HPC Platform FuturesHPC Platform Futures

John VertJohn VertHPC Development ManagerHPC Development Manager

Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft Corporation

• 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

Multicore is Mainstream

• 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

• Software infrastructure agility• Legacy code migration• Transparent checkpoint• Preemption & migration

Virtualization

HPC Melding into the Larger Enterprise IT infrastructure

HPC As A Service

Leverage Economies

of Scale

Value Add Opportunity

VirtualizationHardware

Consolidation

Software Agility

Multi-core

Programming Models & Tools

Composable Infrastructure