Initial results show increased performance for server and data center
workloads
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rambus
Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) today announced that it has partnered with Los
Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for evaluating elements of its
Smart Data Acceleration (SDA) Research Program. The SDA platform has
been deployed at LANL to improve the performance of in-memory databases,
graph analytics and other Big Data applications.
"With the advent of new tiers of the memory hierarchy coupled with
high-speed modern networks that are being made available to the HPC
community, independent scaling of memory resources in different tiers
may be possible, which will help economically match the needs of future
applications and workflows of extreme high-end HPC," said Gary Grider,
leader of the High Performance Computing Division, Los Alamos National
Laboratory. "Our initial tests of the Rambus SDA platform show that its
performance is well-matched to HPC interconnects, and given the ability
to process information close to memory, it can enable the reduction of
data movement through efficient workflows. The SDA Research platform
allows for large scale simulation by combining independently scalable,
high-performance, high-durability, large capacity and processing near
memory."
Addressing major issues facing servers and data centers in the age of
Big Data, the SDA Research Program targets significant improvements in
the acceleration and offload of computation as the industry explores new
paradigms such as near data processing. In addition to compute offload
and acceleration with flexible processing engines to enhance system
performance, key focus areas include minimizing data movement and
leveraging the improved bandwidth, and reducing latency of DRAM and
other memory technologies.
"LANL is an ideal partner for our SDA Research Program as we collaborate
with experts to validate our approach and overall direction," said Laura
Stark, senior vice president and general manager of the Emerging
Solutions division at Rambus. "Our goal is to provide significant
improvements in the performance of data-intensive applications through
optimization of both software and hardware for compute acceleration and
offload."
The Rambus SDA Research Program provides a platform to investigate near
data processing system architectures that include software, firmware,
FPGAs and large amounts of memory. The platform can be used to test new
methods to optimize and accelerate analytics for large data sets,
including in-memory data bases, financial services, ad serving,
real-time risk analytics, imaging, transcoding and genome mapping among
other applications.
More details about the Rambus SDA Research program can be found at rambus.com/sda.
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About Emerging Solutions Division
Inspired by the innovative thinking at the heart of Rambus Labs, the
Emerging Solutions division at Rambus works to translate extraordinary
theory into everyday practice, imagining exciting new ways to interpret
and reimagine the world of data around us.
About Rambus Inc.
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memory and interfaces to security, smart sensors and lighting. Our
chips, customizable IP cores, architecture licenses, tools, services,
training and innovations improve the competitive advantage of our
customers. We collaborate with the industry, partnering with leading
ASIC and SoC designers, foundries, IP developers, EDA companies and
validation labs. Our products are integrated into tens of billions of
devices and systems, powering and securing diverse applications,
including Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, consumer and media
platforms. At Rambus, we are makers of better. For more information,
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