tag: HPC

HPC Appliance Boosts Simulation Performance
By Ansys - 09 Dec, 2020 - Comments: 0

High-performance computing (HPC) resources can provide a substantial boost to simulation, but an HPC cluster can be complex and difficult to manage. By deploying a managed HPC cluster for ARA, the client was able to eliminate internal maintenance and support overhead, while improving productivity and reliability for their Ansys workloads. Click here to read more. » read more

A Renaissance For Semiconductors
By Brian Bailey - 29 Oct, 2020 - Comments: 2

Major shifts in semiconductors and end markets are driving what some are calling a renaissance in technology, but navigating this new, multi-faceted set of requirements may cause some structural changes for the chip industry as it becomes more difficult for a single company to do everything. For the past decade, the mobile phone industry has been the dominant driver for the semiconductor eco... » read more

Cerfe Labs: Spin-On Memory
By Ed Sperling - 05 Oct, 2020 - Comments: 0

Arm has spun off one of its more intriguing semiconductor research projects, a new non-volatile memory type called correlated electron materials RAM (CeRAM) that holds the potential to substantially reduce the cost of memory in everything from edge devices to high-performance computing. Headed by two former Arm Research insiders — Eric Hennenhoefer, who will serve as CEO and Greg Yeric, wh... » read more

Custom Designs, Custom Problems
By Ed Sperling - 16 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss power optimization with Oliver King, CTO at Moortec; João Geada, chief technologist at Ansys; Dino Toffolon, senior vice president of engineering at Synopsys; Bryan Bowyer, director of engineering at Mentor, a Siemens Business; Kiran Burli, senior director of marketing for Arm's Physical Design Group; Kam Kittrell, senior product management group d... » read more

A Performance Analysis Of The First Generation Of HPC‐Optimized Arm Processors
By Arm - 09 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

In this paper, the authors present performance results from Isambard, the first production supercomputer to be based on Arm CPUs that have been optimized specifically for HPC. Isambard is the first Cray XC50 “Scout” system, combining Cavium ThunderX2 Arm‐based CPUs with Cray's Aries interconnect. The full Isambard system contained over 10,000 Arm cores. In this work, we present node‐lev... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing
By Susan Rambo - 31 Jul, 2020 - Comments: 0

Pervasive computing — data center, edge, IoT, 5G Qualcomm settled its 5G licensing disagreement with Huawei, which will pay $1.8 billion in back royalties and will pay for licensing going forward. Huawei is also now the world’s largest supplier of smartphones, surpassing Samsung Electronics Co. Qualcomm also announced a super-fast charging platform this week for Android devices that is sup... » read more

Ins And Outs Of In-Circuit Monitoring
By Ed Sperling - 21 Jul, 2020 - Comments: 2

At 7nm and 5nm, in-circuit monitoring is becoming essential. Steve Crosher, CEO of Moortec, talks about the impact of rising complexity, how different use cases and implementations can affect reliability and uptime, and why measuring electrical, voltage and thermal stress can be used to statistically predict failures and improve reliability throughout a chip’s lifetime. » read more

DDR5: The Next-Generation Technology For High Performance Computing
By Synopsys - 13 May, 2020 - Comments: 1

The rapid growth in real-time data requirements for cloud services, IoT, high-performance servers and workstations, hyperscale data centers and big data has increased pressure on memory suppliers to improve memory density and speed. This pressure has resulted in a need for new memory technology that goes beyond the current DDR4 limit of 16 Gb single die capacity and speed of 3200MT/s. Click ... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing
By Susan Rambo - 08 May, 2020 - Comments: 0

Automotive Imagination Technologies and BAIC Capital have formed an automotive joint venture to create a new automotive fabless semiconductor company focused on China as a client. The JV will be headquartered in the Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park in Beijing, China, with Bravo Lee serving as CEO. The JV will license IP and software from Imagination to create automotive-grade SoCs. ... » read more

Thinking Way, Way Outside The Box
By Ed Sperling - 09 Apr, 2020 - Comments: 0

The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium has set records for global cooperation by giant companies, universities and various federal agencies and national laboratories. But it also may have cracked opened a door for much more than that. Until now, there has been a massive race for dominance in the data center. Big companies have gotten rich on data, building infrastructure at a col... » read more

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