The following are technical specifications for Ascend:
| Ascend SYSTEM (2022) | |
|---|---|
| NUMBER OF NODES | 24 nodes |
| NUMBER OF CPU SOCKETS | 48 (2 sockets/node) |
| NUMBER OF CPU CORES | 2,304 (96 cores/node) |
| CORES PER NODE | 96 cores/node (88 usable cores/node) |
| Internal storage |
12.8 TB NVMe internal storage |
| COMPUTE CPU SPECIFICATIONS |
AMD EPYC 7643 (Milan) processors for compute
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| COMPUTER SERVER SPECIFICATIONS |
24 Dell XE8545 servers |
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ACCELERATOR SPECIFICATIONS |
4 NVIDIA A100 GPUs with 80GB memory each, supercharged by NVIDIA NVLink |
| NUMBER OF ACCELERATOR NODES |
24 total |
| TOTAL MEMORY | ~ 24 TB |
| PHYSICAL MEMORY PER NODE |
1 TB |
| PHYSICAL MEMORY PER CORE | 10.6 GB |
| INTERCONNECT |
Mellanox/NVIDA 200 Gbps HDR InfiniBand |
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