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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
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
• 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/
• 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]