BEAVERTON, OR. – August 2, 2023 – PCI-SIG today announced the formation of a workgroup to deliver PCI Express (PCIe) technology over optical connections. The PCI-SIG Optical Workgroup intends to be optical technology-agnostic, supporting a range of optical technologies, while potentially developing technology-specific form factors. “Optical connections will be an important advancement for PCIe architecture as they will […]
@HPCpodcast: Silicon Photonics – Columbia Prof. Keren Bergman on the Why, How and When of a Technology that Could Transform HPC
April 10, 2023 by
Silicon photonics has the potential to transform HPC: it’s a dual-threat interconnect technology that could – if and when it is wrestled into commercial, cost-effective form – move data within chips and systems much faster than conventional, copper-based interconnects while also delivering far greater energy efficiency. Venture-backed start-ups and established tech companies….
Altair Invests $10M in Columbia Univ. Photonics Startup
December 20, 2022 by
TROY, Mich., December 20, 2022 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has invested $10 million in Xscape Photonics, a start-up that developed patented technology for photonic chips for ultrahigh-bandwidth connections inside data centers and high-performance computing (HPC) systems (see related story). In its announcement, Altair said, “Until now, computing leveraged a traditional electronic approach to moving vast […]
Silicon Photonics and the Hunt for an HPC Bandwidth Bottleneck Breakthrough
December 19, 2022 by
[SPONSORED CONTENT] “FLOPS are cheap, moving data is expensive.” In HPC circles this sentiment is heard often. There’s a growing sense that classical HPC systems and the advanced chips that power them are pushing up against their practical limits, that some foundational new technology is needed to build more balanced systems to achieve the next […]
650 Group Research: Data Center Interconnect Semiconductor Market to Approach $25 Billion in 2027
November 15, 2022 by
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nevada, November 15, 2022 – According to a new report published by 650 Group, “Interconnect Semiconductor Market 2022-2027,” the worldwide market for the portion of semiconductors used for interconnect in data centers will approach $25 billion in revenue by 2027. Interconnect functionality is the critical infrastructure that allows systems and semiconductors to talk […]
Ayar Labs Establishes UK Subsidiary, Adds to Executive Team
June 29, 2021 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & LONDON — In order to address the UK and European market demand for in-package Optical I/O, Ayar Labs has established an international subsidiary with Ayar Labs UK Ltd. Optical I/O has emerged as a key technology for future high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Hugo Saleh, VP of […]
Video: Overview of HPC Interconnects
February 15, 2020 by
Ken Raffenetti from Argonne gave this talk at ATPESC 2019. “The Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) provides intensive, two-week training on the key skills, approaches, and tools to design, implement, and execute computational science and engineering applications on current high-end computing systems and the leadership-class computing systems of the future.”
Video: System Interconnects for HPC
November 2, 2017 by
In this video from the 2017 Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing, Pavan Balaji from Argonne presents an overview of system interconnects for HPC. “The Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) provides intensive, two weeks of training on the key skills, approaches, and tools to design, implement, and execute computational science and engineering applications on current high-end computing systems and the leadership-class computing systems of the future.”
High Performance Interconnects – Assessments, Rankings and Landscape
April 18, 2017 by
Dan Olds from OrionX.net presented this talk at the Switzerland HPC Conference. “Dan Olds will present recent research into the history of High Performance Interconnects (HPI), the current state of the HPI market, where HPIs are going in the future, and how customers should evaluate HPI options today. This will be a highly informative and interactive session.”
Radio Free HPC Looks into the New OpenCAPI Consortium
October 16, 2016 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the new OpenCAPI interconnect standard. “Released this week by the newly formed OpenCAPI Consortium, OpenCAPI provides an open, high-speed pathway for different types of technology – advanced memory, accelerators, networking and storage – to more tightly integrate their functions within servers. This data-centric approach to server design, which puts the compute power closer to the data, removes inefficiencies in traditional system architectures to help eliminate system bottlenecks and can significantly improve server performance.”
