-
SSRLabsEnergy- and Instruction-Efficient HPC
August 2013 2013 Scalable Systems Research Labs, Inc.
Axel Kloth, President & CEO
-
August 2013SSRLabs Overview
2
The Big Data Challenge
Achieve accuracy and speed goals
Solve the (power = heat) problem
-
August 2013 SSRLabs Overview 3
Efficiency is the Benchmark
-
August 2013SSRLabs Overview
4
The Big Data Solution
Achieve accuracy and speed goals
Solve (power = heat) problem
De-couple system management and transaction or numerically intensive
operations CPU and Coprocessor/Accelerator Approach
-
August 2013SSRLabs Overview
5
SSRLabs
z Addresses Big Data challenge using coprocessors and APIs to optimize performance and efficiency of both high-transaction count and numerically intensive applications
z Developing a novel MPP architecture that is easier to program and takes less energy to execute tasks than traditional processors
-
August 2013SSRLabs Overview
6
pScale Product Attributes
z Instruction- and energy-efficient neural network and floating-point coprocessors
z Concurrent improvements in per-core performance, number of cores and efficient intra-core communications with reduced latency for better system performance
z Platform agnostic
-
August 2013SSRLabs Overview
7
pScale Coprocessor Schematic
-
Coprocessor Implementation
August 2013 SSRLabs Overview 8
z pScale Floating-Point or Neural Net Coprocessor
z Massively Parallel Processor with 64-bit cores
z HMC DRAM
-
System Implementation
August 2013 SSRLabs Overview 9
-
August 2013SSRLabs Overview
10
Development Status
z Core IP and ASIC building blocks in-house for pScale coprocessor design
z Raising A Round financing for product design/ engineering
z Will market coprocessors/cards and license building blocks/IP for secondary revenue stream
-
August 2103SSRLabs Overview
11
Summary
z Hyperscale and micro server markets share common performance vs. efficiency challengesz $2B annual market opportunity for SSRLabs
z Design approach confirmed by Technology Advisory Board brings simplicity to MPP deployment
z Current disruption in server CPU choice validates market readiness to change
-
August 2013 SSRLabs Overview 12
Contact