Our Customers
Los Alamos National Lab - Mustang
Los Alamos National Laboratory Deploys Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer, named "Mustang" by the LANL Institutional Computing Program. The deployment represents approximately $10 Million in production capability computing to support a variety of activities at Los Alamos including ocean, wildfire, plasma physics, materials and nuclear energy.
Los Alamos National Lab - Mustang
Customer Quote:
"Scientific computing is a core capability of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the addition of the Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer will provide a broad array of science-based prediction modeling", said Andy White, Deputy Associate Director for Theory, Simulation and Computation
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NNSA - TLCC2
The Appro Xtreme-XTM Supercomputer was selected in June 2011 as part of the second Tri-Lab Linux Capacity Cluster (TLCC2) program for an exclusive multi-year HPC contract to exceed 6 petaFlop/s for a total award including options of $89 million on behalf of the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Multiple systems have been delivered in 2011 and in 2012 to the three National Labs as part of NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program.
NNSA - TLCC2
The supercomputers will be used by the three national laboratories under the NNSA's ASC program Lawrence Livermore (LLNL), Los Alamos (LANL) and Sandia (SNL) National Laboratories.
NNSA - TLCC2
This contract represents the second time that NNSA has chosen Appro as its multi-year exclusive supplier of comprehensive capacity cluster systems across all three Labs. The Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputers will provide needed computing capacity for NNSA's day-to-day work managing the nation's aging nuclear deterrent.
NNSA - TLCC2
These supercomputers will support NNSA Life Extension Program (LEP) and investigations into technical issues related to aging weapons systems, efforts critical to ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nuclear weapons in the stockpile as they age well beyond their intended deployment life. HPC is a cornerstone of that effort and the computational expertise of the three labs is united under NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program.
NNSA - TLCC2
Customer Quote:
"These computing clusters will provide needed computing capacity for NNSA's day-to-day work managing the nation's nuclear deterrent," said Don Cook, NNSA's Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. "This Tri-Lab effort will help reduce costs, increase operational efficiencies, and facilitate collaborations that benefit our nation's security, support academia, and promote American competitiveness."
Read the Press Release June 2011 and November 2011
Watch the Video Presentation
SDSC - Gordon
Appro and SDSC Gordon Supercomputer to Initiate Supercomputing Delivery of 35M IOPS. The World's First HPC System to Employ Massive Amounts of SSDs. Innovative System Also Ranks as Most Powerful NSF System for IOPS
SDSC - Gordon
Gordon, a unique data-intensive supercomputer using flash-based memory that will enter production in January at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, made its debut as the 48th fastest supercomputer in the world, according to the latest Top500 list.
SDSC - Gordon
SDSC researchers submitted an
entry for Gordon using 218 teraflops per second
(Tflop/s) and 12,608 cores – about 75 percent of the system. Built by
SDSC researchers and Appro, a leading developer of supercomputing solutions, Gordon, the next generation Appro
Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer is currently undergoing acceptance testing and when
made available to the research community on January 1, 2012, it will have
16,384 cores and achieve over 280 Tflop/s.
SDSC - Gordon
Customer Quote:
"This new SDSC supercomputer supports the needs of a wide range of academic and industrial researchers who require fast, interactive methods to manipulate large volumes of structured and unstructured data," said SDSC director Michael Norman. "Gordon is a key part of a HPC network available to the research community through XSEDE, the National Science Foundation's next-generation program for an open-access national computing grid."
Read the Press Release September 2011 and November 2011 Watch a SDSC presentation and the Customer Installation video
University of Tsukuba - HA-PACS
Appro delivered powerful 802 TeraFlops Supercomputer at the Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. The system has been deployed and started its operation in February 2012 to support the Highly Accelerated Parallel Advanced system for Computational Sciences (HA-PACS).
University of Tsukuba - HA-PACS
HA-PACS is a 3-year project at the CCS, University of Tsukuba, to develop a new generation of large scale GPU clusters to be used as a testbed study to develop 'tightly coupled parallel computing acceleration mechanism' to allow direct communication among the GPUs, targeting to accelerate further parallelism among the GPUs. As the study and technology of the HW and SW matures, the plan is to achieve an Exascale computing technology to support future computational science.
University of Tsukuba - HA-PACS
Customer Quote:
"University of Tsukuba choses the next generation Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer.This hybrid system is configured with a mix of 2 CPUs and 4 GPUs per node and dual-rail system interconnect providing low-latency, high performance and high availability computing to support specific application requirements in our next generation of scientific programs", said Taisuke Boku, director of Center for Computational Sciences at University of Tsukuba.
Read the Press Releases: September 2011 and January 2012
Watch a video presentation
DOD HPCMP Program
Appro was awarded a subcontract for a 147.5TF Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer from Lockheed Martin in support of the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). The HPCMP supports DoD objectives to strengthen national prominence by advancing critical technologies and expertise through use of High Performance Computing (HPC). Research scientists and engineers benefit from HPC innovation to solve complex US defense challenges.
DOD HPCMP Program
As a subcontractor of Lockheed Martin, Appro provided system integration, support and technical expertise for the installation and operation of the supercomputers for six major DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs). This agreement was based on a common goal of helping customers reduce complexity in deploying, managing and servicing their commodity High Performance Computing solutions while lowering their total cost of ownership.
DOD HPCMP Program
Appro DOD Supercomputing Centers Deployed:
1. Army Research Lab DSRC at Aberdeen Providing Ground, MD
2. US Air Force Research Lab DSRC at Wright Patterson AFB, OH,
3. US Army Engineer Research and Development Center DSRC in Vicksburg, MS
4. Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center at Stennis Space Center, MS
5. Arctic Region Supercomputing Center DSRC in Fairbanks, AK.
6. Maui High Performance Computing Center DSRC in Maui, Hawaii
