Revolutionizing the Datacenter

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Evolution of HPC to Data Centric SystemsSumit Gupta

VP, High Performance Computing & Data Analytics, IBM Systems

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Data is the new basis of competitive value

RetailBanking

Oil & GasHealthcare

Overwhelming Growth of Unstructured Data

2010 2020

Percentage of uncertain data Sensors & Devices

VoIP

Enterprise Data

Social Media

40 Zettabytes

We are here

Cognitive ComputingA new era in technology, a new era in business

Data is transforming industries and

professions

Computing is entering a new Cognitive Era

The world is being reinvented in code

POWER: Designed for Cognitive Computing

& Data Analytics

High Performance Cores

Fast & Large Memory System

Fast Interconnects for Accelerators

Workload Performance Depends

On Different Features

Double Precision (FP64) FP Perf

Single Precision (FP32) FP Perf

Half Precision (FP16) FP Perf

Integer Operations Perf

Memory Bandwidth

Memory Size

Cache Performance

Core Thread Performance

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Data Centric:

Minimize Data Movement, Optimize Workflows

Compute where the data resides Shift from algorithms to workflows

Seismic Data Processing Workflow and Data Lifecycle

Cold Storage

DataInput

After: NoSQL POWER8 + CAPI Flash

Load Balancer

500GB Cache

Node

Backup Nodes

500GB Cache

Node500GB Cache

Node500GB Cache

Node500GB Cache

Server Node

Before: NoSQL In-Memory

24U 4U

Accelerating NoSQL Databases with CAPI-Attached Flash

POWER8 Server

Flash Array w/ up

to 40TB

CAPI Device

Flash Acts As Extension of System Memory

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US & UK Research Establishments Select Data Centric Supercomputers

IBM, Mellanox, and NVIDIA awarded $325M

U.S. Department of Energy’s CORAL Supercomputers

IBM & UK’s STFC Partner for Big Data & Cognitive Computing Research in

£313M Partnership

CORAL: Leadership Class Supercomputers

5X – 10X HIGHER APP PERF THAN CURRENT SYSTEMS

POWER8 NVLINK-ed to Pascal GPUs

CPU to GPU NVLink Enables

• Easier Programming of GPU Accelerators

• Better Application Throughput

• Expanded Set of Accelerated Applications

New Server: Early Shipments in 4Q 2016

IBM-NVIDIA NVLink Acceleration Lab

• Seeking Clients Now

• Apply at accellab@us.ibm.com

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GPU

POWER8

Graphics Memory

System Memory

GPU

Graphics Memory

40

GB

/s

NVLink Enables Fast Unified MemoryAccess between CPU & GPU Memories

NV

Lin

k

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Accelerated innovation through collaboration of partners

Accelerators for driving industry performance leadership

Vibrant ecosystem through open collaborative, development

Cloud ComputingHyperscale & Large scale

Datacenters

High PerformanceComputing & Analytics

Domestic IT Agendas

OpenPOWER Strategy

Processors Not Keeping up with Workload Performance

Needs

Numerous IT consumption models

Fast Growing Open Software Ecosystem

Market Shifts

OpenPOWER: Catalyst for Open Innovation

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Neuromorphic Computing: Brain-inspired computing

Quantum Computing:Development of novel

computing systems

Past• Focus on HPC

performance

Today• Focus on Data, Analytics• Workflow performance• Heterogeneous compute

Future• Integrated Cognitive Computing• Seamless enablement of

heterogeneous compute

Evolution of HPC