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AWS re:Invent 2023 - HPC on AWS for semiconductors and healthcare life sciences (CMP214)

Summary

Srinivas Tadepalli from AWS introduced the session on High Performance Computing (HPC) for semiconductors and healthcare life sciences.
Mark from Arm discussed Arm's journey on AWS for chip design and EDA workloads.
Sean from AstraZeneca shared insights on innovating on AWS for healthcare and life sciences genomic workloads.
AWS has been innovating for over 15 years to address the needs of HPC workloads across various industries.
AWS provides a broad set of capabilities and choices for running HPC workloads, including a variety of EC2 instances and services like AWS Batch, AWS Parallel Cluster, and Research and Engineering Studio.
AWS's ecosystem includes partnerships with independent software vendors and system integrators to support customers' HPC workloads.
Arm's journey to the cloud involved a focus on operational leadership, sustainability, and the use of Graviton servers for EDA workloads, leading to significant carbon footprint reduction.
AstraZeneca's Center for Genomics Research leverages AWS to process large-scale genomic data, enabling precision medicine and impacting clinical trials.
AWS's HPC offerings have been recognized for six consecutive years as the best HPC Cloud platform at the Supercomputing Conference.

The HPC workloads on AWS are diverse, ranging from automotive and aerospace simulations to weather predictions, financial services, and genomic sequencing.
AWS's continuous innovation in compute, storage, networking, job orchestration, and visualization caters to the specific needs of HPC workloads.
Arm's use of AWS for chip design demonstrates the cloud's scalability and flexibility, which is crucial for managing complex and resource-intensive EDA workloads.
AstraZeneca's use of AWS for genomic research highlights the cloud's ability to handle petascale data processing, which is essential for advancing precision medicine.
The collaboration between AWS and its partners ensures that the HPC ecosystem is robust and capable of supporting a wide range of industry applications.
AWS's recognition at the Supercomputing Conference underscores its leadership and customer trust in the HPC domain.