Xilinx Adaptive Compute Cluster (XACC) Program
The Xilinx Adaptive Compute Clusters (XACC) program is a special initiative to support novel research in adaptive compute acceleration for high performance computing (HPC). The scope of the program is broad and encompasses systems, architecture, tools and applications.
Four XACCs have been established at some of world’s most prestigious universities. XACCs will be equipped with the latest Xilinx hardware and software technologies for adaptive compute acceleration. Each cluster is specially configured to enable some of the world’s foremost academic teams to conduct state-of-the-art HPC research.
The first of the XACCs is installed at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. XACCs will follow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne (UIUC). A fourth cluster is being setup at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
XACC Hardware and Software
The XACCs are comprised of high-end servers, Xilinx Alveo accelerator cards and high-speed networking. Each Alveo card has two connections to a 100Gbps network switch to allow exploration of arbitrary network topologies for distributed computing.
The high-end servers are equipped with the latest Xilinx software including Vitis, a unified software platform for software engineers, AI researchers and data scientists who want to exploit adaptive compute acceleration. All four XACCs are expected to be operational by mid-2020, and will be expanded with the newest 7nm Versal Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP) in a future deployment.
Join the XACC program
Researchers working in relevant areas are invited to apply to join the XACC. Partner research teams will be able to remotely access the clusters’ computing resources to carry out their own research in adaptive computing. The XACCs will also act as a community hub for researchers to come together to collaborate with other experts in the field, including Xilinx in-house research groups.
Find out more about the centers, how to get started, events as well as related publications, examples, frameworks, tools and training material here https://xilinx.github.io/xacc/
Register here to express your interest in this program and apply for access: XACC access form
Please contact research_clusters@xilinx.com with any questions related to this program.