1. Bull’s Extreme Computing
2012 Suzannah Cross
HPC Sales Executive
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3. Typical Needs
Unified Extreme Complete Experts in
compute, speed, scale, Supercomputer Extreme
storage, and software suite Computing
and efficiency essentially and services
networking Solutions. based on open
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components
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4. Success Stories:
Defence
Bull helps AWE scientists push back the boundaries of science:
To carry out their important work in support of the UK’s nuclear deterrent scientists at AWE
need a vast amount of computing power. Until earlier this year, the organisation was reliant on
one main supercomputer. However, this year, after a two year competitive tender process, AWE
has accepted delivery of three supercomputers from Bull
Education
Making the impossible possible: Cardiff’s High Performance Computer
Can we work out how the stars formed? How the earth’s crust moves? How to improve
treatment for cancer patients? How to date an ancient burial site to within a decade? Cardiff
University’s High Performance Computer does all of this – and more. Supplied by Bull, the
computer is one of the most advanced in the UK academic sector, giving a whole new
dimension to Cardiff University research
Finance
SG CIB, Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking, was looking for a
solution that would give it both the performance it needed and great flexibility of use. So SG
CIB turned to Bull, whose HPC-on-demand offering corresponded to its demands: power,
flexibility, responsiveness, high levels of security, commitment and cost control. Bull not
only provides servers but also network infrastructure, security, hosting and associated
services. Not only the architecture itself, but also the way the services are delivered
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5. Success Stories:
Manufacturing
Wirth Research set to race into the future with Bull High Performance Computing
Innovative engineering consultancy group, Wirth Research has signed a partnership
agreement with Bull, which will help streamline its engineering design and development
capabilities. Under the terms of this long term contract, Bull will deliver high performance
computing (HPC) solutions; Panasas ActiveStor™ storage and services to Wirth Research.
Bull will also provide consultancy, enabling Wirth to optimise its use of computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) within the Bull HPC environment and streamline the design process.
Oil and Gas
IFP updates its central HPC resources
IFP – a world-class public sector research and training center in France – has recently
updated its High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, in a project which follows the
pattern seen in the HPC world since 2003: replacing vector computers with Linux clusters to
address all the various needs of research and development. Bull subsidiary Serviware
responded to an invitation to tender published by IFP at the end of 2007, to provide
significant pre-sales assistance needed to put together a comprehensive solution that met
the institute’s needs and was competitive in terms of both price and performance.
Research
New Bull supercomputer powers weather and climate research at Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Insti
KNMI, the Dutch national institute for weather, climate research and seismology, has aquired
a new Bull supercomputer that is is forty times more powerful than their current system. This
offers KNMI more opportunities to issue early warnings in case of extreme weather. It also
enhances KNMI's capabilities for climate research. According to Frits Brouwer, KNMI
director, KNMI has selected Bull for its comprehensive solution: "The hardware, combined
with Bull's knowledge support, gives us confidence in our cooperation. With Bull, we expect
to have found the right partner who is able to address our computing needs for the coming
years."
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6. Success Stories:
Services
CAPS launches CAPS Compute Lab with BULL and NVIDIA
CAPS Entreprise, the industry leader in development tools for high performance
applications, relies on Bull servers for its CAPS Compute Lab, a first and exclusive EMEA
solution center for hybrid computing with both BULL and NVIDIA as partners. As the
industry is shifting toward hybrid computation technologies, the need for a solution
enabling to rapidly and successfully evaluate the performance of software applications has
become crucial.
Healthcare High Performance Computing plays its role in the fight against cancer
New techniques for calculating planned radiation doses delivered in the course of
external radiotherapy cancer treatments bring a tremendous increase in precision.
However a large amount of compute power is needed to achieve enough precision in an
acceptable calculation time for clinical application. This is precisely the issue addressed
by Bull’s HPC Centre of Expertise, which studied the problem and delivered a
supercomputer adapted to the task in hand
Planet 51 designed by Ilion Animation Studios on a Bull supercomputer
Medias The design of a 3D animated movie is one of the most intensive computer-aided tasks, both
in terms of computing power and hardware ressources. The Planet 51 movie project was
born in 2002. Since then, Ilion Animation Studios has created an entire parallel universe
around Planet 51 using leading-edge technologies.
With a budget of some $70 million. Ilion Animation Studios, which has designed the 3D
animation of Planet 51, chose Bull to design and upgrade its server farm dedicated to
graphics rendering. “We were impressed by Bull’s remarkable ability to design and configure
solutions in extremely critical situations, involving a multitude of systems and, above all, very
strict deadlines,” explains Gonzalo Rueda, IT Director at Ilion .
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7. 10 key reasons to choose a Bull solution
1. One-stop provider of production-ready systems
2. A comprehensive range of servers designed with Extreme Computing in mind
3. Support Centre offering the best combination of rigour and quality
4. Extreme Computing Competence Centre, the European leader
5. Bull has delivered several TOP500-class supercomputers
6. Green Extreme Computing: increased energy efficiency and reduced footprint
7. Open, fully optimized and integrated Extreme Computing software environment
8. A strong commitment to knowledge transfer and partnerships
9. Exceptional technology partnerships
10. Application partnerships
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8. Your problem vs. Our solution
• Low performance? Slow servers? Bull manufactures mid size to peta scale
systems that offer the capability to
design new products faster and increase
performance and competitiveness.
• Spending all of your time installing Bull enables effective use of time as all of
applications and updating to keep the applications and technical work is
already done for you.
up with trends?
Bull has the ability to overcome complex
• Handling sensitive data that security challenges by adapting our
requires solid security? software to match your needs
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9. Why Bull?
• We have the capability to design new products faster,
increase human and environmental knowledge and faster
overcome complex security challenges.
• HPC (High Performance Computing) Utilises so called
supercomputers- large machines typically 100’s-1000’s of
processors that handle complex numerical simulations
• We tailor our products to specifically meet your needs.
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10. Some familiar faces that put their trust in us
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