Slide 1: Embracing Open Technologies in the HPEC Market
Embracing Open Technologies in the HPEC Market Embedded Tech Trends January 2013 Andrew Shieh Director of Engineering CSPI, MultiComputer Division 1
Slide 2: CSPI Company Overview
CSPI Company Overview Diversified multinational technology company Founded in 1968 Publicly Traded – NASDAQ: CSPI Known for ◦ Long-term commitment to our customers ◦ Consistent profitability ◦ Integration of open architecture technologies into deployed solutions Business segments ◦ Systems
Slide 3: Custom Technologies – Application Specific
Custom Technologies –Application Specific 3
Slide 4: Open Technology - Standards Based
Open Technology -Standards Based Standardization has driven Interoperability and the broader acceptance of Open Technologies - Simplifies Application Portability 4
Slide 5: HPEC Market Characteristics
HPEC Market Characteristics Important Tenets ◦ SWaP ◦ Long Product Life Cycles (configuration & obsolescence management) ◦ Long Term Support ◦ Service Options (integration, qualification) ◦ Reliable, deterministic operation ◦ Deployable in benign to harsh environments 5
Slide 6: Open Technologies – Industry Standards
Open Technologies – Industry Standards Processing Networking Storage Software Enterprise Throughput Oriented Connect anyone, Network Application Specific Many threads per core anywhere, anytime Attached , (transactional) Large Memory capacity and on any device SAN Windows, Linux X86, Intel Xeon Ethe
Slide 7: HPC Network Technologies
HPC Network Technologies Converged Fabric Switch Mellanox SDN Common Protocol for Inter/Intra Myrinet Cluster System communication Network Supports Multiple Protocols InfiniBand, 10/40GbE Software Defined Networks 7
Slide 8: HPEC Network Technologies
HPEC Network Technologies Interconnect bandwidth requirements are driving optical technology. VITA standards (VITA 66) are enabling high performance interconnect in COTS products. 8
Slide 9: Commodity Processor Technologies
Commodity Processor Technologies Intel’s Ivy Bridge Architecture Freescale QorIQ Architecture MultiCore and many-core devices NVIDIA Fermi / Kepler deliver constant increases in Architectures processing power Inter-processor communication has moved down into the silicon 9
Slide 10: HPC Software Technologies
HPC Software Technologies Source: NVIDIA, Released with Cuda5 Industry Standard environments and tools to efficiently manage & schedule resources and communications 10
Slide 11: HPC Storage Technologies
HPC Storage Technologies Network Attached Storage optimizes data availability, scalability and manageability in a market with an ever increasing demand for storage and network bandwidth Source: http://www.information-management.com 11
Slide 12: HPC/HPEC Convergence: Embedded HPC
HPC/HPEC Convergence: Embedded HPC Adopting Open Technologies HPC ◦ Processor Off-Load ◦ Cluster Computing ◦ HPC Architectures ◦ Open Source Software Embedded HPC Preserving Deployable Solutions ◦ Life Cycle Management ◦ SWaP HPEC ◦ Real-Time Determinism ◦ Compliance with HPEC Market Manufacturi
Slide 13: Broader Perspective
Broader Perspective Technology Trends ◦ Use of Open Technologies is Pervasive Adoption no longer means selecting a “point” technology, but rather adopting the entire Infrastructure Market Trends ◦ Commodity Technologies Networks, Processors, Software and Storage ◦ Common Computing Challenges Dem
Slide 14: More than Convergence… Ride the Wave.
More than Convergence… Pervasive Architectures, Commodity Technologies and Common Computing Challenges are a powerful force overtaking our Market. Ride the Wave. Open Architectures - Application Specific Solutions 14