In this video, Primeur Magazine asks the ISC’11 Analyst Crossfire panel whether co-design for Exascale supercomputers is really necessary. Watch the full ISC Analyst Crossfire session here.
"Like the previous disruptions of clusters vs. monolithic systems or Linux vs. proprietary operating systems, cloud changes the status quo, takes us out of our comfort zone, and gives us a sense of lack of control. But the effect of price, the flexibility to dynamically change your system size and choose the best architecture for the job, the availability of applications, the ability to select system cost based on the needs of a particular workload, and the ability to provision and run immediately, will prove very attractive for HPC users." [Read More...]
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Co-design is a death sentence to the broader HPC users. While new class of machines can be designed with a deeper view on specific workloads, the follow-up systems need to provide a scalable, and cost effective solution for a broader range of codes.