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SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- Over 1,500 Nodes of TwinPro(TM)2U 4 Node Servers Support Advanced

Computationally Intensive Workloads for Pioneering Experimentation and Analysis

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise

computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, today

announced that it has deployed an additional cluster at Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory (LLNL) to augment existing computing capabilities available

for national security and to help discover therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2, the

virus that causes COVID-19.

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Called the "Ruby" cluster, Supermicro's TwinPro 2U 4 node servers leverage

advanced Second Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum processors with built-in AI

acceleration and have 192 gigabytes (GB) of onboard memory. The cluster

includes a total of almost 85,000 cores that reach an estimated six petaflops

of peak performance. With over 1,500 nodes in 26 racks and 16 2U TwinPro

servers in each rack (64 nodes), the racks are liquid-cooled using a

direct-to-chip approach. These very dense racks, coupled with liquid cooling,

enable a significantly smaller data center footprint and lower energy costs.

Liquid cooling can provide up to 40-50% TCO savings by reducing air

conditioning and cooling fan usage. Supermicro staged, tested, and orchestrated

the rack-level integration and delivered complete plug-n-play systems to LLNL.

"Supermicro's advanced TwinPro and Ultra 2U dual CPU servers were selected for

their extreme density, support for large compute workloads, and the flexible

server Building Block Solutions(R) approach so that LLNL could build exactly

the best cluster configuration for their requirements," said Charles Liang,

president, and CEO of Supermicro. "We recognize the importance of LLNL's work

to support research on the devastating global pandemic and help to discover a

vaccine for the COVID-19."

Funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Advanced

Simulation and Computing Program, the Laboratory's Multi-programmatic and

Institutional Computing (M&IC) program, and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and

Economic Security (CARES) Act, the supercomputing cluster will be used for

unclassified programmatic work in support of NNSA's stockpile stewardship

mission, LLNL open science, and the search for therapeutic drugs and designer

antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

"Ruby provides a substantial computing resource in our open collaboration zone,

which has experienced a heavy increase in demand due to an uptick in

telecommuting and a growth in external collaborations," said Chris Clouse,

acting program director for LLNL's ASC program. "A resource like Ruby provides

a venue for leveraging expertise and tools in the open community for areas that

are important to our programmatic missions."

"The Ruby supercomputer will help drive tremendous advancements in scientific

research and discovery across a range of disciplines, including COVID-19

research," said Trish Damkroger, Intel vice president and general manager of

high-performance computing at Intel.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (Nasdaq: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance,

high-efficiency server and storage technology is a premier provider of advanced

server Building Block Solutions(R) for Enterprise Data Center, Cloud Computing,

Artificial Intelligence, and Edge Computing Systems worldwide. Supermicro is

committed to protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green(R)"

initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient,

environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

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CONTACT: Greg Kaufman, Super Micro Computer, Inc., pr@supermicro.com

SOURCE: Super Micro Computer, Inc.