IDC HPC Market Update July 2012 Earl Joseph

IDC HPC Market Update July 2012 Earl Joseph – ejoseph@idc. com Steve Conway – sconway@idc. com Chirag Dekate – cdekate@idc. com Lloyd Cohen – lcohen@idc. com Charlie Hayes – charles. w. hayes@verizon. net Copyright 2011 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved.

IDC Standard HPC Activities Ø Track all HPC servers sold each quarter Ø Plus researching all HPC products (over 100 vendors) Ø 4 HPC User Forum meetings each year Ø Publish 35 plus research reports each year Ø Visit all major supercomputer sites & write reports Ø Assist in collaborations between buyers/users and vendors Ø Assist governments in HPC plans, strategies and direction Ø Assist buyers/users in planning and procurements Ø Maintain 5 year forecasts in many areas/topics Ø Conduct special research studies © 2012 IDC Feb-21

Top Trends in HPC The global economy in HPC is growing again § 2010 grew by 10%, to reach $9. 5 billion § 2011 grew by 8. 4% to reach $10. 3 billion § We are forecasting ~7% growth over the next 5 years Major challenges for datacenters § Power, cooling, real estate, system management § Storage and data management continue to grow in importance Software hurdles continue to grow GPUs are seeing real tractions in the market The worldwide Petascale Race is in full speed © 2012 IDC Feb-21

2011 HPC WW Market Results: By Competitive Segments/Revenues © 2012 IDC C Feb-21

2011 HPC WW Market Results: By System Units Sold © 2012 IDC C Feb-21

2011 HPC WW Market Results: By Region © 2012 IDC C Feb-21

HPC in EMEA in 2011 © 2012 IDC Feb-21

2011 HPC WW Market Results: Processor Packages Shipped © 2012 IDC C Feb-21

HPC Vendor Revenue Shares © 2012 IDC Feb-21

New HPC Forecasts • 2011 was a very strong year and we are projecting 7% yearly growth to 2016 • 2016 should exceed $14 billion © 2012 IDC Feb-21

New HPC Forecasts: By Verticals © 2012 IDC Feb-21

The Broader HPC Market © 2012 IDC Feb-21

The IDC HPC Innovation Award Program © 2012 IDC Feb-21 13

We Are Collecting A Large Set Of HPC ROI Examples We invite users to submit their examples at: www. hpcuserforum. com/innovationaward/ © 2012 IDC Feb-21

New HPC Innovation Award Program: www. hpcuserforum. com/innovationaward/ © 2012 IDC Feb-21

Users Have to Submit the Value of the Accomplishment Users are required to submit the value achieved with their HPC system, in any of 3 broad categories: a) Dollar value of the HPC usage • e. g. made $$$ in new revenues, saved $$$ in costs, made $$$ in profits, etc. b) Scientific or engineering accomplishment • e. g. discovered how xyz really works, develop a new drug that does xyz, etc. c) Value to society as a whole • e. g. ended nuclear testing, made something safer, provided protection against xyz, etc. … and the investment in HPC that was required (in order to calculate the ROI) © 2012 IDC Feb-21 16

The Winners At ISC’ 12 We recognize these sites for their excellence in applying HPC to solve key business and scientific problems Site (Alpha Ordered) Success Area Org Size Beijing Genomics Institute Lin Fang ROI & Eng Large GE Global Research Richard Arthur Bus Impact & Eng Large DOD HPCMP CREATE John West ROI & Society Large Aon Benfield Securities Peter Phillips, Amir Mohammed Bus Impact & Eng Small Wayne Newhauser Sci/Eng/ROI & Society Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Research / LSU © 2012 IDC Person Large Feb-21 17

The Trophy For Winners © 2012 IDC Feb-21

Questions? Please email: hpc@idc. com Or check out: www. hpcuserforum. com © 2012 IDC Feb-21 19