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Petascale & Exascale Computing: EU and China Directions HPC User Forum - September 2010
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The Supercomputer Segment Grew Strongly Even During the 2009 Recession Year
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Supercomputers are priced at $500K and up
HPC systems priced at $3M+ grew 65% in 2009!
Drivers: worldwide “petaflop race”; growing recognition of HPC’s critical role in science and industry
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Race For Global Leadership Will Turbo-Charge the Supercomputers Segment
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The $500K and up Supercomputers segment did very well in 2009 at about $3.4B
IDC predicts it will grow to $4.6B in 2014
IDC expects the $3M+ segment to grow to $1.4B in 2013
The race for HPC leadership might turbo-charge the Supercomputers segment possibly for a decade to come
Although the Petascale Era is just dawning, governments around the world are already exploring exascale computing
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Europe Has Been Under-spending. China Has Been Moving Up Quickly from A Small Base
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5. Petascale Installations in Europe
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Forchungszentrum Juelich (Germany): 1.0 PF IBM Blue Gene (“JUGENE”). 294,912 cores
CEA (France): 1.25 PF Bull Tera ,000 Intel Xeon 7500 cores
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6. European Exascale Initiatives
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PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe)
International Exascale Software Project (IESP)
European Exascale Software Initiative (IESI)
Cray: Exascale Research Initiative (CSCS, EPCC, Univ Lugano)
IBM: Exascale Innovation Center (Forschungszentrum Juelich)
Intel: ExaCluster Laboratory (Forschungszentrum Juelich, ParTec)
Intel: Flanders ExaScale Lab (5 Flemish universities)
Intel: ExaTec HPC Lab (French partners)
Hewlett Packard: Exascale Computing Lab
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7. Japan: Riken -- Photographs of Facilities
Research Building
Computer building
Substation Supply
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8. Nebulae’s New Home – National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, China
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9. Petascale and Exascale Activities in China
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Two Petascale systems from China are already on the latest Top500
No.2 Nebulae
No. 7 TianHe -1
Both systems were built by domestic manufacturers
Both are hybrid systems with GPGPU+CPU configurations
More Petascale (and perhaps Exascale) machines are in development -- expect few public announcements but more surprises
Will China system be the No. 1 on November’s Top500?
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10. Petascale and Exascale Activities in China
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Some Petascale and Exascale machines will be built on China’s own CPU – the Longxin chip
Many new supercomputing centers are being built
Increased government investment in HPC and rising demand for HPC
New centers will be the potential homes for future Petascale and Exascale systems
Applications or industries that could benefit from Petascale systems include: bio-science, nano research, oil exploration, digital city planning, aerospace, weather
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