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Inside Rosetta: The Engine Behind Cray’s Slingshot Exascale-Era Interconnect

February 9, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor 16 nm, Cray, Cray Shasta, Cray Slingshot, Ethernet switch, Hot Interconnects, Hot Interconnects 26

A dive into the Rosetta ASIC switch, the engine behind Cray’s new Slingshot interconnect powering the upcoming Shasta exascale supercomputers.

Server Processors

Arm Makes Headway In HPC, Cloud

November 13, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor ARM, Azure, Cray, exascale, Fujitsu, Marvell, Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), ThunderX, ThunderX2

Arm makes headway in HPC and cloud with Cray’s new support for the Fujitsu A64FX and Microsoft deployment of Marvell’s ThunderX2 processors.

Supercomputers

Intel axes Knights Hill, plans a new microarchitecture for exascale

November 14, 2017May 25, 2021 David Schor 10nm, Aurora, Cray, DoE, exascale, Intel, x86

In preparation for the United States’ first exascale supercomputer, Intel announces they are cancelling next-generation Xeon Phi processors (codename Knights Hill) in favor of a brand new platform and microarchitecture specifically designed for exascale.