes of Hitachi HA8000-tc/RS425 technical servers. Each node is built with the TYAN TN28 B4988 server, four Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8300 Processors, 128GB memory modules, and 1,000GB HD Bay.
The specifications for the T2K Supercomputer were developed back in July 2006 by a team consisting of scientists from the University of Tsukuba, the University of Kyoto, and the University of Tokyo. The purpose was the development of a next-generation supercomputer for each University. The team used the most advanced technology available, as well as the fastest performing ones.
The T2K Open Supercomputer features technologies like AMD CoolCore Technology and Independent Dynamic Core Technology. These are some of the latest advanced technologies on the industry, and they provide more energy-efficiency, understood as performance-per-watt, as well as innovative processor-level power management features. T2K Open Supercomputer is able to provide the highest performance, scalability and advanced floating point processing power through its four Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors in each node, and it is able to fulfill the needs of universities.
"Being the leading worldwide server platform provider, TYAN's focus is in advancing R&D and manufacturing ability, said James Sytwu, the GM of TYAN Business Unit of Mitac International Corp. TYAN is proud in taking part of this distinguished project. Moving forward, TYAN will continue developing and providing the leading technology to our customers, such as Hitachi and more, to enable them to be the leader in their field."
The 2U 4-way high end server solution, TYAN TN28 B4988, can support either four Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8300 or four Dual-Core AMD Opteron 8100 processors. The company will showcase its HPC platforms at ISC'08.