ETP4HPC. PRACE Industrial seminar Bologna, April 16th 2012

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1 ETP4HPC PRACE Industrial seminar Bologna, April 16th 2012

2 What is an European Technology Platform? ETP is an industry led forum ETPs provide a framework for stakeholders, led by industry, to define research priorities and action plans on a number of technological areas where achieving EU growth, competitiveness and sustainability requires major research and technological advances in the medium to long term The Commission is committed to a structured dialogue on research priorities with ETPs Already 36 ETPs 9 in ICT : embedded software, microelectronics, photonics, satellite, communication networks, media, software and services, robotics, smart systems integration Production of ETPs Vision Paper Strategic Research Agenda 1

3 Why an ETP for HPC technologies? European Commission expectation From EC communication about HPC, Feb 2012 Economical value of the domain HPC market growth was 8.4 % (value for HPC systems 7.8 B ) HPC supercomputer growth was 24% (value 3.2 B ) Existing strengths in Europe that will be reinforced by the ETP 2

4 How to make the difference with HPC? Access to powerful systems Code optimization could lead to speed up factors superior to 10 Better integration of simulation in the design process Good understanding of simulation can reduce the parameter search domain by large factors Mastering complexity implies more exchanges Frequency wall (increasing parallelism), power wall, data explosion lead to global optimisation Interaction of expertise and skills is the solution to take advantage of HPC The stronger the European HPC ecosystem is, from technology providers to users, the better it is for European competitiveness 3

5 The ETP4HPC scope ETP4HPC is committed to develop the HPC technology link in the HPC value chain Complementing PRACE action Technical domains addressed in the Vision Paper and in the SRA Architecture evolution Energy driven HPC Extreme parallelism Resiliency System Software Scaling I/O and storage with processing New storage solutions for big data Evolution of HPC workloads 4

6 The ETP4HPC approach Market strategy: Target specific industrial sectors in order to achieve global leadership using HPC Maintain European leadership in strategic scientific and industrial area during the shift to the Exascale age. Increase the share of European vendors in the global HPC supply chain. Operations strategy (built on existing strengths): Define the value chain for technological challenges by analyzing disruptions that can change the current HPC landscape and facilitate introduction of technologies developed in Europe. Recommend the use of public funds into areas with the highest impact on Europe s competitiveness. Involve in a more effective way small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the supply chain and research programmes Allow the industrial players to advise on new investment solutions and on how to eliminate any red tape in the process of absorbing/using/making available R&D funds Increase the effectiveness of investments in research and development Advise how to improve the quality of training, education and academic curricula

7 An European collaborative model HPC technology can boost the competitive advantage of many of Europe s industries in the global market and an European public-private partnership (ETP/PRACE/EC) is a crucial ingredient to deploy an effective European strategy in HPC. Such collaborative model, at industrial level, can create: Direct benefits for the companies engaged in the HPC supply chain that can leverage the results of the joint R&D efforts in HPC to design innovative products/components that can be promoted and marketed in a wider range of applicative areas (both professional and consumer). Indirect benefits for the industrial users of HPC products that can exploit a state of the art, large and richer European ecosystem in HPC to better manage and protect their innovation process.

8 The ETP4HPC time line Incorporation of the ETP as a Dutch association end of April (local offices in France, Germany, Italy and Spain). Presentation of the Vision Paper to the Commission and to the public in May Start the work for the elaboration of the SRA in June Working groups open to HPC stakeholders Horizon 2020 Technology related research projects (industrial leadership 20 B ) PCP HPC as a KET (Key Enabling Technology) for KETs (nanotechnlogy, microelectronics, photonics, industrial biotechnology, advanced material, advanced manufacturing) HPC in the societal challenges (35.9 B ) SRA issued by the end of

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