Performance Work Statement.pdf
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- N0018925Q0144
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This Performance Work Statement (PWS) details the United States Naval Academy's (USNA) requirements for a high-performance computing workstation for scientific computing and AI inference in the Space Systems Engineering Lab. The workstation must include specific hardware components: an AMD Threadripper PRO 7995WX CPU with at least 96 cores and 192 threads, an NVIDIA T400 graphics GPU, two NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada accelerator GPUs with 48 GB GDDR6 RAM, an Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard, 256 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, a 1 TB M.2 NVME SSD, a 4 TB SATA 2.5" SSD, and a 1600 W power supply. Additional requirements include a full tower case without tempered glass, Ubuntu LTS operating system installation, and a cooling system that prevents thermal throttling.
The contractor must deliver a functional workstation with all internal cables installed and managed, along with technical documentation and specifications. Quality assurance provisions mandate component compatibility, with a specific requirement that RAM be compatible with both the CPU and motherboard. The contract includes a 3-year parts warranty and technical support upon request. The scope is specifically for acquiring this high-performance computing workstation that meets the detailed technical specifications outlined in the document.
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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) FOR
Workstation for high-performance scientific computing and AI inference
United States Naval Academy Aerospace Engineering Department
Space Systems Engineering Lab
1. Background
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) seeks to acquire a versatile workstation for general purpose parallel computing with GPU acceleration and artificial intelligence tasks.
2. Objective
The objective of the acquisition is to provide a workstation that fulfills the minimum hardware requirements outlined in Table 1.
Table 1 - Hardware requirements
Component Requirements Quantity Part Number / Specifications
CPU - AMD Threadripper PRO 7995WX (or equivalent)
1 100-100000884WOF
GPU (graphics) - NVIDIA T400 (or equivalent)
1 4X61J52234
GPU (accelerator) - NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada (or equivalent)
2 VCNRTX6000ADA-PB
Motherboard - Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE (or equivalent)
1 PROWSWRX90ESGSE
RAM - 32 GB DDR5-5600 8 total 256 GB
Storage 1 - 1 TB M2 NVME SSD 1 Minimum Required Specification
Storage 2 - 4 TB SATA 2.5” SSD 1 Minimum Required Specification
Power supply - At least 1600 W 1 For use in the United States
CD/DVD/Blu-ray Drive 0 No CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive
Wireless card 0 No wireless card
Case and Cooling 1 Full Tower Case / No Tempered Glass
Network Interface Card (NIC) 0 No additional NIC
Equivalency requirements for the CPU, GPUs, and Motherboard are shown in Table 2.
Table 2 - Equivalence requirements
Component Equivalent
CPU - AMD Threadripper PRO 7995WX Shall have at least 96 cores and 192 threads GPU (graphics) - NVIDIA T400 Shall have
- 4 GB of GDDR6 RAM
- At least two displayport 1.4 (mini or full size) output Shall be compatible with the motherboard
GPU (accelerator) - NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Shall have
- 16384 cores (“CUDA” cores or “processor” cores) or more
- 48 GB of GDDR6 RAM
- a manufacturer-provided performance of at least 1 TFLOPs with double precision
Motherboard - Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE
Shall be compatible with CPU and RAM
Additional requirements are outlined in the following subsections.
A. Case and cooling
The internal components shall be installed in full tower case. The side panels of the case shall not be made of tempered glass.
The contractor shall install a cooling system, which, combined the case airflow, shall provide sufficient heat dissipation to keep all components from thermal throttling.
B. Operating system
The contractor shall install the latest version of Ubuntu LTS on Storage 1 (1TB).
3. Scope
The scope of this effort is the acquisition of a high-performance computing workstation.
4. Task requirements
This contract will purchase a workstation that fulfills the outlined requirements.
5. Deliverables
The contractor will deliver:
- a functional workstation with all internal cables installed and managed,
- any required cables, and
- technical documentation and specifications for workstation and internal components.
The workstation shall meet the technical requirements outlined in Section 2.
6. Quality assurance
The contractor shall ensure that all chosen components are compatible. The RAM chosen shall be compatible with both the CPU and the motherboard.
*********A 3-year parts warranty shall be provided. *********
*********The contractor shall provide technical support upon request. *********
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