ISC'09 Keynote: The Evolution of Interconnects for High-Performance Computing

Chair:

Prof. Dr. Hans Meuer, ISC’09 General Chair, Prometeus & University of Mannheim, Germany

Keynoter:

Andreas von Bechtolsheim, Chief Architect & Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems, Founder & Chief Development Officer, Arista Networks, USA

In this presentation, we will discuss trends in the High Performance Computation market, including the challenge of building large fabrics and the role of Infiniband and 10 Gigabit Ethernet. We will also look at how to address the challenges of building, integrating, and using petascale systems including system power and cooling, system stability, and scalablity. Finally, we will look at the impact of Solid State Memory for HPC deployments and how it can address data bandwidth within the system to deliver improved overall performance through a more balanced system architecture.