US Military Upgrading Data Analytics Capabilities

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US Army is upgrading its computing capabilities. Two new supercomputers have been acquired in order to support significant modernization challenges to include digital engineering and other emerging workloads. By adding specialized technology to augment traditional high performance computing with data analytics, these machines will serve as a springboard on which DOD scientists can make game-changing discoveries.

The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is home to the Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center, where computer scientists are welcoming the bi-annual technology refresh as part of the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program.

The two supercomputers, named Jean and Kay, recognize the remarkable achievements and enduring legacies of two key computing pioneers. 

These systems significantly enhance the program’s ability to support the DOD’s most demanding data-intensive computational challenges, and include emerging technologies and tools for artificial intelligence, data analytics and machine learning.

The two systems are both Liquid Computing platforms containing 48 core Intel XEON (Cascade Lake Advanced Performance) processors integrated with the largest solid state file systems the DOD has deployed to date.

The systems are expected to enter production service in the mid-fiscal 2021 timeframe, and will join the center’s Centennial and Hellfire systems towards establishing a cumulative computational capability of 23.3 petaflops, according to defenseworld.net.