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th 28 Welcome To The HPC User Forum Meeting April 2008

Monday Events Monday afternoon: We are using a new format of doing an end-user survey and an extended IDC market update § All participants will receive a copy of the report executive summary § Let us know how you like the new approach Monday Evening Vendor Technology Updates

Thank You To Cray For Dinner!

Monday Dinner Vendor Updates Qlogic, Data Direct Networks, Cray, Intel, Net. App, Panasas, SGI, Si. Cortex, Appro, Mellanox, Mathworks, Luxtera, Hitachi

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th 28 Welcome To The HPC User Forum Meeting April 2008

Thank You To Cray For Dinner!

Thank You To Si. Cortex For Breakfast

Introduction: Logistics Ask Mary if you need a receipt Meals and events § Tuesday dinner plans We are trying a new approach of timing each presentation § Please help us keep on time! Review handouts § § Agenda Attendee list ISC 08 flyer Meeting notes, evaluation form and user survey

Important Dates For Your Calendar HPC User Forum Meetings: § September 8 to 10, 2008 – Tucson, Arizona § October 13 to 16, 2008 – University of Stuttgart (Oct 13/14) – Imperial College, London (Oct 16) ISC 08 in Dresden, Germany § June 17 to 20, 2008 Supercomputing 08 in Austin § November 17 to 21, 2008

Organizations Attending The April 2008 HPC User Forum Meeting

Agenda: Day One, Tuesday Morning 8: 10 am 8: 20 am 8: 50 am 9: 30 am 10: 00 am 10: 30 am 10: 45 am 11: 45 am 12: 00 pm Introductions and welcome by Paul Muzio, Vernon Turner and Earl Joseph KEYNOTES: CFD TRENDS IN AEROSPACE AND FUTURE HPC REQUIREMENTS, Doug Ball, Boeing KEYNOTES: THE CREATE PROGRAM -- DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF HPC APPLICATION SOFTWARE, Doug Post, Do. D HPCMP THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (CFD AND FEA) * FULL SHIP SHOCK TEST MODELING, E. Thomas Moyer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Short vendor technology updates (IBM, Microsoft, Sun) Break (event sponsored by Appro) THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (continued) * DESIGN OF ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT SYSTEMS, Matt Floros, Army Research Laboratory * APPLICATION OF HPC TO SHIP AIR WAKE EFFECTS, Susan Polsky, Naval Air Weapons Center HPC USER UPDATE: HPC AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Bob Rosner Lunch (event sponsored by Net. App)

IDC HPC Market Update

HPC: Strong Growth Since 2002 ® HPC hit an all-time high of $11. 5 billion in 2007 § 19% CAGR in server factory revenue over last 4 years § Clusters continue to gain shares across all segments

New Approach For Competitive Segments (2007 Data) HPC Servers $11. 5 B Workgroup (under $100 K) $2. 6 B Supercomputers (Over $500 K) $3. 0 B Divisional ($250 K - $500 K) $1. 8 B Departmental ($250 K - $50 K) $4. 2 B

HPC Revenue by New Competitive Segments

Vendor Shares in 2007

Total HPC Revenue by Processor Type X 86 based systems took a 72% share in 2007!

Total HPC Revenue by OS Linux systems accounted for 74% of the total revenue in 2007!

HPC Technical Computing Compared To All Other Servers

HPC Compares to All Servers

Why Has Technical Computing Grown So Quickly? 1. Price and price/peak performance of clusters has redefined the cost of technical computing – >6 x better than RISC, >70 x better than vectors 2. At the same time, “live” science and “live” engineering costs have escalated – Plus time-to-solution is months faster with simulations 3. Global competitiveness is driving R&D and better product designs -- Even for SMBs 4. At the same time, x 86 performance on many technical applications is weaker than RISC or vectors – Driving buyers to purchase a larger number of processors 5. New materials and approaches require rewriting the “books and tables” which takes years – making simulations a faster solution – e. g. nano technologies, new metals/plastics/composites – e. g. use of multidisciplinary physics and combined analysis

New HPC Research Areas • Extreme Computing • Adding performance and price/performance to Qview • New end-user Qview • Workgroup MCS • Market share by application/industry • HPC Storage special analysis report series • Data Center assessment and benchmarking

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Agenda: Day One, Tuesday Morning 8: 10 am 8: 20 am 8: 50 am 9: 30 am 10: 00 am 10: 30 am 10: 45 am 11: 45 am 12: 00 pm Introductions and welcome by Paul Muzio, Vernon Turner and Earl Joseph KEYNOTES: CFD TRENDS IN AEROSPACE AND FUTURE HPC REQUIREMENTS, Doug Ball, Boeing KEYNOTES: THE CREATE PROGRAM -- DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF HPC APPLICATION SOFTWARE, Doug Post, Do. D HPCMP THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (CFD AND FEA) * FULL SHIP SHOCK TEST MODELING, E. Thomas Moyer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Short vendor technology updates (IBM, Microsoft, Sun) Break (event sponsored by Appro) THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (continued) * DESIGN OF ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT SYSTEMS, Matt Floros, Army Research Laboratory * APPLICATION OF HPC TO SHIP AIR WAKE EFFECTS, Susan Polsky, Naval Air Weapons Center HPC USER UPDATE: HPC AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Bob Rosner Lunch (event sponsored by Net. App)

Thank You To Appro For The Break

Agenda: Day One, Tuesday Morning 8: 10 am 8: 20 am 8: 50 am 9: 30 am 10: 00 am 10: 30 am 10: 45 am 11: 45 am 12: 00 pm Introductions and welcome by Paul Muzio, Vernon Turner and Earl Joseph KEYNOTES: CFD TRENDS IN AEROSPACE AND FUTURE HPC REQUIREMENTS, Doug Ball, Boeing KEYNOTES: THE CREATE PROGRAM -- DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF HPC APPLICATION SOFTWARE, Doug Post, Do. D HPCMP THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (CFD AND FEA) * FULL SHIP SHOCK TEST MODELING, E. Thomas Moyer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Short vendor technology updates (IBM, Microsoft, Sun) Break (event sponsored by Appro) THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (continued) * DESIGN OF ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT SYSTEMS, Matt Floros, Army Research Laboratory * APPLICATION OF HPC TO SHIP AIR WAKE EFFECTS, Susan Polsky, Naval Air Weapons Center HPC USER UPDATE: HPC AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Bob Rosner Lunch (event sponsored by Net. App)

Lunch Break Thanks to Net. App Please Return Promptly at 1: 00 pm

Thank You To Net. App For Lunch

Agenda: Day One, Tuesday Afternoon 1: 00 pm PANEL ON HPC STORAGE TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS, Moderator: Steve Finn, BAE Systems 2: 15 pm COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS HPC UPDATE, Suzy Tichenor 2: 45 pm Break (event sponsored by EMC) 3: 00 pm THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (continued) * THE ROLE OF CFD IN AIRCRAFT STORES CERTIFICATION, Scott Morton, USAF SEEK EAGLE Office * PRESENT CHALLENGES IN NASA AEROSCIENCES DISCIPLINE, Dave Schuster, NASA-Langley * ADVANCED MESHING TECHNIQUES FOR FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION, Andrew Johnson, Digital Rocket Science 4: 15 pm Short vendor technology updates (HP, EMC, Mitrionics) 4: 45 pm HPC APPLICATION SOFTWARE CONSORTIUM SUMMIT, Bob Graybill, USC–ISI 5: 05 pm IHEC (INTEGRATED HIGH END COMPUTING) PROGRAM UPDATE, Candy Culhane 6: 00 pm SPECIAL DINNER EVENT (HP and AMD)

Thank You To EMC For The Break

Agenda: Day One, Tuesday Afternoon 1: 00 pm PANEL ON HPC STORAGE TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS, Moderator: Steve Finn, BAE Systems 2: 15 pm COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS HPC UPDATE, Suzy Tichenor 2: 45 pm Break (event sponsored by EMC) 3: 00 pm THE USE OF HPC IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES (continued) * THE ROLE OF CFD IN AIRCRAFT STORES CERTIFICATION, Scott Morton, USAF SEEK EAGLE Office * PRESENT CHALLENGES IN NASA AEROSCIENCES DISCIPLINE, Dave Schuster, NASA-Langley * ADVANCED MESHING TECHNIQUES FOR FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION, Andrew Johnson, Digital Rocket Science 4: 15 pm Short vendor technology updates (HP, EMC, Mitrionics) 4: 45 pm HPC APPLICATION SOFTWARE CONSORTIUM SUMMIT, Bob Graybill, USC–ISI 5: 05 pm IHEC (INTEGRATED HIGH END COMPUTING) PROGRAM UPDATE, Candy Culhane 6: 00 pm SPECIAL DINNER EVENT (HP and AMD)

HP and AMD Sponsored Dinner Event

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Welcome To Day 2 Of The HPC User Forum Meeting

Thank You To HP and AMD For Dinner

Thank You To Microsoft For Breakfast

Important Dates For Your Calendar HPC User Forum Meetings: § September 8 to 10, 2008 – Tucson, Arizona § October 13 to 16, 2008 – University of Stuttgart (Oct 13/14) – Imperial College, London (Oct 16) ISC 08 in Dresden, Germany § June 17 to 20, 2008 Supercomputing 08 in Austin § November 17 to 21, 2008

Agenda: Day Two, Wednesday Morning 8: 00 am INVITATION TO JOIN IN THE NEXT HPC EUROPEAN MEETINGS, Simon Burbidge NEW OIL/GAS HPC USER MEETINGS, Keith Gray 8: 15 am KEYNOTES: * NATIONAL LAB HPC DIRECTIONS AT ORNL, Doug Kothe, ORNL * EXASCALE COMPUTING AND THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURES AND ALGORITHMS, Sudip Dosanjh, Sandia National Laboratories 9: 15 am PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, MODELING AND BENCHMARKS IN THE US AND EUROPE: * DOD HPCMP ACQUISITIONS, PERFORMANCE MODELING PREDICTION AND BENCHMARKING, Cray Henry, Do. D High Performance Computing Modernization Program * PERFORMANCE MODELING IN GERMANY, Gerhard Wellein, University of Erlangen 10: 15 am Break (event sponsored by Mellanox) 10: 30 am PANEL ON HPC INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTIONS, Moderator: Alex Akkerman, Ford 12: 00 pm Lunch (event sponsored by IBM)

Thank You To Mellanox For The Break

Agenda: Day Two, Wednesday Morning 8: 00 am INVITATION TO JOIN IN THE NEXT HPC EUROPEAN MEETINGS, Simon Burbidge NEW OIL/GAS HPC USER MEETINGS, Keith Gray 8: 15 am KEYNOTES: * NATIONAL LAB HPC DIRECTIONS AT ORNL, Doug Kothe, ORNL * EXASCALE COMPUTING AND THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURES AND ALGORITHMS, Sudip Dosanjh, Sandia National Laboratories 9: 15 am PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, MODELING AND BENCHMARKS IN THE US AND EUROPE: * DOD HPCMP ACQUISITIONS, PERFORMANCE MODELING PREDICTION AND BENCHMARKING, Cray Henry, Do. D High Performance Computing Modernization Program * PERFORMANCE MODELING IN GERMANY, Gerhard Wellein, University of Erlangen 10: 15 am Break (event sponsored by Mellanox) 10: 30 am PANEL ON HPC INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTIONS, Moderator: Alex Akkerman, Ford 12: 00 pm Lunch (event sponsored by IBM)

Lunch Break Thanks To IBM Please Return Promptly at 1: 00 pm

Thank You To IBM For Lunch

Agenda: Day Two, Thursday Afternoon 1: 00 pm DATA-CENTRIC COMPUTING, SCIENCE GATEWAYS, AND THE TERAGRID, Craig Stewart 1: 20 pm PANEL DISCUSSION ON CFD AND STRUCTURES APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE USER FORUM PLANS TO ADDRESS THEM, Moderator: Doug Ball, Boeing 2: 20 pm Break (event sponsored by Qlogic) 2: 35 pm PANEL ON HPC OS DIRECTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, Moderator: Vince Scarafino 4: 00 pm HPC RESEARCH IN BIO–LIFE SCIENCES, Jack Collins, NCI 4: 15 pm HPC RESEARCH ON THE MARS MISSION: "MARS ENTRY AND DESCENT”, Scott Striepe, NASA Langley Research Center 4: 45 pm IDC'S NEW 5 YEAR HPC MARKET FORECASTS, Jie Wu 5: 00 pm MEETING WRAP-UP AND FUTURE MEETING DATES

Thank You To Qlogic For The Break

Agenda: Day Two, Thursday Afternoon 1: 00 pm DATA-CENTRIC COMPUTING, SCIENCE GATEWAYS, AND THE TERAGRID, Craig Stewart 1: 20 pm PANEL DISCUSSION ON CFD AND STRUCTURES APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE USER FORUM PLANS TO ADDRESS THEM, Moderator: Doug Ball, Boeing 2: 20 pm Break (event sponsored by Qlogic) 2: 35 pm PANEL ON HPC OS DIRECTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, Moderator: Vince Scarafino 4: 00 pm HPC RESEARCH IN BIO–LIFE SCIENCES, Jack Collins, NCI 4: 15 pm HPC RESEARCH ON THE MARS MISSION: "MARS ENTRY AND DESCENT”, Scott Striepe, NASA Langley Research Center 4: 45 pm IDC'S NEW 5 YEAR HPC MARKET FORECASTS, Jie Wu 5: 00 pm MEETING WRAP-UP AND FUTURE MEETING DATES

Important Dates For Your Calendar HPC User Forum Meetings: § September 8 to 10, 2008 – Tucson, Arizona § October 13 to 16, 2008 – University of Stuttgart (Oct 13/14) – Imperial College, London (Oct 16) ISC 08 in Dresden, Germany § June 17 to 20, 2008 Supercomputing 08 in Austin § November 17 to 21, 2008

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IDC’s HPC Team Earl Joseph Charlie Hayes IDC Research Vice President and Government HPC issues and Executive Director HPC User Forum special studies Jie Wu HPC research specialist, census and forecasts, China research, interconnects and grids Lloyd Cohen Director workstation market and data analysis Steve Conway HPC User Forum, consulting, primary end-user research and white papers Mary Rolph Conference planning and logistics Richard Walsh In-depth technical analysis, special studies, processor trends Dan Lee In-depth technical analysis, special studies, HPC and storage © 2007 IDC 50

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HPC User Forum Steering Committee Meeting April 2008

How Did The Meeting Go? What worked well? What needs to be changed or improved? Date and location for the next Steering Committee meeting?

Important Dates For Your Calendar HPC User Forum Meetings: § September 8 to 10, 2008 – Tucson, Arizona § October 13 to 16, 2008 – University of Stuttgart (Oct 13/14) – Imperial College, London (Oct 16) ISC 08 in Dresden, Germany § June 17 to 20, 2008 Supercomputing 08 in Austin § November 17 to 21, 2008

Questions? Please email: hpc@idc. com Or check out: www. hpcuserforum. com