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NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA B401-8
B401-8 Rackserver

The NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA B401-8 is a flexible solution with eight tightly integrated Vector Engines from the second generation for mid to large datacenters. This model provides a tightly integrated MPI optimized solution.
Specifications
| NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA B401-8 | |
|---|---|
| # of Vector Hosts (VHs) | 1 | 
| Formfactor | 2U Rackmount | 
| # of Vector Engines | 8 | 
| Vector Engine (VE) | |
| Vector Engine | Type 20A/20B | 
| Max. VE Performance (TeraFLOPS) | 24.56 | 
| Max. VE Memory bandwidth (TB/s) | 12.24 | 
| Vector Host (VH) | |
| # AMD EPYC Processor | 1 | 
| Max. Memory configuration | 8 x 2666 MHz DDR4 DIMMs | 
| Max. Memory capacity (GB) | 512 | 
| Max. Disk capacity (TB) | SATA SSD 1.92 | 
| Operating System | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 or higher/CentOS 8.1 or higher | 
| Interconnect | |
| InfiniBand | HDR | 
| Max. InfiniBand EDR HCAs | 2 | 
| Bidirectional bandwidth (GB/s) | 200 | 
| Power and Cooling | |
| Power consumption (HPL) | 3.0 kW (VE2: 8 cores), 3.3 kW (VE2: 10 cores) | 
| Cooling | Water + Air | 
| Software | |
| Bundled software | VE controlling software, VE driver | 
| Software development kit | Software Development Kit for Vector Engine, NEC MPI, NEC MPI/Sclar-Vector Hybrid |