Re-Configurable EXASCALE Computing

Google Tech Talk
February 15, 2011

Presented by Steven J Wallach, Convey Computer Corp.

ABSTRACT

HPC research is focused on achieving ExaFlop/ExaOP performance by 2020. Unlike reaching a PetaFlop, the general consensus is that vastly new programming paradigms, hardware architectures, and interconnects will be needed (as well as new power plants). This presentation will be focused on increasing uni-processor performance and the roles played by application specific heterogeneous computing and compilers in evolving processor architecture.

Steven J Wallach is a founder of Convey Computer Corporation and is an adviser to venture capital firms CenterPoint Ventures, Sevin-Rosen and InterWest Partners. Previously, he served as vice president of technology for Chiaro Networks Ltd., and as co-founder, chief technology officer and senior vice president of development of Convex Computer Corporation. After Hewlett-Packard Co. bought Convex, Wallach became chief technology officer of HP's Enterprise Systems Group. Wallach served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Simulation and Computing Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1998 to 2007. He was also a visiting professor at Rice University in 1998 and 1999, and was manager of advanced development for Data General Corporation. His efforts on the MV/8000 are chronicled in Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize winning book, "The Soul of a New Machine." Wallach, who has 34 patents, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow, and was a founding member of the Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee. He is the 2008 recipient of IEEE's prestigious Seymour Cray Award.

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[150coffee]

Great! It's quite inspiring.

[heavensrevenge]

Sound is horrible but this is the best kind of content on GoogleTechTalks, which focuses on cutting edge research advancing our field, it is my dream to one day do research of this sort :)

[Buckiller]

Very cool. Anyone know of a good dev board that is like that alt. arch he mentioned? The one with an ARM and fpga? Get some practice with that stuff.

[6006133]

Crappy sound is crappy