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SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
Trends in HPC for Seismic Exploration
Eric Collins, [email protected]
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
Market trendsCloud ComputingProcessorsFabricsWorkflow
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
Market Trends Mostly flat for seismic computing Overall HPC growth about 3.5% - 8% depending on who
you listen to (IDC, Gartner and Intersect360) Resource Consolidation Virtual or Remote computing is much better than it was
just a year ago but adoption is still slower than expected
October 2015
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
Cloud Computing…
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
Cloud Computing…
…Still mostly hot air and vapor.
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
Processors Moore’s Law is still alive and well. Probably for the next 10 years (Intel) 2016 release of Xeon Phi Knight’s Landing Nvidia continues to dominate (for now) IBM OpenPOWER Specialty processors (FPGA, Automata, TI, others) Virtualization (VMware, Docker) Scale-up (Cray, ScaleMP, SGI)
October 2015
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
FabricsEthernetInfinibandTrue Scale/Omni-Path
October 2015
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
WorkflowYou might not have a performance
problemVolume, Velocity, Variety, ValueData movementServices, Tools, Risk
October 2015
SHPCP Technical Presentation at SEG 2015
Caveats, Credits & Thank You “It’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future.” Funk’s Law – “A million of anything, is a lot.” Denham’s Addendum – “A billion of anything is a whole lot.” “Originality is the act of forgetting where you heard it.” – Gallagher
Scott Denham – Cray Computers Earl Dodd – Ideas & Machines Addison Snell – Intersect360 Research Deepak Khosla – X-ISS Benzi Galili – ScaleMP Kim Haws – Intel Stephen Wheat - HP Others who wisely chose to remain anonymous
October 2015
