ISC 2023: Utilize Microsoft Azure to test the capabilities of HPC in the cloud - Azure blog and updates

The ISC Elite Execution Registering (ISC) occasion, previously known as the Global Supercomputing Meeting, is quite possibly of the main occasion in the superior execution figuring (HPC) industry, uniting a portion of the world's driving scientists, designers, and sellers. To examine the most recent improvements in HPC innovation. Microsoft Purplish blue has had a critical presence at the ISC for quite a while at this point, and the current year's gathering will be no special case.

Looking back at ISC 2022

At ISC 2022, we displayed our most recent HPC answers for Purplish blue HPC, including general accessibility of a few new items. These arrangements are intended to assist associations of all sizes with utilizing the power and adaptability of Sky blue for their HPC responsibilities.

Key points for us in the past have rotated around displaying the most recent advances in HPC and computer based intelligence framework, and how our answers can assist organizations with speeding up their examination, smooth out their tasks, and accomplish their business objectives. Also, we exhibited the worth of our organizations with different industry pioneers and how by and large we can empower clients to profit from the most recent advancements in HPC and artificial intelligence. We additionally exhibited our obligation to giving secure and adaptable cloud answers for fulfill the needs of even the most complicated jobs.

Major Topics for Corporate Assistance in ISC 2023

As we anticipate the following occasion, these key points are considerably more vital to talk about with clients and track down ways for them to accomplish more with less in this climate of full scale vulnerability. Our specialists alongside our key industry accomplices are really extraordinary at assisting organizations with enhancing their cloud spending and influence the best advancements for the right return for money invested to come by the quickest results.

Man-made reasoning is likewise a significant subject in our ongoing scene, with significant forward leaps happening as of late here, and they will course through our attendance at the occasion. Whether you work on picture and discourse acknowledgment, normal language handling, or prescient displaying, a strong framework is expected to run and speed up these responsibilities.

This year, we are the silver supporter of the ISC 2023 occasion. We will have a corner nearby (C318) and a virtual participant. We will have a few introductions day to day on key points in the HPC and artificial intelligence spaces, conveyed by Microsoft specialists and accomplices. We'll likewise have a few introductions from clients, where you can dive more deeply into how different organizations are speeding up their cloud jobs and clarify some pressing issues.

face the seller

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Antigoni Crisostomo, Director, Management Specialist, Microsoft.

Come hear the following topics in this year’s Vendor Show:

Microsoft’s strategy is to continue investing in the latest CPUs and GPUs with AMD, Intel and NVIDIA – building native HPC and AI infrastructure at scale.
How we run Linux on our HPC systems and can run Message Passing Interface (MPI) functions on Azure.
How Azure achieves world-class performance often improved with special versions of CPUs not available in prem or with other cloud vendors on the market.
Microsoft’s AI infrastructure strategy for training AI models.
Quantum computing and the ability to run quantum use cases on today’s high-performance computing infrastructure.
Examples of how you can help customers achieve more.

HPC Solutions Forum

Hall H, Booth K1001— Ground Floor on Tuesday 23 May 2023, 1:40pm to 2:00pm CEST.

HPC Infrastructure for AI Outcomes: Learning at Scale—Mon, May 22, 2023. Time to make an announcement.

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Gabriel Davillar

Global Lead Black Belt in AI, Microsoft.

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Carl Podesta

Senior Specialist, Microsoft Azure HPC.

Microsoft Azure claims five entries in the World’s Top 50 Supercomputers (November 2022). These entries are smaller parts of larger systems, in separate locations. As part of the public cloud infrastructure, it is used by customers around the world to run both HPC and large AI models. They are also used by Microsoft itself. Our partnerships (such as with NVIDIA and OpenAI) help us power some of the largest AI models in the world and bring that intelligence directly into the full suite of Microsoft products, from Windows to Office to Bing (and Azure itself, too). Come learn some of what we’ve learned training, deploying, and running the world’s largest AI models, on some of the world’s largest HPC infrastructure – and our thoughts on how this relates to sustainability and powering the future.

Do you want to watch what happens? Check out our ISC 2023 website, which we will continue to update as plans solidify.

Latest developments since ISC 2022

Azure HBv4-series and HX-series virtual machines, now in preview

In November 2022, the latest developments in purpose-built virtual machines for HPC workloads bring the HBv4 series and HX series, powered by the long-awaited latest 4th generation EPYCTM AMD processors, codenamed “Genoa”. The HBv4 series is the next generation of the long-running flagship HB series, delivering significant improvements to key workloads such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis, front-end and back-end electronic design automation (EDA), rendering, molecular dynamics, computational geoscience, weather simulation and inference. Artificial intelligence and financial risk analysis. The all-new HX series is an important step towards offering the best platform for silicon design, with higher memory capacity, and is designed to support the ever-growing models that are becoming more popular among chip designers.

Azure Managed Luster, now in preview

In February 2023, we launched Azure Managed Luster in Preview, a new storage offering for Azure HPC. Luster is an open source parallel file system popular with HPC and adept at large scale cluster computing. Azure Managed Luster (Preview) provides high-performance luster storage with Azure control and consistency. As a result, customers can focus on their business goals, whether it’s building a fraud detection system based on Statistical Analysis System (SAS) analytics or decoding the human genome for the next breakthrough in medicine.

Azure NVads A10 v5 virtual machines, now generally available

New Azure NVads A10 v5 virtual machines become generally available in June 2022, featuring NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPUs and enhanced performance capabilities for graphics-intensive processing workloads. These virtual machines are ideal for graphics-intensive applications of CAD, architecture and construction (AEC), gaming, and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and provide customers with flexible and scalable solutions to meet their computing needs. With the GPU split (1/8 available into two full GPUs), these new virtual machines lower the barrier to entry for companies wanting to take advantage of GPUs, as no full GPU is required. We encourage customers to explore the new capabilities of Azure NVads A10 v5 virtual machines and experience the benefits of advanced graphics processing for their business.

See what our clients were up to

	Moody’s Analytics Moody’s Analytics collaborated with Microsoft Azure to develop a scalable cloud HPC solution to support the Insurance Financial Intelligence Platform. By leveraging Azure virtual machines and Azure HPC SKUs, Moody’s has been able to efficiently scale its infrastructure to support dynamic workloads, improve application performance, and reduce operational costs. As a result of this partnership, Moody’s Analytics has been able to enhance the customer experience and deliver more accurate, reliable, and timely financial analysis for the insurance sector.
	Climavision Climavision has partnered with Microsoft Azure to develop a scalable and reliable cloud solution to support advanced weather forecasting technology. With the AI and analytics capabilities of Azure, Climavision has been able to improve weather forecasting accuracy and deliver real-time, hyper-focused weather insights to its customers. By leveraging Azure’s secure and flexible cloud platform, Climavision has been able to enhance its operational efficiency and generate significant business growth.
	UD Trucks UD Trucks has collaborated with Microsoft to develop advanced HPC and AI infrastructure to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its manufacturing processes. By leveraging HPC capabilities and machine learning algorithms from Azure, UD Trucks has been able to streamline supply chain operations and improve the vehicle design process. With its secure and scalable cloud platform from Azure, UD Trucks has been able to achieve significant cost savings and position itself for future growth in the automotive industry.
	Forget chemicals Encina Chemicals has partnered with Microsoft Azure to develop a scalable, secure, and flexible cloud-based solution for optimizing manufacturing processes, reducing time to resolution, and increasing the operation of larger, more complex field models that incorporate more detailed physics and more complex chemical reactions. Integrated analytics and AI capabilities enabled Azure Encina Chemicals to automate quality control, improve production and reduce waste – resulting in significant cost savings, increased efficiency and better resource sustainability. Using Azure HPC has allowed leaps and bounds to be taken in sustainability initiatives rather than slowly crawling forward with pre-existing technology. The simulations generated accurate, actionable data used to design a cutting-edge recycling facility that allows Encina Chemicals and other sustainability startups to use faster and more affordable Azure models to help them confidently deploy and scale innovative ideas.