High Performance Computing (HPC) Processors and Accelerators
HPC system architects and application builders have many choices to fulfill their processing needs. By selecting the right architecture and application targets, you can get the speed and performance you need while rightsizing your spend and solution cost.
How to Select Processors and Accelerators for Your HPC Environments
HPC use cases require different compute configurations based on their application’s code. The Intel® portfolio lets you select from a range of processors and accelerators to deliver optimal performance. Across the full range of HPC architectures and compute models, we can help you to accelerate performance, maximize scalability, and enhance results. Whether you’re looking to offload tasks to a discrete accelerator or enhance the performance of demanding workloads via built-in accelerators and instruction set architecture (ISA) improvements, our portfolio can help.
General-Purpose Processors
General-purpose processors offer a range of core counts and sizable memory bandwidth to accommodate complex distributed HPC workloads.
For the best results and to help avoid performance issues when running advanced applications in HPC environments, you should select general-purpose processors that offer built-in accelerations, optimizations, and instruction sets for demanding HPC workloads and computational tasks.
Likewise, these built-in accelerators mean that HPC application developers can rely on the architecture they already know without the need for specialized GPU or accelerator programming skills.
Learn what makes Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors ideal for HPC use cases:
Product brief: 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors in HPC
Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors: Built-In Features
Take advantage of built-in accelerators and optimized ISAs that deliver improved operations per clock to reach performance goals while avoiding application reworks and minimizing costs. Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors offer powerful features that HPC deployments and applications can take advantage of:
HPC Accelerated Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Product Brief
Learn what Intel® HPC Engines on Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors can accomplish for the HPC workloads that matter most to your business.
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512)
Increase the efficiency of vectorized calculations for molecular modeling, financial services, manufacturing simulation, and other HPC and AI workloads.
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)
Accelerate HPC and AI workloads by reducing the number of operations and amount of memory required for AI inference.
Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX)
Enhance AI and machine learning training and inference performance with the tiled matrix multiplication accelerator in the upcoming 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.
Intel® Speed Select Technology (Intel® SST)
Enable granular control over CPU performance to optimize total cost of ownership.
HPC Accelerators and Specialized Processors
FPGAs
FPGAs can help maximize performance and provide hardware-level optimizations for key HPC workloads, especially those with repetitive or single-focus workflows.
Specialized AI Accelerators
For demanding computations and AI applications, our world-class AI accelerators help unlock the next level of performance and scalability. These tools are designed to maximize training throughput and efficiency while providing developers with optimized software and tools that scale across many workloads and systems.
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Availability of accelerators varies depending on SKU. Visit the Intel Product Specifications page for additional product details.