HPE joins hands with NSTDA to upgrade Thai STI with supercomputer systems The highest efficiency in ASEAN

HPE joins forces with the Thai SC Center under NSTDA to upgrade science, technology and innovation (STI) Thailand with supercomputer systems. The highest efficiency in ASEAN to support advanced research and data processing Revealing the latest work on the genetic information processing of viruses to find ways to prevent and treat covid disease from many agencies, including forecasting the PM2.5 dust situation 3 days in advance

On November 30, 21, Special Professor Dr. Anek Laothammathat Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation said that he was very pleased to be invited to be the chairman of the press conference. The highest performance in ASEAN” because Supercomputer It is important for the country which has been initiated since the reign of Air Chief Marshal Prajin Jantong (former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice) who is responsible for the country’s science and technology by making a supercomputer and has been succeeded by Dr. Suwit Maesincee, former Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. that have set a budget for the purchase Supercomputers which has released a press conference today

“I came to continue and build on in terms of use. Supercomputers to be most useful in research Innovation development, forecasting, forecasting situations such as floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, PM2.5 is considered to be an extension of what the two of them have laid the foundation for. with the expectation that NSTDA plans to implement the utilization Supercomputer from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Thailand) or HPE, which is a Supercomputer. the best of the world To increase the ability of science and technology in Thailand to advance, such as technology, engineering, advanced technology. Optimizing the speed of computers and AI while studying the work and must have the courage to start developing Supercomputer by itself to be self-reliant as the main In addition, the need to accelerate the understanding of the people. various departments and the country’s executives to see the importance of having Supercomputers for the benefit of the country widely,” said the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

Mr. Plasilp Wichiwaniwet Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Thailand) or HPE said that HPE is very proud to be trusted. from the Computer Resource Center for Advanced Computing or Thai SC (NSTDA Supercomputer Center: ThaiSC), which is one of the National Science and Technology Infrastructure Units (National S&T Infrastructure) of the NSTDA to install the system large high-performance computer or supercomputer (Supercomputer) for the development of science, technology and innovation (STI) at the national level.

The company has presented the best version of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) supercomputer system, the HPE Cray EX supercomputer. It consists of the latest AMD EPYCTM 3rd Generation CPU (Milan) with 496 CPUs/ 31,744 cores and a 704 NVIDIA A100 GPU with 13 Petaflop peak performance. The most powerful supercomputer in Southeast Asia According to the Supercomputer Performance Rankings by top500.org, it has 30 times the computational capacity of the NSTDA’s existing high-performance computing system (TARA), and is liquid-cooled. Liquid cooling delivers best-in-class electrical power efficiency (PUE) with the Cray ClusterStor E1000 high-speed storage with a total capacity of 12 petabytes connected via HPE Slingshot Interconnect. 200 gigabits per second (Gbps). The system is expected to be installed and operational in 2022.

Dr. Narong Sirilertworakul Director of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) revealed that the Computer Resource Center for Advanced Computing or Thai SC (NSTDA Supercomputer Center: ThaiSC) is one of the science and technology infrastructure units. National S&T Infrastructure of NSTDA to support researchers from academic institutions, research institutes, both public and private sectors. This new system will help increase the efficiency of researchers, including

artificial intelligence And Artificial Intelligent & Big Data Analytics requires HPC systems to teach AI models (training) that are complex and highly accurate using big data to develop.

Genetic engineering and bioinformatics for medical research (Genomics and Bioinformatics for medical research) that have to store and analyze large amounts of genetic code of humans, plants and animals in order to use the information obtained in further research or development such as Development of precision medical systems and upgrading agricultural products To meet the development of bio-based economy according to the BCG Economy Model, which is the current national agenda.

nanoscale particle simulation and atoms for advanced materials research (Nanoscale and atomistic-scale simulations for advanced materials research) such as drug development, vaccines, biochemical industry, batteries, and advanced materials development.

engineering modeling For engineering simulations for industrial research, such as testing the performance of vehicles in terms of speed and safety. to reduce investment in creating technology prototypes

atmospheric science and disaster management (Atmospheric science and disaster management), such as weather forecast calculations Disaster simulation or forecasting the pollution level of the country to inform the public about the situation that will occur in advance and various departments concerned can deal with incidents more effectively.

ThaiSC currently offers High Performance Computing (HPC) under a TARA HPC cluster system consisting of 4,320 cores and 28 NVIDIA V100 GPUs with 750 terabytes (TB) of storage connected. Connected on a network speed of 100 gigabits per second (Gbps), mainly providing services to research projects within the NSTDA and has been open to projects from outside the NSTDA, both from the public sector, the education sector, and the private sector.

“During the COVID-19 crisis, ThaiSC had the opportunity to help support research and data processing. Genetic of viruses (Genomes) to find ways to prevent and treating COVID-19, for example, supporting Chulalongkorn University in implementing a project for selecting active ingredients against the novel coronavirus disease 2019 by using advanced computational chemistry techniques to use a supercomputer. to screen for active ingredients present in existing active medicines whether it can be used to inhibit the activity of SARS-CoV-2 or the virus that causes COVID-19 or not, to help reduce the duration of drug production (At that time, there was no cure for COVID-19. and has made available to the COVID-19 Network Investigations (CONI) group in the use of supercomputers. To carry out a project to decode the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has spread in Thailand using a supercomputer. The processing of SARS-CoV-2 strain confirmation cuts the computation time from 1 week to just 2 hours, making it possible to deliver epidemic SARS-CoV-2 virus strain data to medical authorities. for use in planning to cope with the outbreak of disease in a timely manner It has also cooperated with Pollution Control Department develop the use of specialized mathematical models Air Pollution (WRF-chem) to forecast the trend of small particulate matter situation or PM 2.5 up to 15 times faster, enabling the Pollution Control Department to forecast PM2.5 dust situation in high-risk areas such as 9 provinces in the northern part of the country Bangkok and the surrounding provinces up to 3 days in advance so that relevant agencies and people can cope with the situation in time,” said Dr. Narong.

Dr. Piyawut Srichaikul, Director of the Computer Resources Center for Advanced Computing (ThaiSC), NSTDA, added that ThaiSC has a team of researchers and engineers specializing in advanced computing technology (HPC Specialist) at Can give advice on how to use Supercomputers with research in many areas, especially in 4 main fields, namely Bioinformatics, Engineering Simulations, Chemistry-Physics and AI (Artificial Intelligence). The world’s leading supercomputers It also has a mission to develop HPC specialists in the country, which will benefit the development of advanced technology and upgrade the STI for the country in the future. With plans to open the service to users nationwide in 2022, those interested can learn more details and request the service at https://thaisc.io/ or email thaisc@nstda.or.th ThaiSC Center

Mr. Plasil added that HPE is very pleased to work with ThaiSC. in technology transfer and IT knowledge for Thai people to use their existing knowledge to the fullest extent To develop Thailand to be able to compete with other countries in the region according to the saying “Thai people are not allergic to any nation in the world”

In the past, HPE has deployed supercomputers to projects such as the US Exascale system under the US Department of Energy’s four major projects worth US$1.5 billion. Cray EX Supercomputer (Shasta architecture)

Singapore’s National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) of Singapore It is expected to be completed in 2022. It has 10 Petaflops (RAW) of computing power using nearly 900 CPUs from AMD EPYCTM and 352 NVIDIA A100 GPUs with 10 Petabytes of Cray ClusterStor E1000 storage. Connect via HPE Slingshot Interconnect

UK Meteorological Office, England in 2020 to present the HPE Cray EX Supercomputer. with 60 petaflops of computing power for climate change modeling research using AMD EPYCTM CPUs and AMD InstinctTM GPUs.

Setonix Supercomputer installed at the Pawsey Supercomputing Center, Australia. Installed in 2021 and expected to be fully operational by 2022, the 50 Petaflops of compute power is designed for complex modeling and simulation to optimize research in the field. The fields of study include radio astronomy, plant pathology, drug research and AI, among others, using over 200,000 AMD EPYCTM CPU cores and 750 AMD InstinctTM GPUs. Storage with HPE Cray Clusterstor E1000