Huawei and Intel signed a partnership to cooperate in high-performance computing (HPC) to provide competitive and innovative HPC products and solutions.
According to the collaboration plan, the two parties will desire to develop HPC solutions based on Huawei servers and cloud platforms which are powered by Inte Xeon processor, Intel Xeon Phi processors and Omni-Path Architecture (OPA).
Huawei will also build HPC innovation centers in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, as well as in Munich, Germany. At these centers, the two parties may carry out joint initiatives such as application optimization, technical training and community development, so that they can provide cutting-edge HPC solution experience and services for customers. Additionally, they will carry out joint exploration and marketing events across the globe.
In recent years, Huawei said that it has advanced its collaboration with Intel in HPC. Last November, Intel joined Huawei at Supercomputing Conference 2016 (SC16) to launch the new-generation all-flash based HPC platform, FusionServer X6000. This March, Intel joined Huawei at CeBIT 2017 to release the Intel® OPA solution based Huawei E9000 blade server.
For industrial CAE simulation and simulation for scientific research purposes, Huawei offers a variety of HPC solutions based on FusionServer high-density servers and the KunLun. Currently, Huawei claims that it has successfully helped many automobile manufacturers, large supercomputing centers, universities, and scientific research institutions deploy HPC clusters.
Qiu Long, President, IT Server Line, Huawei
The combining of Big Data, Cloud, AI, and traditional HPC is bringing new opportunities and vitality to the entire HPC industry. This trend also extends the application of HPC from traditional domains such as CAE simulation, scientific research computing, and oil and gas exploration towards nascent domains such as financial services and network security.
Peter Chen, General Manager, Products & Technology, Data Center Group Sales Group, Intel
Intel is keen to see acceleration of the HPC market through deeper collaboration with Huawei. Intel Xeon processors and Intel Xeon Phi™ processors, as wells as our low-latency Intel Omni-Path Architecture fabric, deliver the performance demanded by HPC applications.
