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Why Xeon Phi? Which Apps?† Simón Viñals Larruga Intel Corporation Feb 2017 Legal Disclaimers Intel technologies features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at [intel.com]. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. All information provided here is subject to change without notice. Contact your Intel representative to obtain the latest Intel product specifications and roadmaps. Results have been estimated or simulated using internal Intel analysis or architecture simulation or modeling, and provided to you for informational purposes. Any differences in your system hardware, software or configuration may affect your actual performance. Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at https://www- ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/high-performance-computing/path-to-aurora.html. Tests document performance of components on a particular test, in specific systems. Differences in hardware, software, or configuration will affect actual performance. Consult other sources of information to evaluate performance as you consider your purchase. For more complete information about performance and benchmark results, visit http://www.intel.com/performance. 3D XPoint, Intel, the Intel logo, Intel. Experience What’s Inside, the Intel. Experience What’s Inside logo, Intel Xeon Phi, Optane, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. 2 What are the growing challenges in HPC? “The Walls” Divergent Infrastructure Barriers to System Bottlenecks Extending Usage Visualization HPC Optimized Big HPC Data Machine Learning Memory | I/O | Storage Democratization at Every Scale | Cloud Access Energy Efficient Performance Resources Split Among Modeling and Simulation | Big | Exploration of New Parallel Programming Space | Resiliency | Data Analytics | Machine Learning | Visualization Models Unoptimized Software The “walls”, divergent usages, and “democratization” are the top issues 3 What is required to deal with these growing challenges? System Application Innovative Technologies Tighter Integration Modernized Code Cores Community Compute Memory Memory Fabric Fabric ISV Storage System Graphics Software FPGA Proprietary I/O PERFORMANCE I CAPABILITY I PERFORMANCE TIME A “holistic” approach is needed… Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.* Other names and brands Data Center Group may be claimed as the property of others. All products, dates, and figures are preliminary and are subject to change without any notice. Copyright © 2016, Intel Corporation. 4 Intel Confidential | NDA Required Fuel Your Insight Intel® Scalable System Framework Small Clusters Through Supercomputers Compute Memory/Storage Compute and Data-Centric Computing Fabric Software Standards-Based Programmability On-Premise and Cloud-Based Intel Silicon Photonics Intel® Xeon® Processors Intel® Solutions for Lustre* Intel® Omni-Path Architecture Intel® HPC Orchestrator Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processors Intel® Optane™ Technology Intel® True Scale Fabric Intel® Software Tools Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessors 3D XPoint™ Technology Intel® Ethernet Intel® Cluster Ready Program Intel® Server Boards and Platforms Intel® SSDs Intel® Silicon Photonics Intel Supported SDVis 5 Intel® SSF Market Momentum HPE/Intel HPC Alliance Project Azimuth Innovation Centers HPC Solutions Frameworks Dell HPC System Portfolio – Stuttgart, Germany – Beijing, China Collaboration Partners Oil & Gas Life Sciences Finance Genomics Manufacturing Research Dell HPC Innovation Lab – University of Oxford Centers of Excellence – Barcelona Supercomputing – Grenoble, France University of Cambridge Centre – Houston, Texas, USA *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others 6 Intel® SSF rapid adoption Intel® SSF Design Guidance Simplifies… System Design and Build Software Development Procurement, Deployment, Management Coming Q1’16 Reference Architectures designs for compatibility Reference Designs system build recipes Validation Tools streamlined testing Public statements of adoption since April ‘15 7 Copyright © 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Other Key Customer Determinants Nvidia* GPU Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processor Proprietary CUDA* programming Open-standards based programming Lack of code flexibility, portability Runs x86 workloads Data offloading bottlenecks No PCIe bottlenecks Greater system complexity HPC-optimized (integrated memory, fabric) Higher power requirements Lower power Large memory footprint Future-ready (AVX-512, ecosystem and long-term roadmap) As a host processor that runs x86 code, Intel® Xeon Phi™ is much more than an accelerator Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.* Other names and brands Data Center Group may be claimed as the property of others. All products, dates, and figures are preliminary and are subject to change without any notice. Copyright © 2016, Intel Corporation. 88 Introducing the Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processor st Integrated st Host CPU for Highly- st Integrated 1 Fabric 1 Parallel Apps 1 Memory Leadership performance … with all the benefits of a CPU No PCIe Bottleneck Up to Up to Up to Run x86 Workloads GPU GPU 5x 8x 9x Programmability Large Memory Footprint vs. Accelerator Accelerator Perf* Perf/W* Perf/$* Power Efficient Scalability & Future-Ready *Intel measured results as of April 2016; see speakers notes for full configuration and performance disclaimers 9 Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processor: Your Path to Deeper Insight A Foundational Element of Intel® Scalable System Framework Solve Biggest Highly-Parallel Eliminate Bottlenecks Challenges Faster Scalability Realize Power Efficiency Programmability Compelling Value High Utilization Maximize Future-Ready Code Broad Ecosystem Future Potential Robust Roadmap For discovery and business innovation in science, visualization & analytics 10 For Discovery and Business Innovation in Science, Visualization & Analytics Life Sciences – Energy – Seismic/ Genomics / Financial – Risk Weather Reservoir Sequencing Scientific Big Data Visualization / Simulation, Defense / Analytics / Professional CAE & CFD Security Machine Learning Rendering and other emerging usages… *See the Intel® Xeon Phi™ application showcase for examples of workloads that are most suitable 11 Proof Points and Applications Speed Ups: Verticals Snapshot Up to 3.65X Manufacturing Up to 6.48X Financial Services Up to 2.66X Life Sciences Up to 2.1X Climate and Weather Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processor proof points1: . Various applications compared to NVIDIA* GPU: 2.17X average speed up . Financial Services: 3.45X average speed up . Life Sciences: 1.74X average speed up . Manufacturing: 1.86X average speed up Up to 3.3X Material Sciences . Climate and Weather: 1.46X average speed up . Material Sciences: 1.96X average speed up Up to 2.8X . Physics: 2X average speed up Geophysics Up to 2.44X Physics . Geophysics: 2.17X average speed up 1 - Performance demonstrated in proof points in this presentation Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating12 your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Intel Inside. Software Optimization Outside on the Intel® Xeon Phi™ Product Family Experts from Allinea*, Altair*, Convergent Science*, Kitware*, and LSTC* share some of the use cases and explore the significant advantages of running their applications on the Intel® Xeon Phi™ product family. See what the Intel Xeon Phi Processor can do for key software applications. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others 13 More Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processor Software Enablement http://itpeernetwork.intel.com . Optimizing Automotive Designs with Intel and Altair* . Momentum Grows for Intel Scalable System Framework . Incredible Machine Learning Advancements Made Possible by Intel
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