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SSRLabsEnergy- and Instruction-Efficient HPC
August 2013 2013 Scalable Systems Research Labs, Inc.
Axel Kloth, President & CEO
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The Big Data Challenge
Achieve accuracy and speed goals
Solve the (power = heat) problem
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Efficiency is the Benchmark
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The Big Data Solution
Achieve accuracy and speed goals
Solve (power = heat) problem
De-couple system management and transaction or numerically
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operations CPU and Coprocessor/Accelerator Approach
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SSRLabs
z Addresses Big Data challenge using coprocessors and APIs to
optimize performance and efficiency of both high-transaction count
and numerically intensive applications
z Developing a novel MPP architecture that is easier to program
and takes less energy to execute tasks than traditional
processors
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pScale Product Attributes
z Instruction- and energy-efficient neural network and
floating-point coprocessors
z Concurrent improvements in per-core performance, number of
cores and efficient intra-core communications with reduced latency
for better system performance
z Platform agnostic
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pScale Coprocessor Schematic
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Coprocessor Implementation
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z pScale Floating-Point or Neural Net Coprocessor
z Massively Parallel Processor with 64-bit cores
z HMC DRAM
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System Implementation
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Development Status
z Core IP and ASIC building blocks in-house for pScale
coprocessor design
z Raising A Round financing for product design/ engineering
z Will market coprocessors/cards and license building blocks/IP
for secondary revenue stream
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Summary
z Hyperscale and micro server markets share common performance
vs. efficiency challengesz $2B annual market opportunity for
SSRLabs
z Design approach confirmed by Technology Advisory Board brings
simplicity to MPP deployment
z Current disruption in server CPU choice validates market
readiness to change
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