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ETP4HPC Background and Future

‘Building a Globally Competitive HPC Technology

www.etp4hpc.eu

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‘Building a Globally Competitive HPC Technology

Industry in Europe’

Malcolm Muggeridge

VP Emerging Technology at Xyratex

and Board member of ETP4HPC

Data Storage Solutions

HDD Capital Equipment Solutions

~ 50% of w/w disk drives

are produced utilizing Xyratex Technology*

Largest supplier of Disk Drive Capital Equipment

OEM

Storage Solutions

15% of w/w external storage capacity

shipped in 2012*

> 3,000 Petabytes of storage shipped in 2012

Largest OEM Disk Storage System provider

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ClusterStor™HPC

Storage Solutions

Fastest Data Storage System in the

World

~ 90PB ClusterStor capacity shipped in 2012

Powering research, energy, defense and life science applications worldwide

*Source: Company estimates

• The implementation of this HPC strategy in Horizon 2020 combines three elements:

a) developing the next generation of HPC towards exascale;

b) providing access to the best supercomputing facilities and services; and

c) achieving excellence in HPC applications.

Précis of FETHPC Call Introduction

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c) achieving excellence in HPC applications.

• A PPP with the ETP4HPC provides the framework for the implementation of elements (a) and (c )

• Based on the Strategy Research Agenda (SRA) of the ETP4HPC.

– Note that the call is open to proposals from all organisations, whether or not they are involved in ETP4HPC or the PPP.

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What is ETP4HPC?• ETP4HPC, the European Technology Platform (ETP) for High-Performance

Computing (HPC) (www.etp4hpc.eu) is an Association;

• Led by European HPC Technology providers

• Objective: to build a competitive HPC value chain in Europe.

• ETP4HPC is one of the European Technology Platforms (ETPs) recognised by the

European Commission

– European Technology Platforms (ETPs) are industry-led stakeholder forums that develop short to

long-term research and innovation agendas and roadmaps for action at EU and national level to

be supported by both private and public funding.

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be supported by both private and public funding.

• To build a European world-class High-Performance Computing

technology value chain that will be globally competitive.

• To achieve a critical mass of convergent resources in order to increase the

competitiveness of European HPC vendors and solutions.

• To leverage the transformative power of HPC in order to boost European

competitiveness in science and business.

ETP4HPC’s Objectives

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• To expand the HPC user base, especially SMEs (through facilitating access

to HPC resources and technologies) and to create opportunities for SMEs

to participate in the provision of competitive HPC technology solutions.

• To facilitate the provision of innovative solutions to tackle grand societal

challenges in Europe such as climate change, better healthcare, predicting

and managing large scale catastrophes and energy-efficiency.

• To foster international cooperation in research and industry

How do we work?• Incorporated as a Dutch association

• Open membership for organisations having HPC R&D based in Europe

• Managed by a Steering board with 15 members representing:

– Research centres (5)

– European SMEs (3)

– European controlled corporations (5)

– International companies with R&D in Europe (2)

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• Steering Board organization

– Chairman

– 2 Vice chairmen for PRACE coordination and HPC development

– Secretary-Administrator, Treasurer

• Virtual office

– BSC, CEA, Cineca+Eurotech, ParTec

• 16 Founding Members

• Steering Board = 15 members

• 52 members as of March 2014, – Companies

– SME

– ISVs

– Service providers

ETP4HPC Members

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– Service providers

– Research Centres…

• June 2012– Announcement of the creation of the ETP

– Vision Paper

• September 2012– Meeting with VP of European Commission Neelie Kroes

• June 2012 - January 2013– Strategic Research Agenda preparation

• February 2013– First General Assembly

ETP4HPC History

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– First General Assembly

• H1 2013– Discussion with European Commission on the HPC

position in Horizon 2020

• June 2013– First version of cPPP proposal

• December 2013– Signing of cPPP with EC

• Dec 2013

– 2014 /15 FETHPC Work Programme published

What is in it for European HPC?

cPPPContractual Public-Private Partnership

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HPC cPPP – Building a European HPC Ecosystem

European

Economy

The strength of the

European HPC Supply

Tools for industrial

simulation and prototyping

HPC

Technology

Supply Chain

HPC

Applications

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HPC Research

Infrastructure

European HPC Eco-system

European HPC Supply

Chain (Technologies and

Applications)

Tools for addressing the

Grand Challenges

European

Science

European

Society

• What is a contractual Public Private

Partnership ?

– Contractual agreement signed both by

EC and private partner(s)

– Defining:

• Objective(s)

• Governance

• Commitment of the EC and of the private

side

• Monitoring of the agreement

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• Monitoring of the agreement

• Why a cPPP for HPC ?

– To highlight the importance of HPC for

Europe

– To put in place an ambitious plan for

HPC development in Europe

– To increase the coordination of

stakeholders

• To build a European world-class High-Performance Computing

technology value chain that will be globally competitive.

• To support a EU leadership and world-wide excellence in key application

domains for industry, science and society that are most important for

Europe

• Facilitating the provision of innovative solutions for grand societal

challenges

cPPP’s Objective and Resources

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challenges

• Allowing the development of the future applications for the next

exascale computing generation

• EC Funds of 700 M€ for the Technology and Application pillars in order

to implement the actions of the Strategic Research Agenda of ETP4HPC

• Matched by Industrial Investments

What is in it for European HPC?

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Strategic Research Agenda

(SRA)

• Purpose: R&D roadmap to develop HPC

technology in Europe within Horizon

2020

• Rationale: Exploit a window of

opportunity for a European HPC

Technology Value Chain: e.g.: energy

SRA

www.etp4hpc.eu

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Technology Value Chain: e.g.: energy

efficiency & power, big data, concurrency

& scale, resiliency

• Europe’s use of HPC is not matched by

its share in HPC systems

www.etp4hpc.eu/

publications/

SRA - Ecosystem Context and

Methodology

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Strategic multi-dimensional vision

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Strategic multi-dimensional vision

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Strategic multi-dimensional vision

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Strategic multi-dimensional vision

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Strategic multi-dimensional vision

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The timeline of the R&D program

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Research priorities

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• Wed 9th April– HPC Information Day

– First PPP Event

– Paris

– www.etp4hpc.eu/events/

• Wed 9th April– ETP4HPC General Assembly Meeting

ETP4HPC Future Activities

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• Workgroups:– Education and Training – First reports

– PPP proposals for Roadmap and creation of material guiding 2016/17 Calls

– SME - Fostering

– CoE - Positioning

– Exploitation and IPR - recommendations

– Monitoring and KPI’s - establishment

Membership benefits:

ETP4HPC’s objective is to:

Build a European world-class High-Performance Computing (HPC IT) technology value chain that will be globally competitive.

Support the development of the entire HPC Eco-system in Europe

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– Opportunity to affect the EC Roadmap for HPC Technology and obtain

first-hand information

– Involvement in the ETP4HPC Working Groups

– Opportunity to influence ETP4HPC and its activities

– Full Members conduct HPC Technology research in Europe

– Associate Membership open to all organisations

THANK YOU!

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THANK YOU!

Find the SRA @

www.etp4hpc.eu/publications/

www.etp4hpc.eucontact: [email protected]