IDC HPC Market Update
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The IDC HPC Market Update outlines the status and trends in the high-performance computing (HPC) market, revealing a total market value of $11.4 billion in 2015 with anticipated growth of 7.7% annually through 2019. It identifies key trends, including an increase in big data applications, government investment in HPC for economic competitiveness, and a strong emphasis on HPC storage as the fastest-growing segment. Additionally, the document details new workload segments driven by high-performance data analytics and highlights the strategic importance of HPC across various industries.
IDC HPC Market Update
- 2. IDC Has Over 1,000 Analysts In 62 Countries
- 3. About IDC: IDC HPC Activities • Track all HPC servers sold each quarter • 4 HPC User Forum meetings each year • Publish 85+ research reports each year • Visit all major supercomputer sites & write reports • Assist governments in HPC plans, strategies and direction • Assist buyers/users in planning and procurements • Maintain 5 year forecasts in many areas/topics • Developing a worldwide ROI measurement system • HPDA program • Quarterly tracking of GPUs/accelerators • New: we are now doing cyber security research
- 4. Recent Government HPC Studies U.S. Government NSF: Best practices in government- industry partnerships (worldwide) USG: Best cyber security practices in US private sector (2 studies) NSA: Taxonomy of algorithms used for advanced analytics DOE: ROI related to HPC investments (worldwide) DOE: Exascale computing initiatives around the world DOE: Labs’ ideas for improving US economic competitiveness DOE: HPC workforce development NASA: Recommendations for expanding HPC capacity DOE: Evaluation of the ASC/ASCI program, recommendations Other Governments EU: Evaluation of HPC progress, recommendations EU: Highly parallel software – status, recommendations EU: Recommendations for first Europe-wide HPC strategy Japan: Assess plans for next- generation supercomputer Germany: National HPC center user satisfaction Netherlands: National HPC center user satisfaction South Korea: National HPC status and recommendations Saudi Arabia: Using HPC to diversify the economy, recommendations
- 5. The Worldwide HPC Server Market: $11.4 Billion in 2015 Departmental ($250K - $100K) $4.0B Divisional ($250K - $500K) $2.2B Supercomputers (Over $500K) $3.3B Workgroup (under $100K) $1.9B HPC Servers $11.4B
- 6. Top Trends in HPC 2015 was strong – over 11% growth in revenues! And 2016 is looking fairly strong But the top 5 systems has slowed for over 2 years The IBM/Lenovo deal also delayed many purchases Big data combined with HPC is creating new solutions Adding many new users/buyers to the HPC space We have adjusted our tracking data in two areas: • The finance sector grew faster than what we reporting over the last two years (by ~50% higher) • As we find new HPDA users, we add them to the HPC market space – we have created 4 new verticals in this area (see next page)
- 7. New HPC Segments from HPDA Buyers 1. Fraud and anomaly detection. This "horizontal" workload segment centers around identifying harmful or potentially harmful patterns and causes using graph analysis, semantic analysis, or other high performance analytics techniques. The patterns may point to fraud, which is the deceptive exploitation or annotation of data for wrongful or illegal personal gain, or they may point to cyber security crime or insider threats, significant errors, or other anomalies that may deserve further investigation. 2. Marketing. This segment covers the use of HPDA to promote products or services, typically using complex algorithms to discern potential customers' demographics, buying preferences and habits. 3. Business intelligence. The workload segment uses HPDA to identify opportunities to advance the market position and competitiveness of businesses, by better understanding themselves, their competitors, and the evolving dynamics of the markets they participate in. 4. Other Commercial HPDA. This catchall segment includes all commercial HPDA workloads other than the three just described. Over time, IDC expects some of these workloads to become significant enough to split out of this "other" category and command their own segments. An example of such a high-potential workload is the use of HPDA to manage large IT infrastructures, ranging from on premise data centers to public clouds and Internet-of-Things (IoT) infrastructures.
- 8. HPC Server Market: By Industry/Applications ($000)
- 9. HPC Revenues: By Vendor
- 10. HPC Market: By Processor Packages
- 12. Why HPC Is Projected To Grow 1. The low half of the market is finally back to a recovery mode 2. It has become a competitive weapon 3. Governments view HPC leadership as critical For national pride, but more importantly for economic prosperity 4. There are very critical HPC issues that need to be solved Global warming, alternative energy, safe NE, financial disaster modeling, healthcare, homeland security, … And 3D movies and large scale games are fun
- 13. HPC Forecasts • Forecasting a 7.7% yearly growth from 2015 to 2019 • 2019 should exceed $15 billion
- 14. The Broader HPC Market
- 15. Top Trends in HPC: HPC Storage Storage is the fastest-growing part of the HPC market HPC storage revenue will grow to record levels The HPC storage market remains fragmented The big players are turning their attention to this market The HPC interconnect market is in transition Data movement/management is a major pain point Multi-year shift away from today’s extreme compute-centrism Many buyers still not savvy enough about purchasing storage HPDA will boost storage budgets
- 16. HPC is still expected to be a strong growth market Growing recognition of HPC’s strategic value is helping to drive high-end sales Low-end buyers are back into a growth mode Vendor share positions shifted greatly in 2015 Recognition of HPC’s strategic/economic value will drive the exascale race The formative HPDA market will expand opportunities for vendors (plus machine learning, cognitive and IoT) Conclusions