Arm hpc

[Nothingness]

Fujitsu just announced at ISC'16, they will be using ARMv8 for their next HPC CPU, Post-K.

Photo picked from https://twitter.com/PatrickMoorhead

 

[Essence_of_War]

Neat! Was Fujitsu using sparc for hpc previously?

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Sorry to be a moron but what does HPC stand for?

 

[Burpo]

High Performance Computing (HPC)..

 

[dark zero]

Neat! Was Fujitsu using sparc for hpc previously?

Yes and with that SPARC is officially dead.

 

[jhu]

Yes and with that SPARC is officially dead.

Not yet. Oracle still uses SPARC.

 

[dark zero]

Not yet. Oracle still uses SPARC.

But Oracle doesn't use SPARC in their full potential... consequences of buying Sun, but not using the fullest on it.

 

[SarahKerrigan]

But Oracle doesn't use SPARC in their full potential... consequences of buying Sun, but not using the fullest on it.

Oracle is pushing SPARC far further than Sun was when they bought it. M7 is quite nimble, just very expensive.

Note also that this is not Fujitsu exiting SPARC, only exiting SPARC for HPC. Their line of commercial-server Solaris boxes will continue to be sold, and another generation should be coming out later this year or early next.

 

[soresu]

Im pretty sure that this relates to the ARMv8 HPC vector architecture session at HotChips, possibly also based on their ARGON experimental SIMD extensions.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

High Performance Computing (HPC)..

Ahhh ,Makes perfect sense. So about how many cores will this cpu have 8-16 maybe?

 

[SarahKerrigan]

Ahhh ,Makes perfect sense. So about how many cores will this cpu have 8-16 maybe?

Fujitsu's existing HPC processor - SPARC64 XIfx - has 34 cores. Its successor will likely have more.

 

[Nothingness]

Im pretty sure that this relates to the ARMv8 HPC vector architecture session at HotChips

Confirmed:
https://community.arm.com/people/la...-collaborate-for-japan-s-post-k-supercomputer

More specifics on the next-generation HPC architecture from ARM will be shared at the Hot Chips conference in August at the “ARMv8-A Next Generation Vector Architecture for HPC” talk by Nigel Stephens

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Fujitsu's existing HPC processor - SPARC64 XIfx - has 34 cores. Its successor will likely have more.

Oh snap.. Nice, I am really into the arm scene right now so I hope these are made available to the public at a reasonable price. Would have really liked to get me one of those AMD A1100's but they are no where to be found. Like some retailers show they have them on there site/webpage but when you go to order them they are MIA.. would be nice if something like the Raspberry Pi would release a variant with a larger core count say 8 or 16 cores would be just fantastic.Well that and a small bump in memory or at leased add a laptop so dim slot.

 

[jhu]

Oh snap.. Nice, I am really into the arm scene right now so I hope these are made available to the public at a reasonable price. Would have really liked to get me one of those AMD A1100's but they are no where to be found. Like some retailers show they have them on there site/webpage but when you go to order them they are MIA.. would be nice if something like the Raspberry Pi would release a variant with a larger core count say 8 or 16 cores would be just fantastic.Well that and a small bump in memory or at leased add a laptop so dim slot.

I would totally get a Raspberry Pi laptop!

 

[soresu]

A new HPC SIMD architecture might explain part of the higher TDP range that the future ARM Ares core is expected to run at (1.0-1.2W).

 

[nenforcer]

Qualcomm is coming with it's Hydra ARM Server processors on .10nm.

Calxeda has already bit the dust in the ARM Server Processor market but Silver Lining Systems? bought its IP.

Cavium looks to be coming on strong in this market having just bought QLogic.

AMD Seattle A1100 (SeaMicro) was first on the market but made little if any impact. K12 was cancelled was it not - the market (or performance) just isn't there yet.

Fujitsu could be a big player after this announcement.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I would totally get a Raspberry Pi laptop!

Would that end up like the "CVS $99 Netbook"? An ARM-based mini-laptop (like 7" or 9" screen, I forgot), running WinCE. (I think that there was a Linux build for them eventually.)

Pure ARM junk. Which fairly well describes most ARM hardware, when purposed to places that x86 currently is.

Personally, if you actually want to do user-oriented things, rather than just tinkering, there's no point, when you can get a complete Win10 laptop with 2GB/32GB and wireless 802.11ac for $90 (refurb). (Edit: And run a real, x86/x64-based Linux distro, instead of a hacked-up ARM garbage.)

What you could get then for $100:
https://www.engadget.com/2010/08/19/cvs-to-sell-100-sylvania-netbook-and-179-e-reader-this-fall-t/

What you can get now for $100:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3512X1535351Xcf8e73fabdbba16a23426ae3d726d3ff

 

[Nothingness]

Pure ARM junk. Which fairly well describes most ARM hardware, when purposed to places that x86 currently is.

Go tell Fujitsu and others, they didn't notice :biggrin: