Intel Chip Chat

IT must prioritize modernization initiatives that can help shed the burdens of legacy infrastructure, boost operational efficiency, support emerging workloads, and maintain the security of the enterprise. To do this successfully requires a holistic approach that both innovates and modernizes hardware and software investments. The end-of-support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 has been an urgent call to action for many enterprises to plan their migration strategies and evaluate the state of their broader hardware infrastructure.

Eman Yarlagadda and Ken LeTourneau of the Intel Data Center Group’s Digital Transformation and Scale Solutions team stop by to talk about the varied opportunities for IT modernization that enterprises have as those end-of-support moments approach. They discuss some of the technical innovations and solutions Microsoft, Intel and their ecosystem partners offer to ease the transition.

Learn more about IT modernization at intel.com/beready

Learn more about how Intel and Microsoft are accelerating business transformation together at intel.com/microsoftdatacenter

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Jason Stowe, Principal Group Program Manager for Hybrid and Cluster Computing at Microsoft, joins Chip Chat from Ignite 2018 to discuss enabling HPC workloads in the cloud. Stowe and his team are responsible for facilitating traditional HPC workloads atop Microsoft Azure* cloud infrastructure. In this interview, Stowe speaks to Microsoft's approach to HPC in the cloud and delivering HPC services similar to those provided by on-premises solutions. Stowe highlights Azure's new HC instances, with Intel Xeon Platinum processors for greater horsepower for HPC workloads. For more information on Azure cloud HPC solutions, please visit azure.microsoft.com/solutions/bigcompute.

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Jason Stowe, Principal Group Program Manager for Hybrid and Cluster Computing at Microsoft, joins Chip Chat from Ignite 2018 to discuss enabling HPC workloads in the cloud. Stowe and his team are responsible for facilitating traditional HPC workloads atop Microsoft Azure* cloud infrastructure. In this interview, Stowe speaks to Microsoft's approach to HPC in the cloud and delivering HPC services similar to those provided by on-premises solutions. Stowe highlights Azure's new HC instances, with Intel Xeon Platinum processors for greater horsepower for HPC workloads. For more information on Azure cloud HPC solutions, please visit azure.microsoft.com/solutions/bigcompute.

Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at Intel.com.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

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Jason Stowe, Principal Group Program Manager for Hybrid and Cluster Computing at Microsoft, joins Chip Chat from Ignite 2018 to discuss enabling HPC workloads in the cloud. Stowe and his team are responsible for facilitating traditional HPC workloads atop Microsoft Azure* cloud infrastructure. In this interview, Stowe speaks to Microsoft's approach to HPC in the cloud and delivering HPC services similar to those provided by on-premises solutions. Stowe highlights Azure's new HC instances, with Intel Xeon Platinum processors for greater horsepower for HPC workloads. For more information on Azure cloud HPC solutions, please visit azure.microsoft.com/solutions/bigcompute.

Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at Intel.com.

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In this podcast you will hear from James L Jeffers, Sr. Director, Senior Principal Engineer, Visualization Solutions Intel Corporation. Jim will discuss Intel’s continued investments in its portfolio of Open Source Software Rendering libraries to enable the industry to deliver compelling visual effects for motion pictures and photorealistic renderings for scientists and engineers with optimum time to market and total cost of ownership benefits. Intel recently established Intel® Rendering Framework as the umbrella term for its family of rendering products which includes OpenImageDenoise, Embree, OSPray & OpenSWR. Learn more about each of the libraries along with how the Intel Rendering Framework continues to drive innovations across a broad spectrum of applications.

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In this podcast you will hear from James L Jeffers, Sr. Director, Senior Principal Engineer, Visualization Solutions Intel Corporation. Jim will discuss Intel’s continued investments in its portfolio of Open Source Software Rendering libraries to enable the industry to deliver compelling visual effects for motion pictures and photorealistic renderings for scientists and engineers with optimum time to market and total cost of ownership benefits. Intel recently established Intel® Rendering Framework as the umbrella term for its family of rendering products which includes OpenImageDenoise, Embree, OSPray & OpenSWR. Learn more about each of the libraries along with how the Intel Rendering Framework continues to drive innovations across a broad spectrum of applications.

Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com.

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Trish Damkroger, Vice President and General Manager of the Technical Computing Initiative at Intel, joins Chip Chat to share her unique perspective on enabling the high-performance computing (HPC) community. In addition to leading Technical Computing for Intel, Damkroger has since 2006 been a leader of the annual SuperComputing Conference series, including serving as the vice-chair of the SC18 conference. In this interview, Damkroger discusses the convergence of AI with traditional HPC workloads like simulation and modeling and the necessity of HPC for driving innovation in the data era. Damkroger additionally speaks to Intel announcements from SC18, including a look at the future Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors codenamed Cascade Lake advanced performance, Intel's new leadership product for HPC. These processors feature an optimized multi-chip packaging with unprecedented memory bandwidth[1] from 12 DDR4 memory channels per processor for the most-demanding applications like AI, HPC, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Finally, talks about her work to foster future generations of the high-performance computing community. For more on HPC on Intel® architecture, please look for Intel at SC18, visit https://intel.com/hpc, and follow Trish on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trish_damkroger.

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. § For more information go to www.intel.com/benchmarks.

Performance results are based on testing as of 10/31/2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates.

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[1] Native DDR memory bandwidth.

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Many enterprises are sold on the idea of hybrid cloud but unsure how to bring their strategy to life. Todd Christ, Enterprise Solutions Architect for the Data Center Group at Intel, explains how Intel and Microsoft are working together to develop solutions for Azure Stack that can help enterprises form a solid foundation for hybrid cloud and IT transformation.

Intel Select Solutions for Azure Stack deliver an optimized, hyper-converged platform, with Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Intel DC SSD, Intel Optane SSD, and Intel Ethernet Connections featuring iWARP that improve the Azure “on-premises” model for Microsoft’s hybrid cloud. Todd explains the reference design, featured products, and solution configurations in this Intel-optimized, Microsoft hybrid cloud platform that enable enterprises to go further into their hybrid cloud journey.

For more information about hybrid cloud solutions, IT transformation and how Intel is working with Microsoft to develop enterprise solutions, visit intel.com/beready or intel.com/cloud.

6 million iOPs and 13.798 million iOPs based on https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2018/10/30/windows-server-2019-and-intel-optane-dc-persistent-memory/.

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. § For more information go to www.intel.com/benchmarks.

Performance results are based on testing as of 9/25/2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product can be absolutely secure.

Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com.

Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

© Intel Corporation.

Many enterprises are sold on the idea of hybrid cloud but unsure how to bring their strategy to life. Todd Christ, Enterprise Solutions Architect for the Data Center Group at Intel, explains how Intel and Microsoft are working together to develop solutions for Azure Stack that can help enterprises form a solid foundation for hybrid cloud and IT transformation.

Intel Select Solutions for Azure Stack deliver an optimized, hyper-converged platform, with Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Intel DC SSD, Intel Optane SSD, and Intel Ethernet Connections featuring iWARP that improve the Azure “on-premises” model for Microsoft’s hybrid cloud. Todd explains the reference design, featured products, and solution configurations in this Intel-optimized, Microsoft hybrid cloud platform that enable enterprises to go further into their hybrid cloud journey.

For more information about hybrid cloud solutions, IT transformation and how Intel is working with Microsoft to develop enterprise solutions, visit intel.com/beready or intel.com/cloud.

6 million iOPs and 13.798 million iOPs based on https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2018/10/30/windows-server-2019-and-intel-optane-dc-persistent-memory/.

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. § For more information go to www.intel.com/benchmarks.

Performance results are based on testing as of 9/25/2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product can be absolutely secure.

Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com.

Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

© Intel Corporation.

In this episode of Intel Chip Chat, Christine Avanessians, Principal PM Manager of the Microsoft Azure Compute team at Microsoft, joins us to talk about Microsoft Azure’s Confidential Computing (ACC). ACC is a broad Microsoft initiative to protect applications and data while in use in memory in the public cloud and is enabled by Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX). Christine explains why being able to protect data in use is important for customers and how it is accelerating adoption of public cloud workloads. Christine also talks about what is new for ACC at Microsoft Ignite this week in Florida and how people can get started with Open Enclave. To learn more go to: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-confidential-computing/, or follow Microsoft Azure on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Azure.

Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

© Intel Corporation