1. HPC Platform Futures John Vert HPC Development Manager Microsoft Corporation

2. Abundant hardware resources change some of the traditional OS tradeoffs New programming models and tools Platform and tools need to be composable and scalable from desktop to server to cluster to cloud DesktopServerClusterCloud Multicore is Mainstream

3. Opportunities for significant improvements in management & facilities costs Value-add service, not just raw CPU cycles Data islands where you can send your computation HPC As A Service

4. Software infrastructure agility Legacy code migration Transparent checkpoint Preemption & migration Virtualization

5. HPC Melding into the Larger Enterprise IT infrastructure HPC As A Service Leverage Economies of Scale Value Add Opportunity Virtualization Hardware Consolidation Software Agility Multi-core Programming Models & Tools Composable Infrastructure