High Performance Computing (HPC) represents a leading solution being used to model and understand complex issues such as weather, agriculture, and space. HPC applications require the ability to process data and perform complex calculations at high speeds in limited timeframes. For applications such as AI machine/deep learning, data analysis, or medical research, HPC can process massive amount of data in real time. As HPC increases, so will the demands for high performing and reliable memory to deliver on expectations.
Challenges and Requirements
HPC solutions consist of three main components – computing, storage, and networking. Each component must keep pace with the others for maximum performance. When compute servers process data at high speed, the high-speed transportation of data between servers and data storage requires infrastructure support, emphasizing the need for high-performing memory.
With the ability to perform complex computing, HPC solutions are used in a variety of applications, from well drilling in the oil and gas industry to biotech research, AI, and self-driving vehicles, among others. These mission-critical applications often require 24/7 operation in harsh environments, making it crucial to utilize durable, stable, and high-performance storage and memory solutions.
Because HPC solutions are deployed in a wide variety of locales, unexpected power loss or vibration can pose a risk. To mitigate these potential issues, a solid data protection mechanism, like that provided by SMART Modular memory, ensures data is safeguarded and remains intact under any circumstance.
SMART's DRAM Solutions
• DDR5 Zefr ZDIMM - ZDIMMs (Zefr Memory Module) are rigorously tested to eliminate over 90% of memory reliability failures, ensuring maximum application uptime and optimizing memory subsystem reliability. ZDIMMs utilize SMART’s Zefr™ proprietary screening process, ensuring the industry’s highest levels of uptime and reliability.
• DDR5 RDIMM - SMART's DDR5 RDIMMs are designed to meet increasing needs for efficient performance in a wide range of applications including cloud computing, and data center processing. The DDR5 memory provides developers with twice the performance (4800 to 6400 MT/s) and improved power efficiency in comparison to DDR4 by using an on-DIMM 12V voltage regulator (PMIC) and 1.1 I/O Voltage.
SMART's Flash Solutions
• DC4800E Data Center SSDs - SMART’s DC4800E PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSDs are designed to meet the increasing demands placed on storage systems in hyperscaler, hyper-converged, enterprise, and edge data centers. SMART Modular is listed as an OCP Solution Provider. The DC4800/E Data Center SSDs have been certified by OCP as an OCP INSPIRED product.
• DC5820 Data Center SSDs - SMART’s DC5820 PCIe Gen5 NVMe Data Center SSDs are designed to meet the increasing demands placed on storage systems in Hyperscaler, Hyper-converged, Enterprise, and Edge data centers. The DC5820 Data Center SSD Family delivers industry-leading KIOPs/Watt performance with superior Quality of Service (QoS) across mixed application workloads.
• MP3000 PCIe NVMe SSDs - SMART’s MP3000 PCIe NVMe SSDs incorporate the latest generation 3D NAND-technology to deliver high performance with endurance up to one drive write per day (1 DWPD) for five years. The MP3000 SSDs offer better cost per bit over previous 64-layer and 96-layer NAND generations without sacrificing performance and reliability.
