August 201919 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING, 5G, PRECISION MEDICINE AND MORE: THE IMPACT OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND ITS FUTURE IN CLOUDBY SONIA BLOUIN, CLOUD HPC SALES LEAD AND KAMINI SINGH, BUSINESS STRATEGY ANALYST, MICROSOFTThe impact of high-performance computing (HPC) can be seen indirectly all around us, from the latest medicines being developed to cure infectious diseases to the phones we use every day to a future world where cars will be autonomous.Applications of high-performance computing have enabled organizations and institutions to execute high-end projects which were previously deemed impossible or were impractically time-consuming. The reasons driving the growth of HPC applications are attributed to factors such as technological advancement, rising needs in digitizing processes and streamlining calculations, access to more and more supercomputing center resources, etc. Continuously, algorithms evolve, and the emergence of artificial intelligence and machines learning are spawning a second explosion of productivity from HPC.If you take the weather as an example, many organizations depend on weather forecasting. From the airlines keeping their passengers safe to wind farms planning new deployments or retail businesses planning inventory for a snowy and icy season. Weather forecasting simulation resolutions are getting more and more precise and require more and more data. This complexity means weather forecasting centers require ever-growing infrastructure footprint, power, cooling, 24x7 service to support their stakeholders.The Asia Pacific, with the third-highest market share in major regions of the world, is the fastest-growing market for HPC. The Asia Pacific HPC Market would witness market growth of 8.7% Cumulative Average Growth Sonia BlouinCXO NSIGHTS
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