Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) launched the world’s largest single-memory computer containing 160 TB of memory.
HPE expects the architecture could scale to 4,096 yottabytes. For context, that is 250,000 times the entire digital universe today.
HPE said the single-memory computer can simultaneously work with every digital health record of every person on earth; every piece of data from Facebook; every trip of Google’s autonomous vehicles; and every data set from space exploration all at the same time.
“We believe Memory-Driven Computing is the solution to move the technology industry forward in a way that can enable advancements across all aspects of society,” said Mark Potter, CTO at HPE and director, Hewlett Packard Labs.
Memory-Driven Computing puts memory, not the processor, at the center of the computing architecture. By eliminating the inefficiencies of how memory, storage and processors interact in traditional systems, Memory-Driven Computing reduces the time to process complex problems from minutes to seconds – to deliver real-time intelligence.
Technical Specifications
# 160 TB of shared memory spread across 40 physical nodes, interconnected using a high-performance fabric protocol
# 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.
# Photonics/Optical communication links, including the new X1 photonics module, are online and operational; and
“HPE’s innovations in Memory-Driven Computing will enable a new compute paradigm for a variety of applications, including the next generation data center, cloud and high performance computing,” said Syed Ali, president and CEO of Cavium.
