Services
T-Platforms | One-stop source for petascale computing
Services
www.t-platforms.com
T-Platforms Group specializes in developing and delivering
a full range of solutions and services for high performance
computing. Headquartered in Moscow (Russia), it has
regional offices in Hanover (Germany), Kiev (Ukraine),
Taipei (Taiwan), and Hong Kong (China).
Since its founding in 2002, the company has implemented
more than 300 complex projects, six of which were
included in the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful
computing systems. T-Platforms Group has a number
of key patents covering the unique supercomputing
technologies and electronic components.
High Performance Computing (HPC) enables economic,
scientific and technological advantages, thereby increasing
competitiveness in both domestic and foreign markets.
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Through the use of HPC systems, scientific organizations
are able to perform various studies without the use of
expensive laboratory equipment, carrying out experiments,
that are difficult or even impossible to implement due to
costs, physical constraints or limited resources.
Industrial companies utilizing HPC are able to more
efficiently design or modify products, reducing expenses,
improving quality, and decreasing the design and
prototype cycle thus improving time to market.
T-Platforms provides comprehensive support for the
most demanding computational environments helping
customers to:
■■ Significantly reduce costs
■■ Increase the speed of innovation
■■ Become more competitive
T-Platforms | One-stop source for petascale computing
With high-performance computing applications such as ANSYS, Boeing Corporation
has been able to achieve a seven-fold reduction in the number of prototypes
needed, resulting in a decrease in development time for a model by one year,
saving $2 billion.
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T-Platforms develops, manufactures, and deploys
integrated supercomputer systems and specialized
software necessary for the efficient use of
computing resources.
The unique expertise of T-Platforms’ engineers and
the company’s IP allow it to offer high-performance
solutions that fully meet individual customers’ needs.
T-Platforms Group provides services to address
challenges associated with computer modeling,
through problem analysis and development of
innovative solutions. Customers have access to
high-performance computational resources with
necessary engineering software.
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The group’s expertise in managing computing
resources serves to enhance supercomputer center
owners operational efficiency and TCO. T-Platforms
also provides training services on computing cluster
technology management and parallel programming,
addressing a wide range of applied problems using
supercomputers.
T-Platforms | One-stop source for petascale computing
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Utilizing high-performance systems from T-Platforms,
“Electrofilm” studio secured a 30-fold increase in the rendering
speed of special effects for “Inhabited Island”.
T-Platforms Group services portfolio
includes:
■■ Engineering calculations and supercomputer
simulations
■■ Leasing of computing resources
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■■ Supercomputer Center Management
■■ Parallelization of calculations
■■ Specialized software provisioning
and deployment
■■ Provision of resources for rendering
■■ Data center development, construction
and commissioning
■■ Benchmarking services
T-Platforms | One-stop source for petascale computing
Using high-performance computing systems, “National Water Technologies” Co. was able to correctly design contact
tanks for their new and existing facilities, reducing the cost of both construction and reagents,ensuring reliable target
results in water treatment.
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SERVICES
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Engineering Calculations and
Supercomputer Simulations
Parallelization of Calculations
T-Platforms Group provides engineering
simulation services based on industry
standard or proprietary methods,
providing customers with immediate
access to computing resources.
However, not all companies have the
financial, technological and human
resources for independent deployment
of appropriate software and hardware
solutions. T-Platforms offers a full
range of services on high-performance
calculations and supercomputer
modeling. Our experts tailor the physical
and computational models for parallel
supercomputing, or solve the problem
«from scratch» by developing the
project documentation and calculation
methodology.
Currently, many high performance
computing systems use NVIDIA Tesla
graphic accelerators. This can increase
the speed of double-precision parallel
computations significantly, allowing
reduction of the required number of nodes,
the execution time, and operating costs
associated with cooling, power, and system
maintenance.
■■ Significant amount of programmers’ time
to develop or adapt the code
Involvement of T-Platforms Group’s
experts will help you to:
■■ Lack of experience in developing software
for parallel computing
■■ Accelerate the pace of innovation
■■ Save time and resources to solve
complex problems
■■ Avoid the cost of building your own
supercomputer center
■■ Provide training to grow professionals
of your own
T-Platforms | One-stop source for petascale computing
However, not all applications today support
graphics accelerators-based computing.
Possible difficulties with the use
of graphics processors include:
■■ Inconsistency of CUDA and OpenCL
libraries designed for different hardware
platforms
■■ Subpar overall system performance
as a result of adaptation for the specific
hardware
T-Platforms’ Solution Advantages
Leasing of Computing Resources
Supercomputer Center Management
To meet these challenges, T-Platforms
offers services on porting customer
applications to the massively parallel
heterogeneous platforms. Depending
on the system configuration, from 512
to 1024 NVIDIA GF1x0 cores may be
used in each node. This allows you to
parallelize computation and achieve
substantial growth in computing power.
Types of services offered:
The optimal solution for companies
that are not ready to acquire their own
computing power and only occasionally
use parallel computing systems, is
to rent computer time from existing
supercomputer centers.
Having advanced competencies in the
field of supercomputer simulations,
computational resources, data center
management techniques, supported by a
team of application experts, T-Platforms
provides the following services:
Effective management of computing
facilities requires a collaborative involvement
of professional staff, engineers and system
administrators. The supercomputer Center
Management service from T-Platforms helps
significantly reduce the operational costs
to run such systems. T-Platforms experts
perform all the services for heterogeneous
computing systems and its infrastructure to
provide:
■■ Adapting applications for GPU
■■ CUDA-program optimization
■■ Porting of MPI and OpenMP programs
to NVIDIA CUDA technology
■■ Development of CUDA-versions for
sequential programs
■■ Consulting support
■■ Assistance in algorithm mapping to
GPU architecture
■■ Technical troubleshooting related to
NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL
■■ Addressing problems of existing
software and new technologies
integration
■■ System utilities for ease of CUDA and
OpenCL programming
■■ A preliminary calculation of time and
costs, and planning of optimal system
configuration
■■ Supercomputer capacity rental
■■ Scaling of leased resources to meet
changing requiremends
■■ Reporting on the actual resources used
Additionally, the supercomputer resources
of T-Platforms partners’ may be provided
as needed.
■■ Operating efficiency of existing
supercomputer centers
■■ Deployment of supercomputer centers
■■ Efficient service strategies for client access
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Services
Specialized Software Provisioning
Providing Resources for Rendering
T-Platforms offers software solutions from leading software
companies to solve many types of engineering problems.
Software titles available through T-Platforms Group include:
T-Platforms Group offers significant opportunities for
companies specializing in the development of 3D graphics
and animation. Large and medium-sized film companies are
welcomed to lease a specialized rendering farm to process
large dataset, complicated computer graphics. Secure user
access to computing resources is provided over the Internet;
or a rendering farm can be deployed and fine-tuned at the
customer’s premises.
■■ The range of powerful certified commercial packages for
computational fluid dynamics – Star-CD, Star-CCM+, ANSYS
CFX – for the analysis of gas & liquid flows, compressibility,
multiphase, heat and mass transfer, chemical reactions,
combustion, and radiation to address research and applied and
industrial problems of various industries (automotive, aerospace,
electronics, environmental, construction, nuclear power
engineering, metallurgy, and chemical industry)
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■■ The range of programs from ANSYS, Inc. – ANSYS Enterprise
Knowledge Management, ANSYS HPC, ANSYS Multiphysics &
Structural Mechanics, ANSYS Fluid Dynamics, ANSYS Pre and
Post Processing, ANSYS CAD Integration for structural analysis
under static and dynamic loading, analyzing problems in fluid and
gas mechanics, addressing related problems in forced thermal
loading and other types of construction loading
■■ A set of unique ESI products, such as ProCAST & QuikCAST,
Systus, Sysmagna, ACE + Suite, Weld Quality, Distortion
Engineering, that have worked well in solving specific problems
of casting, stamping (including sheet one), welding, etc.
Experienced professionals will help you choose the specialized
software and optimal configuration, and carry out theoretical
and practical training on its use.
T-Platforms | One-stop source for petascale computing
Data Center Development, Construction and
Commissioning
T-Platforms designs and builds optimal computer systems
facilities of any complexity and performance level,
combining components of computer systems, management
and monitoring infrastructure, data storage, system and
application software, as well as the necessary engineering
power, cooling and automatic fire-extinguishing systems.
Benchmark Center Services
Most customers have unique requirements for supercomputer
performance in order to realize the full potential of system
hardware and software components to solve specific problems.
To meet a customer’s needs, the manufacturer forecasts
loads, creates new solution architecture, and selects a unique
configuration of supercomputer components subject to their
features and compatibility. The manufacturer must also
analyze the performance of application software, and produce
methods for its optimization, while taking into account the
balance between technical and economic characteristics of the
supercomputer. The T-Platforms Benchmark Center provides
peace of mind offering the following services:
■■ Development of an optimal solution architecture; forecasting
performance for a given architecture
■■ Selection of the optimal hardware configuration to achieve
the required performance
■■ Analyzing the performance of parallel programs and
development proposals for their optimization
■■ Testbed provisioning:
• for customers’ remote access and support;
• for the local simulation to optimize the technology.
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