October 15, 2024 — The University of Pisa (UniPi) has Italy’s largest university supercomputer at its disposal with the installation of a Lenovo high performance computing (HPC) system that will bring the number of racks on site to 104. Masu. It aims to support new challenges in the field of scientific research and education, while supporting the digital transition of the sector. By using Lenovo Neptune for water cooling, you can reduce energy consumption by up to 40%, which is also good from a sustainability perspective.
UniPi holds a leading position in the development of digitalization processes that are becoming increasingly strategic for training, research and technology transfer. Thanks to the supercomputer expansion, UniPi will receive an additional boost to explore cutting-edge topics such as 5G, AI, and quantum computing.
Lenovo’s new HPC system installed at the UniPi data center consists of 16 SD650 V3 nodes with two Intel Xeon Max 9480 CPUs, the first x86 processors with high-bandwidth memory (HBM). Masu. The solution also guarantees better energy efficiency compared to similar airborne systems. Cooled solution. In fact, Lenovo Neptune direct water cooling technology can capture up to 98% of the heat generated by supercomputers and liquid cooling, saving energy used by fans. The increased efficiency also prevents the CPU’s temperature from reaching a critical value, thus avoiding a drop in the maximum core frequency.
A key factor in choosing the Lenovo solution was the adaptability of the system the research center employed to enhance its technology. In fact, the new HPC system does not change the original project and is designed to minimize environmental impact and evolve towards a sustainable data center. The adaptability of Lenovo’s standard HPC systems makes installation in UniPi data centers easier and faster. This new solution will enable supercomputers to support the latest generation of HPC and AI workloads for years to come while limiting energy consumption.
“We are proud to be able to contribute to the installation of the largest supercomputing center within an Italian university, and to do so in terms of data center sustainability, using our state-of-the-art technologies such as Lenovo Neptune. with one solution,” said Alessandro De Bartolo, CEO and Country General Manager of Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group. “At Lenovo, we believe that HPC and AI can help solve humanity’s greatest challenges, and by expanding this facility we will take researchers to the next level in globally competitive projects in science and engineering research. It will be possible to raise it to
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