Open Edge and HPC Initiative to be launched at SC18

5 Nov 2018 Scandiano - Atos, E4 Computer Engineering, Fraunhofer Fokus, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Huawei, Mellanox and SUSE are joining forces to launch the Open Edge and HPC Initiative (OEHI). The launch will take place on November 14th, 2018, 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm, at the Party Pad Room, Lower Level, The Aloft Dallas Downtown, 1033 Young St. Dallas in Texas.

The mission of the Open Edge and HPC Initiative is to foster the development of an open and feature-rich ecosystem for Arm-based technologies to support the evolving needs of the various industries undergoing digitalization and of all their respective stakeholders. This ecosystem will complement and enrich the existing ecosystems, not substitute it and is open to all relevant players, including ISVs, solution providers as well as key customers of such solutions.

The Open Edge and HPC Initiative is being established as an industry-led, non-profit organisation focusing on enabling technologies that pursues the following goals:

• Facilitate shorter time to market by joining efforts on reference architectures and supporting the realization and demonstration of end-to-end solutions.
• Create an environment where members can integrate solutions coming from different suppliers and thus to nurture the innovation potential of all its members.
• Create an open environment for sharing information, experience and lessons learned between members.
• Raise awareness for capabilities of Arm-based solutions and create new market opportunities.

The Open Edge and HPC Initiative has the ambition of playing a major role in enabling the scientific and societal revolutions that are underway. The first and second industrial revolution not only transformed technology but also led to fundamental societal changes. The ubiquitous data processing may be equally significant.

More information will soon be available at the OEHI website.