Vendor Program

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 from 1:00-3:30 pm in Hall 4 - ground floor

Vendors in this session will satisfy attendees' curiosity about their long-term goals and what is currently in the pipeline by offering a glimpse of their product development. Join us for a dynamic and exciting presentation, where our platinum sponsors will share their company roadmap in just 20 minutes. The line-up of presenters will showcase key milestones, innovations, and future directions in concise and engaging presentations.

This event promises to deliver valuable insights and inspiration to industry professionals, investors, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the future plans of leading companies. Don't miss your chance to gain a 360-degree view of these company roadmaps!

Monday, May 13, 2024

from 1:00-3:00 pm in Hall Z - third floor

from 1:00-2:30 pm in Hall 4 - ground floor

The well-liked Vendor Showdown features presentations by influential figures in the HPC industry. The showdown is divided into two simultaneous sessions, with every speaker given a few minutes to showcase their organization's latest strategies, products, and research. Following this, a group of expert moderators will engage each speaker in a lively discussion by asking thought-provoking questions.

Monday - Wednesday, May 13-15, 2024 in Exhibition Hall H, Booth L01

The HPC Solutions Forum allows companies and research institutions to discuss topics such as cloud computing, machine learning, performance optimization, networks, composability, and data management.

Each speaker has a 20-minute slot to discuss their perspective on one to three topics and how it ties into their organization's technological and business strategies. Most talks will be held in person at the forum, while others will be available as video on demand.

QUESTIONS

• When is it worth it to invest in special architectures, versus sticking with industry standards?
• Are technologies and configurations for AI and HPC converging or diverging? Is it possible to serve both adequately and efficiently in the same environment?
• What can be done to make HPC and AI more efficient?
• Which is more important – improvements in existing software and workloads, or a wholesale transformation to something new?
• What is the biggest pending advancement in high-performance networking: DPUs, composability, or something else?
• What is the least appreciated aspect of high-performance data management that has the biggest impact on delivering results?
• Are LLMs a game changer that will be widely adopted, or will they remain the province of a few very large or specialized companies?
• What kinds of organizations should be investing in quantum computing knowledge and experience today, instead of waiting for it to be “ready”?
• The next innovation: What will be the big news at ISC 2034? Be as specific as you can.

Monday, May 13, 2024 from 6:45-7:30 pm in Hall 4 - ground floor

This fireside chat will discuss the collaboration between WEKA and Stability AI that has revolutionised large language model deployment on AWS. Learn about the innovative strategies driving next-gen AI applications while ensuring safety controls. We will discuss how Stability AI enables fine-tuning of pre-trained models with proprietary datasets securely. Discover how WEKA has helped Stability slash storage costs by 95%, significantly increase GPU utilisation, and eliminate bottlenecks to optimise AI workflows for unprecedented efficiency.

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 from 6:45-7:30 pm in Hall 4 - ground floor

Increasingly powerful hardware has provided high-performance computing users the performance to solve increasingly complex problems at scale. At the same time, open and scalable software has enabled scientific, academic, industrial, and commercial users the ability to exploit technical innovation. But today, innovators wanting to utilize the power of the highest-performance processors are forced to compromise on openness.

Since ASCI-Red just before the turn of the century, Intel has embraced standards-based software on high-volume hardware to open and expand access to supercomputing. As the focus of high-performance processing moves from CPUs to accelerators, multiple device-specific or proprietary programming models have emerged enabling the first wave of heterogeneous and accelerated computing.

In the last five years, the industry and Intel have made significant progress both enabling existing standards like SYCL, MPI and OpenMP for accelerated computing. Moreover, Industry leaders including Intel and Codeplay have formed the Unified Acceleration (UXL) foundation to provide an open, cross-platform accelerated programming model for AI and HPC at scale.

In this talk, Andrew Richards, CEO of Codeplay Software, will demonstrate the huge progress that has been made in opening up accelerated computing to innovators. Many critical applications and frameworks already work on open platforms. Hardware innovators have discovered how to support open platforms with their accelerator designs. Learn how you, too, can benefit from this fast-growing open ecosystem: whether you’re a software developer or accelerator designer.

Learn how you too can join in the UXL Foundation’s work and help bring openness to the next revolution in computing.

release Monday, May 13, 2024, 12:00 pm on Swapcard

Every exhibitor, whether from the industry or research sector, will showcase their latest technologies and solutions through a 10–15-minute video demonstration. This gives attendees the opportunity to learn about the newest developments in HPC, discover innovative ideas, and find new suppliers in the industry.

Monday, May 13, 2024 from 2:30-3:00 pm in Hall 4 - ground floor

New exhibitors at ISC 2024 have the opportunity to introduce their company and products with a one-minute pitch. This brief presentation is intended to highlight the company's mission and values, as well as recent initiatives, projects, and offerings.

Take the chance to connect with first-time exhibitors and explore their latest innovations and advancements!