CONTENTS T Welcome to High-Performance Computing 2021/22
22. OCF discuss the changing HPC market
Andy Dean, sales director at OCF discusses the influx of AI applications and how that is shaping the HPC landscape
24. Evolving AI
4. Increasing hardware diversity
Kalyan Kumaran, Dr Sergi Girona, and professor Simon McIntosh-Smith discuss hardware diversity and its impact on scientists
10. Exascale competency in the UK
Simon McIntosh-Smith discusses the role of the ExCALIBUR project in ensuring that UK research is at the forefront of HPC
14. Supporting scientists
Robert Roe discovers how HPC integrators provide value to scientific and research organisations
18. Data growth
Hsueh-Li Wang discusses HPC trends that include data analysis, virtualisation and how hardware developers are looking to solve the challenges in HPC performance
20. AMD donates hardware to research Covid-19
Travis Campbell discusses the AMD Covid-19 fund and the impact it is having on scientists
With the growth of AI and DL comes new opportunities for emerging applications
26. Why it’s time to get quantum ready
Gemma Church explains how quantum computers will transform the world of science and engineering
28. Quantum opens up new possibilities for research
Matthias Troyer discusses his research into quantum computing and the development of quantum hardware and algorithms
30. HPC advances healthcare research in the UK
A new supercomputer dedicated to advancing healthcare research has been developed by UK research institutions
32. News
A round-up of important news stories from throughout the year
34. Supplier’s directory
HPC YEARBOOK 2021/22
his edition of the HPC Yearbook aims to provide a helping hand to scientists, researchers and HPC
resource managers by highlighting the success stories and challenges facing users across the world. On page 4 we take a look
back at one of our most successful webcasts of the year, with three distinguished HPC experts sharing their thoughts on hardware diversity. On page 10 we have an interview focusing on a UK project to develop software and algorithms for exascale. This project focuses on scientific codes that are crucial to the UK and developing expertise in next-generation HPC technology to ensure competency during exascale. On page 14 there is a feature
that explores the role of integrators in supporting scientists and researchers use of HPC. By providing managed services or helping academic organisations consolidate their resources, integrators can support scientific research and accelerate research workloads. The technology predictions from expert HPC vendors begins on page 18 with Gigabyte’s Hsueh-Li Wang discussing HPC trends that include data analysis, virtualisation and potential solutions to challenges in HPC performance. On page 20 AMD’s Travis Campbell talks about the company’s Covid-19 fund and the impact the hardware donation is having on scientists researching the pandemic. The final predictions piece comes from OCF’s Andy Dean who discusses changes in the HPC market and how the user community is adopting AI solutions. solutions. On page 24 there is an article looking at emerging applications in AI and DL. Starting on page 26 we have
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two articles focused on quantum computing. First, Gemma Church explains how quantum computers will transform the world of science and engineering, which is followed by an interview with Matthias Troyer on page 28. Matthias discusses the development of the first quantum commuting solutions and how to solve intractable problems. Finally, we have an article that takes a look at the development of a new supercomputer dedicated to accelerating healthcare research in the UK.
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