Technical challenges & technology markets have always shaped #HPC. Once the investment in HPC, typically to address a #grandchallenge and funded by governments, created the technologies all other areas of computing used. The community has a long history of leading the show.
However, recent investment in #clouds, #smartphones, consumable #AI, etc., far surpasses any investment into grand challenges. Consequently, the cost and place of engineering large and novel systems, including HPC, has genuinely shifted away from governments.
Daniel Reed, Dennis Gannon and Jack Dongarra provide a roadmap for a continued leadership role. They are asking the HPC community to continue to partner and #codesign with the research community and the chip & HPC vendors. They are asking the community to also partner and codesign with the innovative private sector (including cloud, smartphone, AI, etc. companies). Additionally, they are asking the community to partner internationally, just like other major scientific equipment. We wholeheartedly agree and look forward to the thought leadership required to re-think partnerships and research's role in technology.
