Aurora: Architecting Argonne's First Exascale Supercomputer for Accelerated Scientific Discovery

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Main Authors: Allcock, William E., Allen, Benjamin S., Anchell, James, Anisimov, Victor, Applencourt, Thomas, Bagusetty, Abhishek, Balakrishnan, Ramesh, Balin, Riccardo, Bekele, Solomon, Bertoni, Colleen, Blackworth, Cyrus, Bustamante, Renzo, Canada, Kevin, Carrier, John, Chan-nui, Christopher, Cheney, Lance C., Childers, Taylor, Coffman, Paul, Coghlan, Susan, Dey, Tanima, D'Mello, Michael, Emani, Ashok, Emani, Murali, Felker, Kyle G., Foreman, Sam, Franza, Olivier, Gao, Longfei, García, Marta, Garzarán, María, Gerofi, Balazs, Ghadar, Yasaman, Goswami, Subrata, Gupta, Neha, Harms, Kevin, Hatanpää, Väinö, Holland, Brian, Holohan, Carissa, Homerding, Brian, Hossain, Khalid, Hu, Xue, Huot, Louise, Ibeid, Huda, Insley, Joseph A., Jayanthi, Sai, Jiang, Hong, Jiang, Wei, Jin, Xiao-Yong, Kim, Jeongnim, Knight, Christopher, Kourdis, Panagiotis, Kumaran, Kalyan, Kwack, JaeHyuk, Lee, Janghaeng, Leggett, Ti, Lenard, Ben, Lewis, Chris, Liber, Nevin, Lombardi, Johann, Loy, Raymond M., Luo, Ye, Lusch, Bethany, Mahadevan, Nilakantan, Markey, Beth, Mateevitsi, Victor A., McPheeters, Gordon, Milner, Ryan, Mitchell, Jerome, Morozov, Vitali A., Muralidharan, Servesh, Musta, Tom, Nagar, Mrigendra, Narayana, Vikram, Ngom, Marieme, Nguyen, Anthony-Trung, Nichols, Nathan, Nishtala, Aditya, Osborn, James C., Papka, Michael E., Parker, Scott, Patel, Saumil S., Piotrowska, Julia, Pope, Adrian C., Raghunanda, Sucheta, Rangel, Esteban, Rich, Paul M., Riley, Katherine M., Rizzi, Silvio, Rowe, Kris, Sastry, Varuni, Scovel, Adam, Simini, Filippo, Som, Haritha Siddabathuni, Steinbrecher, Patrick, Stevens, Rick, Tian, Xinmin, Upton, Peter, Uram, Thomas, Vasan, Archit K., Vázquez-Mayagoitia, Álvaro, Velusamy, Kaushik, Videau, Brice, Vishwanath, Venkatram, Whitney, Brian, Williams, Timothy J., Woodacre, Michael, Zeltner, Sam, Zhang, Chuanjun, Zheng, Gengbin, Zheng, Huihuo
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author Allcock, William E.
Allen, Benjamin S.
Anchell, James
Anisimov, Victor
Applencourt, Thomas
Bagusetty, Abhishek
Balakrishnan, Ramesh
Balin, Riccardo
Bekele, Solomon
Bertoni, Colleen
Blackworth, Cyrus
Bustamante, Renzo
Canada, Kevin
Carrier, John
Chan-nui, Christopher
Cheney, Lance C.
Childers, Taylor
Coffman, Paul
Coghlan, Susan
Dey, Tanima
D'Mello, Michael
Emani, Ashok
Emani, Murali
Felker, Kyle G.
Foreman, Sam
Franza, Olivier
Gao, Longfei
García, Marta
Garzarán, María
Gerofi, Balazs
Ghadar, Yasaman
Goswami, Subrata
Gupta, Neha
Harms, Kevin
Hatanpää, Väinö
Holland, Brian
Holohan, Carissa
Homerding, Brian
Hossain, Khalid
Hu, Xue
Huot, Louise
Ibeid, Huda
Insley, Joseph A.
Jayanthi, Sai
Jiang, Hong
Jiang, Wei
Jin, Xiao-Yong
Kim, Jeongnim
Knight, Christopher
Kourdis, Panagiotis
Kumaran, Kalyan
Kwack, JaeHyuk
Lee, Janghaeng
Leggett, Ti
Lenard, Ben
Lewis, Chris
Liber, Nevin
Lombardi, Johann
Loy, Raymond M.
Luo, Ye
Lusch, Bethany
Mahadevan, Nilakantan
Markey, Beth
Mateevitsi, Victor A.
McPheeters, Gordon
Milner, Ryan
Mitchell, Jerome
Morozov, Vitali A.
Muralidharan, Servesh
Musta, Tom
Nagar, Mrigendra
Narayana, Vikram
Ngom, Marieme
Nguyen, Anthony-Trung
Nichols, Nathan
Nishtala, Aditya
Osborn, James C.
Papka, Michael E.
Parker, Scott
Patel, Saumil S.
Piotrowska, Julia
Pope, Adrian C.
Raghunanda, Sucheta
Rangel, Esteban
Rich, Paul M.
Riley, Katherine M.
Rizzi, Silvio
Rowe, Kris
Sastry, Varuni
Scovel, Adam
Simini, Filippo
Som, Haritha Siddabathuni
Steinbrecher, Patrick
Stevens, Rick
Tian, Xinmin
Upton, Peter
Uram, Thomas
Vasan, Archit K.
Vázquez-Mayagoitia, Álvaro
Velusamy, Kaushik
Videau, Brice
Vishwanath, Venkatram
Whitney, Brian
Williams, Timothy J.
Woodacre, Michael
Zeltner, Sam
Zhang, Chuanjun
Zheng, Gengbin
Zheng, Huihuo
author_facet Allcock, William E.
Allen, Benjamin S.
Anchell, James
Anisimov, Victor
Applencourt, Thomas
Bagusetty, Abhishek
Balakrishnan, Ramesh
Balin, Riccardo
Bekele, Solomon
Bertoni, Colleen
Blackworth, Cyrus
Bustamante, Renzo
Canada, Kevin
Carrier, John
Chan-nui, Christopher
Cheney, Lance C.
Childers, Taylor
Coffman, Paul
Coghlan, Susan
Dey, Tanima
D'Mello, Michael
Emani, Ashok
Emani, Murali
Felker, Kyle G.
Foreman, Sam
Franza, Olivier
Gao, Longfei
García, Marta
Garzarán, María
Gerofi, Balazs
Ghadar, Yasaman
Goswami, Subrata
Gupta, Neha
Harms, Kevin
Hatanpää, Väinö
Holland, Brian
Holohan, Carissa
Homerding, Brian
Hossain, Khalid
Hu, Xue
Huot, Louise
Ibeid, Huda
Insley, Joseph A.
Jayanthi, Sai
Jiang, Hong
Jiang, Wei
Jin, Xiao-Yong
Kim, Jeongnim
Knight, Christopher
Kourdis, Panagiotis
Kumaran, Kalyan
Kwack, JaeHyuk
Lee, Janghaeng
Leggett, Ti
Lenard, Ben
Lewis, Chris
Liber, Nevin
Lombardi, Johann
Loy, Raymond M.
Luo, Ye
Lusch, Bethany
Mahadevan, Nilakantan
Markey, Beth
Mateevitsi, Victor A.
McPheeters, Gordon
Milner, Ryan
Mitchell, Jerome
Morozov, Vitali A.
Muralidharan, Servesh
Musta, Tom
Nagar, Mrigendra
Narayana, Vikram
Ngom, Marieme
Nguyen, Anthony-Trung
Nichols, Nathan
Nishtala, Aditya
Osborn, James C.
Papka, Michael E.
Parker, Scott
Patel, Saumil S.
Piotrowska, Julia
Pope, Adrian C.
Raghunanda, Sucheta
Rangel, Esteban
Rich, Paul M.
Riley, Katherine M.
Rizzi, Silvio
Rowe, Kris
Sastry, Varuni
Scovel, Adam
Simini, Filippo
Som, Haritha Siddabathuni
Steinbrecher, Patrick
Stevens, Rick
Tian, Xinmin
Upton, Peter
Uram, Thomas
Vasan, Archit K.
Vázquez-Mayagoitia, Álvaro
Velusamy, Kaushik
Videau, Brice
Vishwanath, Venkatram
Whitney, Brian
Williams, Timothy J.
Woodacre, Michael
Zeltner, Sam
Zhang, Chuanjun
Zheng, Gengbin
Zheng, Huihuo
contents Aurora is Argonne National Laboratory's pioneering Exascale supercomputer, designed to accelerate scientific discovery with cutting-edge architectural innovations. Key new technologies include the Intel(TM) Xeon(TM) Data Center GPU Max Series (code-named Sapphire Rapids) with support for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), alongside the Intel(TM) Data Center GPU Max Series (code-named Ponte Vecchio) on each compute node. Aurora also integrates the Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS), a novel exascale storage solution, and leverages Intel's oneAPI programming environment. This paper presents an in-depth exploration of Aurora's node architecture, the HPE Slingshot interconnect, the supporting software ecosystem, and DAOS. We provide insights into standard benchmark performance and applications readiness efforts via Aurora's Early Science Program and the Exascale Computing Project.
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spellingShingle Aurora: Architecting Argonne's First Exascale Supercomputer for Accelerated Scientific Discovery
Allcock, William E.
Allen, Benjamin S.
Anchell, James
Anisimov, Victor
Applencourt, Thomas
Bagusetty, Abhishek
Balakrishnan, Ramesh
Balin, Riccardo
Bekele, Solomon
Bertoni, Colleen
Blackworth, Cyrus
Bustamante, Renzo
Canada, Kevin
Carrier, John
Chan-nui, Christopher
Cheney, Lance C.
Childers, Taylor
Coffman, Paul
Coghlan, Susan
Dey, Tanima
D'Mello, Michael
Emani, Ashok
Emani, Murali
Felker, Kyle G.
Foreman, Sam
Franza, Olivier
Gao, Longfei
García, Marta
Garzarán, María
Gerofi, Balazs
Ghadar, Yasaman
Goswami, Subrata
Gupta, Neha
Harms, Kevin
Hatanpää, Väinö
Holland, Brian
Holohan, Carissa
Homerding, Brian
Hossain, Khalid
Hu, Xue
Huot, Louise
Ibeid, Huda
Insley, Joseph A.
Jayanthi, Sai
Jiang, Hong
Jiang, Wei
Jin, Xiao-Yong
Kim, Jeongnim
Knight, Christopher
Kourdis, Panagiotis
Kumaran, Kalyan
Kwack, JaeHyuk
Lee, Janghaeng
Leggett, Ti
Lenard, Ben
Lewis, Chris
Liber, Nevin
Lombardi, Johann
Loy, Raymond M.
Luo, Ye
Lusch, Bethany
Mahadevan, Nilakantan
Markey, Beth
Mateevitsi, Victor A.
McPheeters, Gordon
Milner, Ryan
Mitchell, Jerome
Morozov, Vitali A.
Muralidharan, Servesh
Musta, Tom
Nagar, Mrigendra
Narayana, Vikram
Ngom, Marieme
Nguyen, Anthony-Trung
Nichols, Nathan
Nishtala, Aditya
Osborn, James C.
Papka, Michael E.
Parker, Scott
Patel, Saumil S.
Piotrowska, Julia
Pope, Adrian C.
Raghunanda, Sucheta
Rangel, Esteban
Rich, Paul M.
Riley, Katherine M.
Rizzi, Silvio
Rowe, Kris
Sastry, Varuni
Scovel, Adam
Simini, Filippo
Som, Haritha Siddabathuni
Steinbrecher, Patrick
Stevens, Rick
Tian, Xinmin
Upton, Peter
Uram, Thomas
Vasan, Archit K.
Vázquez-Mayagoitia, Álvaro
Velusamy, Kaushik
Videau, Brice
Vishwanath, Venkatram
Whitney, Brian
Williams, Timothy J.
Woodacre, Michael
Zeltner, Sam
Zhang, Chuanjun
Zheng, Gengbin
Zheng, Huihuo
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Hardware Architecture
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Performance
C.0; C.4; C.5.1; B.8.0; D.1.3
Aurora is Argonne National Laboratory's pioneering Exascale supercomputer, designed to accelerate scientific discovery with cutting-edge architectural innovations. Key new technologies include the Intel(TM) Xeon(TM) Data Center GPU Max Series (code-named Sapphire Rapids) with support for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), alongside the Intel(TM) Data Center GPU Max Series (code-named Ponte Vecchio) on each compute node. Aurora also integrates the Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS), a novel exascale storage solution, and leverages Intel's oneAPI programming environment. This paper presents an in-depth exploration of Aurora's node architecture, the HPE Slingshot interconnect, the supporting software ecosystem, and DAOS. We provide insights into standard benchmark performance and applications readiness efforts via Aurora's Early Science Program and the Exascale Computing Project.
title Aurora: Architecting Argonne's First Exascale Supercomputer for Accelerated Scientific Discovery
topic Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Hardware Architecture
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Performance
C.0; C.4; C.5.1; B.8.0; D.1.3
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08207