Blue Gene/Q: Sequoia and Mira

The ibm® Blue Gene®/q (bg/q) supercomputer system was developed in partnership between ibm, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Blue Gene/Q is a bright example of the United States Department of Energy and IBM's capability and seamlessly brings together science and technology and the people that make this possible. Mira is a system, due in large part to the insights gained through years of partnership on the Blue Gene family among Argonne, Lawrence Livermore, and ibm. The ibm®Blue Gene®/l supercomputer debuted in November 2004, followed by the second generation three years later. Indeed, the second and third generations, called Blue Gene®/p and Blue Gene®/q, respectively, were conceived before Blue Gene/L was formally announced. With the deployment of Sequoia in Livermore, and the Mira 48-rack system in Argonne, Blue Gene/Q began to accumulate its trophies. The system software objectives on Blue Gene/Q are ultra-scalability, high reliability, and delivering the full performance capability of the hardware to applications.