At the Institute of Mathematics named after S. L. Sobolev, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), the “Supercomplex” Sergey Godunov was recently launched, named in honor of the renowned Soviet and Russian mathematician. The installation and testing of this cutting-edge system was carried out by experts from the RSK group of companies.
The acting Director, Andrei Evgenievich Mironov, stated that the new supercomputer will play a pivotal role in enhancing the efficiency of scientific research and fostering the development of new technologies. With the arrival of this supercomputer, the institute will now have the capability to tackle complex interdisciplinary problems, simulate intricate processes, and forecast the behavior of mathematical systems.
The key focus areas of the “Sergey Godunov” supercomputer include medical electroacoustic tomography, modeling of various processes such as epidemiological, environmental, economic, and social phenomena, computational aerohydrodynamics, optimizing turbulent movements, constructing scenarios for the biosphere-economy-socium system, sustainable development, climate change considerations, and solving geophysics problems using the Gelfand-Levitan-Crane method.
Constructed on the energy-efficient “RSK Tornado” platform with liquid cooling, the “Sergey Godunov” supercomputer is composed of computing nodes, each containing two 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with 38 cores and a base frequency of 2.4 GHz. The overall performance of the system stands at an impressive 54.4 teraflops (trillion operations per second). Moreover, the system allows for potential expansion, which could potentially double its performance, with a projected peak power exceeding 120 petaflops post upgrade.