Christopher G. Willard Ph.D.

HPC User Site Census: Processor Technologies

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of HPC systems and technologies installed among responding…
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HPC User Site Census: Scientific Research Applications

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed analysis of scientific research applications named in the Site Census survey.…
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HPC User Site Census: Storage Configurations and Technologies

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of HPC systems and technologies installed among responding…
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HPC User Site Census: Storage Suppliers

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of the storage systems installed at a sample…
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HPC User Site Census: System Suppliers

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of the server systems installed at a sample…
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HPC User Site Census: System Suppliers — April 2017

The HPC User Site Census: Systems report, part of Intersect360 Research’s Site Census series, provides a detailed examination of the server systems installed at a sample of High Performance Computing user sites. We surveyed a broad range of users about their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and the applications software supporting these…
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HPC User Site Census: System Suppliers — April 2018

The HPC User Site Census: System Suppliers report, part of Intersect360 Research’s Site Census series, provides a detailed examination of the server systems installed at a sample of High Performance Computing (HPC) user sites. We surveyed a broad range of users about their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and the applications software…
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HPC User Site Census: Visualization and Image Analysis

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of visualization and image analysis applications named in…
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HPC User Site Census: Weather and Climate Applications

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed analysis of the weather, climate, and environment modeling applications installed…
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Site Budget Allocation Map August 2007

Tabor Research surveyed the High Productivity Computing user community to complete its first Site Budget Allocation Map, a look at how HPC users divide and spend their HPC budgets. We surveyed users on their spending in seven top-level categories: hardware, software, facilities, staffing, services, utility computing, and other. Each category was further divided into constituent…
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Technology Prevalence in the HPC Market September 2007

This Tabor Research report describes technology options available to users in the High Productivity computing market. For this report, Tabor Research reviewed specifications for 153 server products which are actively sold into the HPC market by 14 suppliers. We collected technical data at both the system level and the node level. We reviewed 177 nodes…
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The Top of All Things in HPC 2016 Site Census Snapshot Analysis — January 2017

The purpose of this report is to provide the top suppliers, packages, or categories within specific segments. •Dell EMC’s and HP Enterprise’s shares increased in the 2016 survey. We expect HP Enterprise’s share to increase more in 2017 with the inclusion of SGI. •NVidiacontinues to dominate the accelerator market. •Mellanox gained share of mentions in…
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The Top of All Things in HPC, 2017 Site Census Snapshot Analysis — April 2018

The purpose of this presentation is to identify the top suppliers, packages, or categories within specific HPC market segments, according to survey data. Shares reported are based on Site Census survey results. This is not the same as revenue shares, which Intersect360 Research models separately; however, in most cases, it is an important indicator. “Top”…
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Vendor Overview and Outlook: Amazon Web Services in HPC

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Intersect360 Research report presents an overview and outlook for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the worldwide high performance computing (HPC) market, as of December 2019. AWS is a major vendor of cloud-based services for the worldwide HPC market, as well as certain on-premises solutions in specialized cases. Intersect360 Research tracks cloud usage…
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Vendor Overview and Outlook: AMD in HPC

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Intersect360 Research report presents an overview and outlook for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in the worldwide High Performance Computing (HPC) market, as of 2019. AMD is a major vendor of processors and related software for the worldwide HPC market and is under contract to be a key part of some of the…
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Vendor Overview and Outlook: Atos in HPC

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Intersect360 Research report presents an overview and outlook for Atos in the worldwide high performance computing (HPC) market, as of December 2019. Atos is a major vendor of servers, storage, and solutions for the worldwide HPC market. Atos acquired Bull in 2014, and within HPC, Atos still utilizes the Bull brand, including…
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