AI, supercomputing, and mission critical systems bring endless possibilities

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The latest innovations in AI, supercomputing, and mission critical systems are changing everyday life. Find inspiration in the possibilities they’re fueling and how they’re advancing the way we live and work.

If your dinner table conversation with the family is like mine, getting an answer about your kid’s day at school is comparable to extracting a wisdom tooth. Painful. Short answers such as “good,” “fine,” and “nothing” are common . However, I got a surprise at mealtime when I started talking about technology. Something that grabs a 13-year-old’s attention? Technology and video games. So when I brought up supercomputing there was a spark. 

Now, the word “supercomputing” isn’t what caught my son’s attention. It’s what supercomputing can do that did. He had no idea about everything that this awesome technology drives in our day to day lives. Predicting the weather. Generating electricity. Research and development to cure diseases. Even streaming his favorite TV shows. The list goes on and on.

But this got me thinking… many of you have legacy knowledge of what’s possible. My quest today is to open you to the possibilities of today.

As a service is here and now for HPC

The power of supercomputing doesn’t just apply in the lab. High performance computing solutions from HPE scale up or scale out, on-premises or in the cloud, with purpose-built HPC storage and the software you need to power innovation. All your workloads, aligned to your economic requirements.

Earlier this year we introduced HPE GreenLake for HPC. Enterprises aiming for continuous innovation and the top spot in the market depend increasingly on the strengths of their compute infrastructure. More specifically, they depend on their HPC capabilities. HPE GreenLake for HPC offers cloud economics with an even higher degree of financial flexibility. The result is lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for HPC solutions. Because this HPC solution also blends with existing on-premises infrastructure, you can protect existing investments and your return on investments.

You’ll find clear business value in the numbers¹:

• 30% CAPEX savings due to the eliminated need for overprovisioning
• 65% shorter time to deploy digital projects
• 40% increased IT team productivity by reducing the support load on IT

How does this all relate back to the possibilities at our fingertips? Think about speeding up deployment and getting to a cure faster. Think about being first to market with a new innovation. The as a service model enables that and more.

Purpose-built systems: When high performance and high efficiency matter

Today, many workloads run on generic servers in a “software-defined” architecture. However, purpose-built systems provide more efficiency and performance for specific workloads such as AI and mission critical applications like SAP, Epic, Oracle, and MS SQL. HPE systems combine massive data throughput with unprecedented high-performance compute to become part of your new data center standard.

You can save money by consolidating numerous scale-out generic servers to reduce software licensing and operational costs and take advantage of HPE purpose-built systems for your largest databases, AI, and mission critical applications.

Real life use cases

Breakthroughs in medicine and research utilize AI to help us in ways that were previously unimaginable—discover disease fighting therapies, predict illness, and improve diagnosis. Let’s dig deeper into the world of drug discovery.

cryo-EM

As stated in The Researcher’s Guide to Improving cryo-EM Time to Discovery white paper, “Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) combines a new way to flash-freeze biological samples with low-power electron microscopy, along with increased camera resolution, to create 3D models of the structure of biological  molecules—without the need for crystallization or coherent X-ray sources. To put into perspective, each cryo-EM microscope typically produces up to 10 TB of data daily.”

In a researcher’s world, timely access to this mission critical data is imperative to accelerate the drug exploration process and analyze data to safely expedite the drug to market. To get the full value of this procedure, you need an efficient, fast compute and storage infrastructure tailored to cryo-EM’s data processing workflow.

Autonomous driving

Now let’s venture into the world of autonomous driving. The connected cars market is growing rapidly with the CAGR of 33.5% during the period 2018-2024.² The technology promises to reduce the amount of traffic fatalities as well as reduce congestion and free up time. Additionally, autonomous driving products and service packages include self-parking and self-maintenance.

How is all this made possible with AI and HPC? Think of all the data related to sensors, machine learning, object detection, and perception data that enables a safe driving experience. And the timeliness of this data is imperative to ensure a split-second decision can be made if required. While there is still debate around turning over life and death decisions to technology in a car, the advancements and possibilities are encouraging.

Turning possibilities into reality

Many users look at the possibilities and agree that AI, HPC and MCS can make a huge impact on their businesses and lives. Difficulties arise in how to get started or avoid stalls. The good news is HPE holds a leadership position in the HPC market with comprehensive end-to-end solutions accompanied by its expertise, support, and services. I welcome you to schedule your personalized briefing now to meet with those who implement successfully on a daily basis.

So next time you’re sitting around the dinner table striking up conversations with the family, catch them off guard and ask “How about that supercomputer?”

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Meet HPE blogger Tracy Siclair, Senior Field Marketing Manager

Tracy Siclair has worked for HPE for 25 years in various positions, all geared towards providing a better customer experience. She has a passion for thinking out-of-the-box and finding innovative ways to share commercial insights. Utilizing research and insights, she’s putting those into action through storytelling techniques customers can easily understand.

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1) Sourced from a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, The Total Economic Impact of HPE GreenLake, May 2020
2) Connected Cars Market Size, Competition, Trends and Growth Opportunities by Region 2021-2028, August 2021