Evolution Enablement, a path to new era in the HPC field

Evolution Enablement, a path to new era in the HPC field

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 11:00 AM to 11:20 AM · 20 min. (Europe/Berlin)
Hall H, Booth L01
HPC Solutions Forum
AI Applications powered by HPC TechnologiesComposable Disaggregated InfrastructureHigh-Performance Data AnalyticsIntegration of Quantum Computing and HPCLarge Language Models and Generative AI in HPC

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HPC environment and users have experienced several rapid and revolutionary changes in the past 20 years. Starting from minor and internal changes, we will talk about the initiatives and changes we experienced as an HPC solution provider. With multiple factors and variables, the changes expanded to the overall market and user scenarios will be explored. Following the trends and new developments, new innovative solutions and platforms are under establishment, our talk will lead to how the offerings will be changed and be applied to different users’ environments.
HPC Solutions Forum Questions
When is it worth it to invest in special architectures, versus sticking with industry standards?Are technologies and configurations for AI and HPC converging or diverging? Is it possible to serve both adequately and efficiently in the same environment?What can be done to make HPC and AI more efficient?
Format
On-site
E4 Computer EngineeringE4 Computer Engineering designs and implements solutions with very high technological content for Cluster HPC, Cloud, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure for the Academic and Enterprise markets. We have been collaborating with the main centers for years research at national and international level (Cineca, CERN, ECMWF, LEONARDO) and we are involved in high level projects national and European HPC and AI (EuroHPC JU EPI, EUPEX, Horizon Europe, KDT). In its first 20+ years E4 has achieved important milestones in innovation: first application in Italy of Infiniband technology for the high-performance interconnection of x86-64 nodes in a HPC clusters [2005] first HPC hybrid cluster CPU-GPU based on NVIDIA, with Mellanox InfiniBand connectivity (E4 | EPFL / Electra) [2009] first HPC cluster made up of nodes equipped with ARM processors and NVIDIA GPUs, interconnected via network Infiniband [2012] first HPC cluster with CPU-configured nodes OpenPOWER and NVIDIA GPUs, liquid cooled and interconnected with Infiniband [2016] first implementation of interactive computing services (ICE) based on Jupyter Notebook technology within high-performance computing infrastructures technical-scientific [2020] Monte Cimone, first architecture-based HPC cluster RISC-V [2022] Through sister company E4 Analytics, E4 works to integrate Data Science in organizations undertaking the Digital transformation of their business to improve products/processes and optimize resources. We operate at the intersection of business and technology, supporting the customer in the adoption of AI solutions: with E4 Analytics, the data business become a resource to produce value. Each E4 solution is UNIQUE, like each of our customers; TESTED in every single component; VALIDATED to verify the actual performance of each system and SERVICED by technicians who provide assistance in the most extensive and complex Italian and European computing infrastructures.

Registered attendees

ALESSANDRO LASAGNI
ALESSANDRO LASAGNI
ENTERPRISE SALES ACCOUNTE4 Computer Engineering S.p.A.
AP
Alexander Pörschke
Evaluation and Financial Planning ConsultantNHR-Verein e.V.
Alon Zameret
Alon Zameret
HPC Applications Team LeadToga Networks, Huawei