As servers that were designed using x86-based architectures started becoming the norm in the early 2000s, there was a huge sea-change toward using these commodity-based systems. Supercomputers started being constructed using these systems instead of proprietary systems like POWER and SPARC for example. Those early designs, along with the emergence of the "free" Linux OS, the ground was laid for the internet boom to occur. What also emerged was standards. Standards in peripherials (i.e. PCIe, SATA, etc) and reference designs from Intel, NVIDIA and AMD were established and competition to maintain Moore's Law became fierce.
Now that we have seen Exascale capable system installed at Oak Ridge National Labs using these "commodity" designs, what is next for the mass computing market? This session will focus on how the technology that supercomputers and cloud use today will drive the next challenges for OEMs (Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc) and also in the datacenters. Mechanical, thermal and electrical issues are being exacerbated by the intense focus to increase performance in every component of a system from CPUs to GPUs to Networking and beyond and you'll hear the strategy of how we will harness emerging technology for next-generation systems.
Speaker(s): Matthew T. Ziegler, Sharan Kalwani,
Agenda:
04:30 PM (EST/EDT) – Start of event, introductions, Geo Unit update
04:40 PM (EST/EDT) – Formal start of presentation
05:20 PM (EST/EDT) – Approximate end of presentation, start of Q&A + discussions
05:30 PM (EST/EDT) – Wrap up and formal end of event
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/353514