High Power Computing Market Trends & Sizing

HPC User Forum

AN IDC SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

IDC, in close partnership with users and vendors in the technical high-performance computing (HPC) industry,

created the HPC User Forum, a unique service that identifies buyer/user requirements and vendor capabilities within

this market. Initiated by IDC, this forum promotes the interests of HPC users worldwide in industry, government, and

academia. The HPC User Forum is an extension of IDC's long-standing commitment to the global HPC community.

Markets and Subjects Analyzed

? Selecting future architectures

? Success stories, best practices, and common user requirements

? New technologies and market events around the world

? Future product directions in hardware, software, networking,

storage, and services

? Performance analysis and evaluations of HPC technical servers

? Important trends such as many-core/multicore, alternative

processors, green HPC, cloud computing, and outsourcing

? Participate in setting the direction of the forum and HPC market

research

? Collaborate and network with peers

? Receive timely research documents on the HPC industry

? Discuss application needs and workload requirements with other

HPC users in industry, government, and academia

? Present accomplishments at meetings and in IDC documents

? Participate in HPC market studies

? Become a full voting member of the HPC User Forum

Core Research

? Reports on User Requirements for Future HPC Solutions

? HPC User Forum Meeting Notes

? Weighing Processor, Coprocessor, and Accelerator Options for

HPC Systems

? HPC Storage and Data Management: User/Vendor Perspectives

and Forecast

? Hitting the Application Performance Wall: How Can Software

Evolve to Meet the Challenge?

? Market Dynamics and Buyer Preferences for Entry-Level

Technical Servers: "Officemate" HPC Systems — The Next Big

Thing?

? The Petaflop/Exaflop Club: The True Cost of Membership

In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct research on specific topics or emerging market segments via research

offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment. To learn more about the analysts and published research, please visit: HPC

User Forum.

Key Questions Answered

1. What is the future of high-end HPC? Smaller systems?

2. Where are the next big HPC market opportunities?

3. How can HPC users influence vendors' offerings?

4. How can HPC vendors influence HPC developments in industry,

government, and academia?

5.