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Our first FPGA supercomputer Goliath1 is under construction. Based on our Merrick1 board this supercomputer offers a very different approach to solving difficult computing tasks in niche applications. It is aimed at many High Performance Computing (HPC) applications such as financial modelling, image processing, radar processing, weather forecasting, pharmacology, data mining and homeland security.
Goliath1 uses Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) as programmable logic array. For a given computing problem a program is loaded into each FPGA to process a given task. Unlike a conventional supercomputer that runs software code on processor and intermediate step is used to convert a software/firmware design into hardware logic that is loaded into the programmable logic fabric. The resulting computing engine usual beats most conventional processors in all aspects of power usage, speed, performance V power and price benchmarks.
Supercomputers like Goliath1 are high modular and can grow in size after initial installation. Each Merrick1 board used in this supercomputer has linking capabilities to allow parallel and serial computing structures to be generated easily and even in a time dependent variable structure. This high degree of flexibility allows many different applications to be processed by the same Goliath1 engine.
The Goliath1 platform has the dynamic capability to slow down or speed up to suit power network loading contracts. This has the capability to delivery up to a 30:1 load variance depending on the normal operational level. This allows negotiation of low cost power contracts with the power company and helps power companies cope with high level, short term, power demand such as often happens at the breaks in football matches.
We will be renting time on Goliath1 to companies and institutions. Please contact our sales team for more details.
We will also be renting out and selling Golliath1 type supercomputers based on platforms based on between 1 and 10,000 Merrick1 boards. We can offer consultancy service on implementing algorithms on, and generally using, the Goliath1 platform.
Merrick1 Statistics - 1 board only
12,600 18Kbit Blockrams
12,600 Digital Signalling Processing Blocks
1,260,000,000,000 Multiply Accumulates per Second (MACs at 100 MHz)
4,774,400 Flip-Flops
4,774,400 LUTs
Electrical Power 30-1000 Watts
800 Gbit/s General I/O bandwidth
8 X 3.5 Gbit/s TX on High Speed Serial Links
8 X 3.5 Gbit/s RX on High Speed Serial Links
2 X Gigabit Ethernet
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