The convergence of AI and HPC is beneficial because:
1) HPC systems generate large amounts of data that AI can help make sense of.
2) There is increasing overlap between AI and HPC tools, workflows, and outcomes.
3) Momentum from previous data analytics and HPC convergence is driving further integration of AI capabilities.
2. AI techniques are increasingly being
used to digest this enormity of data
and transform it into more human-
friendly formats. In theory, you could do
this AI processing as a separate
operation on a separate system
custom-built for AI workloads.
HPC systems are
generating more data,
and AI is helping us make
sense of the data.
3. Now with AI, even though we have
practitioners on either side of the fence,
there is more overlap than ever in
terms of the tools, workflows and, most
interestingly, outcomes.
Momentum from HPC and
data analytics
convergence is leading
the way for AI
convergence.
4. Its somewhat debatable, but ML has had
a greater adoption with enterprise users
who are already familiar with the
analytical techniques ML is based upon.
DL, on the other hand due to its reliance
on large sparse matrices and numerical
algorithms has always had more in
common with traditional HPC users.
AI systems architectures are
beginning to scale out.