Intel and Lenovo announced a multiyear collaboration this week to join forces as the worlds of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) converge.
Lenovo is behind the TOP500 supercomputers that will be supporting HPC and AI hardware and software solutions from Intel as part of this partnership. The companies cite the combination of 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable platform and Lenovo Neptune™ liquid cooling technology as just one example of what these companies can offer when they work together to drive progress on HPC.
“Our goal is to further accelerate innovation into the Exascale era, aggressively waterfalling these solutions to scientists and businesses of all sizes to speed discovery and outcomes. We are passionate in helping researchers solve humanity’s greatest challenges.”
“Our goal is to further accelerate innovation into the Exascale era, aggressively waterfalling these solutions to scientists and businesses of all sizes to speed discovery and outcomes. We are passionate in helping researchers solve humanity’s greatest challenges,” said Kirk Skaugen, executive vice president of Lenovo and president of Lenovo Data Center Group, in a statement. “Lenovo’s Neptune™ liquid cooling, in combination with the 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable platform, helps customers unlock new insights and deliver unprecedented outcomes at new levels of energy efficiency.”
“Intel is laser-focused on helping our customers spur innovation and discovery through the convergence of AI with HPC,” added Navin Shenoy, Intel executive vice president and general manager of the Data Center Group. “Our extended collaboration with Lenovo combines the best of both companies’ innovations to drive our customers’ progress forward even faster.”
The collaboration rests on three pillars: systems and solutions, software optimization for HPC and AI convergence and ecosystem enablement. Lenovo and Intel cite genomics, cancer, weather and climate and space exploration as just a handful of the global challenges the firms plan to tackle by building joint “HPC & AI centers of excellence” worldwide.