Düsseldorf, 15 November, 2021 – NEC Deutschland GmbH today announced that NEC HPC EMEA group and the Zuse Institute Berlin have entered into a cooperation partnership for joint NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA software development.

The Forschungscampus ("Research Campus") MODAL – an acronym derived from "Mathematical Optimization and Data Analysis Laboratories” – is a platform for a public-private innovation partnership established by Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) and Freie Universität Berlin, together with more than 30 participating companies. MODAL’s main objective is joint research in the field of optimization of data-driven processes. The different areas of research are characterized by a strict coherence of content, which results from the mathematical methodology competence with a focus on modeling, simulation and optimization (MSO), and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and also on high-performance solvers (SynLab) and high-performance computing (HPCLab).

Beginning in April 2020, NEC and ZIB have entered into a joint partnership with the aim to develop innovative algorithmic and software solutions to efficiently implement MODAL Labs’ optimization and decision processes for future processor architecture. In order to achieve this goal, NEC will work closely together with ZIB and provide application development and optimization expertise as well as leading-edge hardware and software technology based on NEC’s SX-Aurora TSUBASA architecture.

“NEC is a very reliable collaboration partner to us, and we appreciate the NEC’s commitment to MODAL very much. NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA as a hardware platform for application development and code optimization is highly interesting due to the very convincing power efficiency at a very high vector and memory performance,” says Dr. Thomas Steinke, Head of Supercomputing Department at Zuse Institute Berlin.

“We feel greatly honoured to be part of the MODAL research initiative. The Zuse Institute Berlin is a renowned HPC site with a deep expertise in application development and process optimization. By combining this with NEC’s highly innovative HPC technology and experience in vector architectures and its usage all partners will benefit from this collaboration.” Yuichi Kojima, Managing Director NEC Deutschland, states.

Düsseldorf, 15 November, 2021 – NEC Deutschland GmbH today announced that NEC HPC EMEA group and the Zuse Institute Berlin have entered into a cooperation partnership for joint NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA software development.

The Forschungscampus ("Research Campus") MODAL – an acronym derived from "Mathematical Optimization and Data Analysis Laboratories” – is a platform for a public-private innovation partnership established by Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) and Freie Universität Berlin, together with more than 30 participating companies. MODAL’s main objective is joint research in the field of optimization of data-driven processes. The different areas of research are characterized by a strict coherence of content, which results from the mathematical methodology competence with a focus on modeling, simulation and optimization (MSO), and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and also on high-performance solvers (SynLab) and high-performance computing (HPCLab).

Beginning in April 2020, NEC and ZIB have entered into a joint partnership with the aim to develop innovative algorithmic and software solutions to efficiently implement MODAL Labs’ optimization and decision processes for future processor architecture. In order to achieve this goal, NEC will work closely together with ZIB and provide application development and optimization expertise as well as leading-edge hardware and software technology based on NEC’s SX-Aurora TSUBASA architecture.

“NEC is a very reliable collaboration partner to us, and we appreciate the NEC’s commitment to MODAL very much. NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA as a hardware platform for application development and code optimization is highly interesting due to the very convincing power efficiency at a very high vector and memory performance,” says Dr. Thomas Steinke, Head of Supercomputing Department at Zuse Institute Berlin.

“We feel greatly honoured to be part of the MODAL research initiative. The Zuse Institute Berlin is a renowned HPC site with a deep expertise in application development and process optimization. By combining this with NEC’s highly innovative HPC technology and experience in vector architectures and its usage all partners will benefit from this collaboration.” Yuichi Kojima, Managing Director NEC Deutschland, states.

 

 

About ZIB and MODAL

The Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) is an interdisciplinary research institute for applied mathematics and data-intensive high-performance computing. Its research focuses on modeling, simulation and optimization with scientific cooperation partners from academia and industry.

Research at ZIB focuses on the development of methods in the fields of Computing and Data Science, based on core competences in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, and on innovation in application areas with scientific cooperation partners from science and industry.

The MODAL HPCLab develops algorithmic and software solutions for the efficient implementation of data-driven optimization and decision workflows on near-future processor architectures including GPUs, vector processors and others using advanced memory technologies. Our focus is on optimization methods and simulation workflows designed and developed in the MODAL Labs EnergyLab, MedLab, MobilityLab, NanoLab, and SynLab.

More information on MODAL Labs can be found on https://www.zib.de/projects/research-campus-modal

 

About NEC Deutschland (HPC)

NEC is a leading provider of HPC solutions for EMEA, focusing on sustained performance for real-life scientific and engineering applications. To achieve this goal NEC delivers technology and professional services to industry and academia. Linux-based HPC clusters as well as our high-end vector systems meet the different needs of different customers in the most flexible way. Energy-efficiency is one of the key design objectives, addressed by advanced cooling technologies or by the high-bandwidth vector-architecture, which delivers unprecedented efficiency on real world code. The service capabilities from the operation of complex systems to the optimization of scientific codes and NEC’s storage-appliances complete our solution offering.

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