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Cray partners Intel to develop ultra high performance computers
In layman’s words, Moore’s law states that every two years, the size of the chips decreases whereas their capacity doubles followed by a reduction in cost. The computing industry worldwide has been religiously following this law since the inception of computing decades ago. But as far as high performance computing (HPC) machines or supercomputers are concerned, they are an exception. Recently, two HPC giants Cray Inc. and Intel Corp. signed a multiyear agreement to take this niche segment to a new level.
“We’re excited at the potential of bringing together Intel’s powerful silicon expertise and Cray’s industry leadership in HPC systems,” said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray. HPC machines have usage primarily in the fields of aerospace, weather forecasting, engineering, simulations and Finance. However, considering the nature of application and costs involved with HPC machines, these have mostly remained confined to governments and large corporations. Recent trends indicate that the present generation supercomputers cost at least $15 million and the price may go up to a whooping $50 million, says Top500, an organisation dedicated to supercomputing. So can this strategic partnership between Cray and Intel help in bringing down the overall cost of owning a high performance computer in the near future?
According to Cray’s spokesperson, “The question is tricky. First a HPC machine cannot be mass produced as every machine is tailor made as per the area of its application. Contrarily PCs are general purpose and can be commoditised. Secondly a lot depends on how powerful the machine is. Try configuring a high-end machine and you will realise how the addition of components increases the price of your PC.”
Though the prospect of Cray partnering with Intel in the field of HPC seems to be very interesting, the partnership is not expected to yield any result until 2012. However, in the mean while, long term rivalry between IBM and Cray in the field of HPC is expected to go beyond further and with Intel’s well known expertise on Cray’s side, the balance of power is definitely expected to shift in its favour.
Vishal Ingole
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Cray partners Intel to develop ultra high performance computers
In layman’s words, Moore’s law states that every two years, the size of the chips decreases whereas their capacity doubles followed by a reduction in cost. The computing industry worldwide has been religiously following this law since the inception of computing decades ago. But as far as high performance computing (HPC) machines or supercomputers are concerned, they are an exception. Recently, two HPC giants Cray Inc. and Intel Corp. signed a multiyear agreement to take this niche segment to a new level.“We’re excited at the potential of bringing together Intel’s powerful silicon expertise and Cray’s industry leadership in HPC systems,” said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray. HPC machines have usage primarily in the fields of aerospace, weather forecasting, engineering, simulations and Finance. However, considering the nature of application and costs involved with HPC machines, these have mostly remained confined to governments and large corporations. Recent trends indicate that the present generation supercomputers cost at least $15 million and the price may go up to a whooping $50 million, says Top500, an organisation dedicated to supercomputing. So can this strategic partnership between Cray and Intel help in bringing down the overall cost of owning a high performance computer in the near future?
According to Cray’s spokesperson, “The question is tricky. First a HPC machine cannot be mass produced as every machine is tailor made as per the area of its application. Contrarily PCs are general purpose and can be commoditised. Secondly a lot depends on how powerful the machine is. Try configuring a high-end machine and you will realise how the addition of components increases the price of your PC.”
Though the prospect of Cray partnering with Intel in the field of HPC seems to be very interesting, the partnership is not expected to yield any result until 2012. However, in the mean while, long term rivalry between IBM and Cray in the field of HPC is expected to go beyond further and with Intel’s well known expertise on Cray’s side, the balance of power is definitely expected to shift in its favour.
Vishal Ingole
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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