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HPC on Cloud for SMEs
Why and How
To provide high performance computing and advanced
communications resources and services to the scientific
community of Galicia and to the Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC), as well as, to institutions and enterprises
with R&D&I activity.
To promote high quality research in Computational
Science in close collaboration with the research community
from Galicia as well as from other regions or countries all
over the world; contributing in this way to the advancement
of science, to transfer technology to industry and
administrations, and as consequence, to the welfare of
society as a whole.
Mission Statement
HPC for SMEs
“… HIGHLIGHTS that HPC is a crucial asset for the EU's innovation
capacity and STRESSES its strategic importance to benefit the EU's
industrial capabilities as well as its citizens, by innovating industrial
products and services, increasing competitiveness, and addressing
grand societal and scientific challenges more effectively.”
Draft Council Conclusions on 'High Performance Computing: Europe's place in a
Global Race’” of March 27th, 2013
But for SMEs, HPC does not always mean big supercomputers
SIMULATION IN SMEs in Galicia (2004)
http://simula.cesga.es
Constraints
Training,
V&V, and
consulting
Open Source
External CPUs:
CLOUD
http://simula.cesga.es
CloudPYME Project
0448_CLOUDPYME_1_E
http://www.cloudpyme.eu
Technological Centres
Activities • Identify, Verify and Validate Open Software
Salome
Code_aster
OpenFOAM
• Training
• External Support
• CPU on demand
Technological Centres
Supercomputer Centres
or
Cloud Providers
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE CloudPYME Distribution
SALOME
CODE_ASTER
STORAGE
HPC on Cloud
CPUs on Demand
Same CloudPYME Distribution
Full-Value-Chain Cloud Support LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2 Application,
V&V, Training,
Modeling
Cloud Computing
Tested with companies
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• Weproductise
What have we learnt?
• Open Source CAD is not welcome.
• CAE Open software is not easy to use, not
friendly. But it is powerful.
• Bandwidth is a barrier. Another solution for
shared storage.
• Windows (SMEs) vs Linux world.
• New functionalities (as robustness studies)
are more suitable for Cloud.
CloudPYME 2
• Promote HPC, not only
M&S – Improve Cloud platform
– Open calls for experiments
– Consulting about usage of HPC
• Exploring the deployment
of PLM among SMEs
• Exploring and promoting
Open Innovation in SMEs.
0682_CLOUDPYME2_1_E
Fortissimo Enabling manufacturing SMEs to
benefit from HPC
The Fortissimo Project
• Building a Cloud of HPC Resources to solve SMEs’ business challenges
• One of the I4MS projects within the “Factories of the Future” initiative
• Complementing generic SME initiatives in EC FP7 Programme - specific support to deliver economic growth through modelling and simulation
• Focus on problem solving – not technology development
• Brings together all of the players in a marketplace
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Fortissimo – scale & structure
• €22m costs, €16m EC funding, 45 partners growing to 90+ over the 3 year duration
• 20 initial “Experiments” with SMEs
• Each experiment has 2-4 partners
• Funding of ~€250,000 / experiment
• 2 Open Calls for proposals
• First closed in January 2014
• Second closing June 2014
• Optimised financial and legal structure to assist SMEs
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End user
HPC Service
Provider
Independent
Software Vendor
Research Software Provider
Application
Expert
HPC Expert
Example of Current Experiment
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End User: Texas Controls
Application Expert: AIMEN
HPC expert: CESGA
HPC provider: CESGA
Host centre: CESGA
Exp. 404 Improved mechanical design of metal flanges
SME: Texas Controls
World leading tightening company
Study tightening using modelling and simulation to improve the process.
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