⑴ Classification of the products to be procured : 14

⑵ Nature and quantity of the products to be purchased : Supercomputer System 1 Set

⑶ Type of the procurement : Rent

⑷ Basic requirements of the procurement :

A The product must be composed of a shared-memory parallel computing system, a distributed-memory parallel computing system, and a fluid-data analysis server, which are described below. A part of the distributed-memory parallel computing system must function as the measurement integration interface server.

B The shared-memory parallel computing system of the product must satisfy the following requirements.

⒜ The total capacity of the main memory of the system must be 200 TB or larger.

⒝ Main memory of a capacity of 20 TB or larger can be utilized as a shared memory.

⒞ A part of the system composed of CPUs sharing the main memory must have a theoretical operation performance of 200 TFLOPS or higher (double precision floating point operation).

⒟ The total theoretical operation performance of the entire shared-memory parallel computing system must be 2000 TFLOPS or higher (double precision floating point operation). The effective operation performance is to be evaluated by a benchmark test.

C The distributed-memory parallel computing system of the product is a cluster system which consists of shared-memory nodes connected by high-speed interconnect. It is required to satisfy the following requirements.

⒜ The total capacity of the main memory of the system must be 300 TB or larger.

⒝ Main memory of a capacity of 384 GB or larger can be utilized as a shared memory per shared-memory node.

⒞ The system must consist of at least 500 shared-memory nodes.

⒟ The total theoretical operation performance of the entire distributed-memory parallel computing system must be 10000 TFLOPS or higher (double precision floating point operation). The effective operation performance is to be evaluated by a benchmark test.

⒠ All shared-memory nodes must be connected to each other by interconnect and have an interface (one port or more per shared-memory node) which has performance and functions that are equivalent to or faster than InfiniBand 4x HDR.

⒡ A part of the distributed-memory parallel computing system must function as the measurement integration interface server.

D The measurement integration interface server of the product is required to satisfy the following requirements.

⒜ The total capacity of the main memory of the entire measurement integration interface server must be 1 TB or larger.

⒝ The total theoretical operation performance of the entire measurement integration interface server must be 50 TFLOPS or higher (double precision floating point operation). The effective operation performance is to be evaluated by a benchmark test.

⒞ To share data with experimental equipments in the Institute, the server must have an interface device whose data transfer rate is 40 Gbps or higher and by which it is connected with the measurement integration control PCs attached to the experimental equipments.

E The fluid-data analysis server of the product is required to satisfy the following requirements.

⒜ The total capacity of the main memory of the entire fluid-data analysis server must be 8 TB or larger.

⒝ The total theoretical operation performance of the entire fluid-data analysis server (including the accelerators) must be 1000 TFLOPS or higher (double precision floating point operation). The effective operation performance is to be evaluated by a benchmark test.

⒞ The server must be equipped with a graphics subsystem for high-speed image processing to enable 3D visualization of the computed and/or experimentally obtained data using multiple screens.

⒟ The server must be equipped with a system or software for visualizing the computed and/or experimentally obtained data on remote terminals.

F The shared-memory parallel computing system, the distributed-memory parallel computing system, and the fluid-data analysis server must have FORTRAN, C and C++ program development systems with compilers and support tools that have functions of auto-tasking parallelization. Both the OpenMP and the MPI must be supported as an application program interface (API) for parallel processing.

G A program library and sample programs must be provided for synchronization of data between the measurement integration interface server and the measurement integration control PCs.

H Each of the shared-memory parallel computing system, the distributed-memory parallel computing system, and the fluid-data analysis server must have functions of high-performance communication and interactive operation.

I The product must include a 3-D display system with multiple screens for the purpose of visualization of computed and/or experimentally obtained data with enhanced realism.

J A magnetic hard disk system configured with RAID level 6 must be provided. The total effective capacity of the system must be 20 PB or larger, and the system must be accessible with a file sharing system by each of the shared-memory parallel computing system, the distributed-memory parallel computing system, and the fluid-data analysis server.

K The shared-memory parallel computing system, the distributed-memory parallel computing system, and the fluid-data analysis server must have program libraries for scientific computations.

L Smooth migration of the data from the existing system to the new system is required. Extensive support for installation and migration must be provided. User support such as training sessions and consultation for programming must be provided.

M Sufficient security against intrusion and computer virus and so forth must be provided on the system. Security holes that are newly reported should be addressed without delay.

N The hardware must be highly reliable. The contractor must provide stable support and maintenance services.

⑸ Time limit for the submission of the requested material : 17 : 00 17 January, 2022

⑹ Contact point for the notice : Shigehiro Akiyama, Procurement Services Office, Finance Department, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai-shi 980-8577 Japan, TEL 022-217-4869