For those working in the High Performance Computing (HPC) industry, achieving Exascale performance has been an ongoing challenge and a significant milestone for some time. Recently, experts have started to take a holistic system-level approach to performance improvements by examining how hardware and software components interact within data centers. This approach, known as co-design architecture, recognizes that the CPU has reached the limits of its scalability, and offers an intelligent network as the new “co-processor” to share the responsibility for handling and accelerating application workloads.
Next week, IBTA representatives will join other industry experts in Frankfurt, Germany for ISC High Performance, an annual event focused on HPC technological developments and applications. In a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session titled A Holistic Approach to Exascale – Co-Design Architecture, Intelligent Networks and InfiniBand Routing, Scott Atchely from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as Richard Graham, Gerald Lotto and Gilad Shainer from member company Mellanox Technologies will discuss the advantages of a co-design architecture in depth. Additionally, the group will cover the role that InfiniBand routers play in reaching Exascale performance and share insights behind these recent HPC developments.
Attending ISC High Performance? The BoF session will be held in the Kontrast room starting at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 19. For more information on the BoF session and its participants, visit the event site here.