Accelerating towards

Exascale with PathForward

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June 2017
Exascale in our daily life

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Exascale required to solve the worlds most complex problems

Additive manufacturing process design for qualifiable metal Todays top 500 systems
components
Manufacturing

Aggregated compute
power of ~1 ExaFLOPS
Accelerate and translate cancer research in RAS pathways,
Life Sciences drug responses, and treatment strategies

Consume 650MW of
Efficiency and performance characteristics of materials for power (> a Gigawatt)
Material batteries, solar cells, and optoelectronics
Sciences

Huge CO2 Footprint

Accurate regional impact assessment of climate change
Weather

Deep Learning, IoT and Artificial Intelligence systems will need Exascale computing

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Where are we in the path to Exascale computing?

PetaFLOPS (millions of billions of Top500 supercomputers

floating point operations/s) 1000 1000 Systems (Nov 2016)

Dell Others
Huawei 3% 12%
3%
HPE + SGI
28%
Inspur
4%

Bull
4%
IBM
6%

93 106
Lenovo+IBM
Sugon 20%
9%
Fastest Top500 HPE+SGI Top500 Total Computing One single exascale Cray Inc.
supercomputer compute share Power in Top500 machine 11%
supercomputers

>650 MW 20-30 MW www.top500.org

(2017) (2022)

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Exascale is a global race

United States European Union China Japan

Sustained: 2023 Sustained: 2023-24 Sustained: 2023 Sustained: 2023-24
Peak: 2020-21 Peak: 2021 Peak: 2020 Peak: Not planned
Vendors: U.S. Vendors: U.S., Vendors: China Vendors: Japan
Europe
Processors: x86 Processors: China, Processors: ARM,
and ARM Processors: x86 x86, ARM Japan
and ARM
Initiatives: NSCI, Initiatives: 13th 5- Initiatives: MEXT
ECP Initiatives: PRACE, Year Plan
Cost: $600-800M
ETP4HPC
Cost: $250-300M Cost: $350-500M
Cost: $300-$350

Source: IDC, Various Reports

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Gen-Z: a memory-semantic interconnect

Why a new protocol? Gen-Z consortium mission Guiding principles

Explosive Growth of Data Create a next generation High Bandwidth, Low Latency
interconnect that will bridge
existing solutions while enabling Advanced Workloads and Technologies
2020 new unbounded innovation
40 ZB
Develop in an open, non- Secure, Compatible, Economical
proprietary standards body
where adoption, differentiation
and innovation is promoted as an Board Members
Need Answers Fast!
industry standard

www.genzconsortium.org

* Data collected from multiple online sources

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Gen-Z breaks processor- memory interlock
A split controller model
Today Memory controller (gets simplified)
Gen-Z
- Initiates high-level requests - read, write, atomic,
Put / Get, etc.
- Enforces ordering, reliability, path selection, etc.
- Memory semantic protocol routable over networks

Media controller (handles the media specific

detail)
- Abstracts memory media
- Supports volatile / non-volatile / mixed-media
- Performs media-specific operations
- Enables data-centric computing (accelerator,
compute, etc.)
- Enables open ecosystem for memory/storage and I/O

DDR, PCIe, SAS, SATA and other dedicated pins on the CPU package replaced with
Gen-Z pins, providing greater configurability
HPE Exascale strategy centered around Gen-Z

Memory Semantics simple Reads and Writes

High bandwidth,
From tens to several hundred GB/s of bandwidth
low latency Sub-100 ns load-to-use memory latency
Compute Accelerators

SOC SOC FPGA FPGA GPU GPU

Real time analytics Memory Memory Memory Memory

Advanced Enables data centric and hybrid computing

Scalable memory pools for in memory
workloads and applications
technologies Abstracts media interface from SoC to unlock Gen-Z Direct Attach, Switched, or Fabric Topology
new media innovation

Provides end-to-end secure connectivity from

node level to rack scale Network Storage
Secure,. Supports unmodified OS for SW compatibility Pooled Memory
Compatible, Graduated implementation from simple, low cost
to highly capable and robust I/O
economical Leverages high-volume IEEE physical layers
and broad, deep industry ecosystem

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Exascale amplifies customer challenges
Application
efficiency at scale
How can we overcome data
movement, memory and
fabric bandwidth constraints
and latency issues to
optimize applications and
workloads efficiently at scale
while creating actionable
insights at Exascale speed
System resilience,
and scalability
How can we ensure reliability
and scalability of exascale
systems while incorporating
customization and workload
optimization
Energy efficiency
and cost
How can we minimize energy
consumption, space utilization
and environmental impacts
while delivering Exascale level
systems performance at
optimal cost
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HPE innovation delivers value
Architecture
innovation
Memory-centric architecture to
minimize data movement at
scale
System design innovation for
memory, fabric and processor
technologies
Scalability, efficiency
System technology Technology ecosystem
innovation innovation
Memory technology and Open Interconnect protocol
packaging
Gen-Z consortium
Fabric technology and
topology Partner ecosystem
Photonics Interconnects
Advanced Non-volatile
Memory and Universal Shared
Memory
System performance,
Flexibility, reliability
efficiency and reliability
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 HPEs architecture innovation addresses declining system ratios
despite improvements in processing performance
Hopper Sequoia Titan Edison Cori Hsw Trinity KNL Aurora Summit
2010 2012 2013 2013 2016 2016 2018 2018 2022 Balanced system
1.0000 architecture
Logarithmic

0.1000 Memory-driven
programming model

0.0100
Energy efficiency from
chip to cooling tower
0.0010

Open architecture, open

Memory (wAvg) / Flops Memory bw (wAvg) / Flops Injection bw / Flops Bissection bw / Flops ecosystem
0.0001
Time 2010 - 2022

HPE is developing advanced system architecture for more balanced systems at scale

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HPEs technological innovation includes new memory,
photonics and fabric technology for data intensive workloads

Memory Memory Fabric Fabric bisection

bandwidth capacity injection rate bandwidth
Embrace co- Drive co-packaged Embed the HCA to Design high-radix
packaged memory memory cost as low the CPU leveraging switches
transition (HBM, as possible SerDes
Integrate and
HMC ) generalization
Enable Gen-Z optimize for cost
thanks to Gen-Z
Minimize latency for attached memory as and usability optical
Gen-Z attached second memory tier Integrated switches technologies (vcsel -
memory (DRAM or NVM) close to compute for > SiP)
multiple rails option

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PathForward accelerates HPEs
journey to Exascale computing
PathForward Exascale program
Ensures US competitiveness in the global market

PathForward is a Department of Energy (DOE) Non-Recurring

Engineering (NRE) Initiative
- Central element of DOEs Exascale Compute Program (ECP) Hardware Technology
effort
- Funding for R&D of technologies to develop the next generation compute
infrastructure; includes open architectures and alternative processors
- Cornerstone of U.S. scientific progress, technological innovation, economic vitality,
and a strong national defense

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HPE wins Department of Energy grant to develop exascale
prototype

HPE leads the charge into Exascale computing

Research grant to develop a reference design for Exascale

Funding for HPEs best and brightest technology talent

Extends HPEs market leadership in HPC

Validates HPEs strategy to double down on infrastructure and builds on the SGI acquisition
Inspired by Hewlett Packard Labs technology advancements
(i.e Memory Driven Computing, silicon photonics and Advanced Non Volatile Memory)

Ecosystem innovation with partners and Gen-Z consortium

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HPE is best positioned to lead the charge to Exascale
Why did we win?

Timing
Timeline aligns with the maturity timing for the Gen-Z ecosystem

Existing Infrastructure
Synergy enclosure is well suited for a PathForward storage prototype

Strategy
Long term HPE investments in an open ecosystem establishing IP in memory, fabric, software,
photonics and system architecture

Organic Intellectual Property

Machine 2016 prototype will deliver testbed IP for PathFoward and reduce risk for long lead time
ASIC designs

Partnerships
Key technologists from HPE Servers BU, EG CTO, and Labs worked across DoD, DoE, National
Labs, NSCI to earn trusted advisor status and have shaped demand

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PathForward announcement assets and
communication vehicles
PathForward supporting assets
Asset Name Asset Notes Type

All Employee Email from Antonio Neri and Alain Andreoli Email to all HPE employees Internal

HPE Internal FAQ as a CTA with internal memo FAQ on Exascale win Internal

Customer Deck Customer Deck External

Link to Webcast on business and technical details and

Sales Awareness Webcast and Sales Training Deck Internal
sales training deck

Exascale: A race to the future of HPC White Paper External

Gen-Z Consortium Paper White Paper External

Future of Exascale Video Video External

News Now Video Press Briefings External

Infographic Infographic for digital/social External

Corporate Blog Blog External

Bill Mannel Blog Blog External

Mike Vildibill Blog Blog External

Leading the Charge to Exascale Reference Guide Gated Asset External

All Assets will be posted in HPE NewsNow and

Seismic briefcase Link to Assets 18
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