[math-fun] HPE unveils The Machine with 160 TBytes (2^48 ?)
FYI -- I could swear that someone at HP was reading math-fun's discussion of table-driven computing a month or two ago. 'HPE' = 'HyPE' ? The Machine scales to ~ 2^92 bytes, so pointers are > 64 bits long, even though the current prototype has only ~ 2^48 bytes of memory. The article doesn't say, but my guess of the location of the prototype is a suburb of Salt Lake City, where the first application is find more hay in haystacks and storing discrete log tables. https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/16/hp-enterprise-unveils-single-memory-160-t... HP Enterprise unveils The Machine, a single-memory computer capable of addressing 160 terabytes Dean Takahashi @deantak May 16, 2017 6:01 AM Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced what it is calling a big breakthrough  creating a prototype of a computer with a single bank of memory that can process enormous amounts of information. The computer, known as The Machine, is a custom-built device made for the era of big data. https://news.hpe.com/content-hub/memory-driven-computing/ HPE said it has created the worldÂs largest single-memory computer. The R&D program is the largest in the history of HPE, the former enterprise division of HP that split apart from the consumer-focused division. ... Based on the current prototype, HPE expects the architecture could easily scale to an exabyte-scale single-memory system and, beyond that, to a nearly limitless pool of memory  4,096 yottabytes [2^92 bytes]. For context, that is 250,000 times the entire digital universe today. ... The new prototype has 160 TB of shared memory spread across 40 physical nodes, interconnected using a high-performance fabric protocol. It has an optimized Linux-based operating system (OS) running on ThunderX2, CaviumÂs flagship second generation dual socket capable ARMv8-A workload optimized System on a Chip. It also has photonics and optical communication links, including the new X1 photonics module. And HPE has built software programming tools designed to take advantage of abundant persistent memory.
"Nobody withstands The Machine." (from "The Princess Bride", the movie) Jim Propp On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
FYI --
I could swear that someone at HP was reading math-fun's discussion of table-driven computing a month or two ago.
'HPE' = 'HyPE' ?
The Machine scales to ~ 2^92 bytes, so pointers are > 64 bits long, even though the current prototype has only ~ 2^48 bytes of memory.
The article doesn't say, but my guess of the location of the prototype is a suburb of Salt Lake City, where the first application is find more hay in haystacks and storing discrete log tables.
https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/16/hp-enterprise-unveils- single-memory-160-terabyte-computer-the-machine/
HP Enterprise unveils The Machine, a single-memory computer capable of addressing 160 terabytes
Dean Takahashi @deantak May 16, 2017 6:01 AM
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced what it is calling a big breakthrough creating a prototype of a computer with a single bank of memory that can process enormous amounts of information. The computer, known as The Machine, is a custom-built device made for the era of big data.
https://news.hpe.com/content-hub/memory-driven-computing/
HPE said it has created the world’s largest single-memory computer. The R&D program is the largest in the history of HPE, the former enterprise division of HP that split apart from the consumer-focused division.
...
Based on the current prototype, HPE expects the architecture could easily scale to an exabyte-scale single-memory system and, beyond that, to a nearly limitless pool of memory 4,096 yottabytes [2^92 bytes]. For context, that is 250,000 times the entire digital universe today.
...
The new prototype has 160 TB of shared memory spread across 40 physical nodes, interconnected using a high-performance fabric protocol. It has an optimized Linux-based operating system (OS) running on ThunderX2, Cavium’s flagship second generation dual socket capable ARMv8-A workload optimized System on a Chip.
It also has photonics and optical communication links, including the new X1 photonics module. And HPE has built software programming tools designed to take advantage of abundant persistent memory.
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