Title of Presentation Client Petascale & Exascale Computing: EU and China Directions HPC User Forum - September 2010 Steve Conway – sconway@idc.com Jie Wu – Jwu@idc.com Copyright 2007 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Title of Presentation Client The Supercomputer Segment Grew Strongly Even During the 2009 Recession Year Title of Presentation Client Supercomputers are priced at $500K and up HPC systems priced at $3M+ grew 65% in 2009! Drivers: worldwide “petaflop race”; growing recognition of HPC’s critical role in science and industry Copyright 2007 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Title of Presentation Client Race For Global Leadership Will Turbo-Charge the Supercomputers Segment Title of Presentation Client The $500K and up Supercomputers segment did very well in 2009 at about $3.4B IDC predicts it will grow to $4.6B in 2014 IDC expects the $3M+ segment to grow to $1.4B in 2013 The race for HPC leadership might turbo-charge the Supercomputers segment possibly for a decade to come Although the Petascale Era is just dawning, governments around the world are already exploring exascale computing Copyright 2007 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Title of Presentation Client Europe Has Been Under-spending. China Has Been Moving Up Quickly from A Small Base Title of Presentation Client Copyright 2007 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Petascale Installations in Europe Title of Presentation Client Forchungszentrum Juelich (Germany): 1.0 PF IBM Blue Gene (“JUGENE”). 294,912 cores CEA (France): 1.25 PF Bull Tera 100. 140,000 Intel Xeon 7500 cores Copyright 2007 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

European Exascale Initiatives Title of Presentation Client PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) International Exascale Software Project (IESP) European Exascale Software Initiative (IESI) Cray: Exascale Research Initiative (CSCS, EPCC, Univ Lugano) IBM: Exascale Innovation Center (Forschungszentrum Juelich) Intel: ExaCluster Laboratory (Forschungszentrum Juelich, ParTec) Intel: Flanders ExaScale Lab (5 Flemish universities) Intel: ExaTec HPC Lab (French partners) Hewlett Packard: Exascale Computing Lab Copyright 2007 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Japan: Riken -- Photographs of Facilities Research Building Computer building Substation Supply Chillers WPSE2010 2010/02/18

Nebulae’s New Home – National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, China Title of Presentation Client Copyright IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Petascale and Exascale Activities in China Title of Presentation Client Two Petascale systems from China are already on the latest Top500 No.2 Nebulae No. 7 TianHe -1 Both systems were built by domestic manufacturers Both are hybrid systems with GPGPU+CPU configurations More Petascale (and perhaps Exascale) machines are in development -- expect few public announcements but more surprises Will China system be the No. 1 on November’s Top500? Copyright IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Petascale and Exascale Activities in China Title of Presentation Client Some Petascale and Exascale machines will be built on China’s own CPU – the Longxin chip Many new supercomputing centers are being built Increased government investment in HPC and rising demand for HPC New centers will be the potential homes for future Petascale and Exascale systems Applications or industries that could benefit from Petascale systems include: bio-science, nano research, oil exploration, digital city planning, aerospace, weather Copyright IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

Title of Presentation Client Questions? Please email: hpc@idc.com Or check out: www.hpcuserforum.com Copyright 2007 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.