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LUMI
ActiveJune 13, 2022
SponsorsEuropean High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, LUMI Consortium
LocationKajaani, Finland
Architecture362,496 cores, AMD EPYC CPUs, 10,240 AMD Radeon Instinct MI250X GPUs (144,179,200 cores)[1][2]
Power7.1 MW
Space150 m2
Memory1.75 petabytes
Storage117 petabytes
Speed379 petaFLOPS (Rmax) / 531 petaFLOPS (Rpeak)
Cost€144.5 million
Websitewww.lumi-supercomputer.eu

LUMI (Large Unified Modern Infrastructure) is a petascale supercomputer located at the CSC data center[3] in Kajaani, Finland. In January 2023, the computer became the fastest supercomputer in Europe.[4]

The completed system consists of 362,496 cores, capable of executing more than 375 petaflops, with a theoretical peak performance of more than 550 petaflops, which places it among the most powerful computers in the world.[5] The November 2022 TOP500 ranks LUMI at number five, with a measured performance of 309.1 PFLOPS.[6]

Architecture

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The system is being supplied by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), providing an HPE Cray EX supercomputer with next generation 64-core AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs.[7][8] LUMI is a GPU based system, and the majority of its computing power comes from its GPU cores, an architecture which was chosen primarily for its cost/performance advantage.[9] The system is equipped with 1.75 petabytes of RAM,[1][10][11] and storage includes a 7-petabyte partition of flash storage, combined with 80-petabytes of traditional storage, both based on the Lustre parallel file system, as well as a 30-petabyte data management service based on Ceph. This gives the system a total of 117 petabytes of storage with an aggregated I/O bandwidth of 2 terabytes per second.[12]

Funding

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LUMI is co-funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and the LUMI Consortium, which is composed of the following countries: Finland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. The total budget is €144.5 million.[13] [14]

Energy

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The computer uses 100% hydroelectric energy, and the heat it generates will be captured and used to heat buildings in the area,[15][16] making LUMI one of the most environmentally efficient supercomputers in the world.[17] The former UPM paper mill where LUMI is located had only a single 2 minute power outage during its 38 years of operations thanks to the site's reliable connection to the national grid.[18]

Operation

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Half of LUMI's capacity belongs to the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, 20% of which is reserved for industry and SME use.[19] The other half is shared among the LUMI Consortium countries, according to each country’s financial contribution.[20]

By June 2021 pilot projects had been selected for the first run of the CPU partition, scheduled for September 2021, with full operations including the GPU partition planned for 2022.[21]

Naming

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The word "lumi" means "snow" in Finnish.[22]

See also

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  • Leonardo, another EuroHPC supercomputer under construction in Bologna, Italy
  • EuroHPC (European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking).

References

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