SCHEDULE: NOV 10-16, 2007

Power, Cooling and Energy Consumption for Petascale and Beyond

Session: Power, Cooling and Energy Consumption for Petascale and Beyond

Event Type: Birds of a Feather

Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Session Chair: John Shalf

Leader(s): John Shalf, Stephen Elbert, Rob Pennington

Location: A1 / A6

Abstract:
For decades, the notion of "performance of computer" has been synonymous with "raw speed" in FLOP/S. This has increased power consumption dramatically creating problems economically providing enough power, making the most efficient use of the power, and managing the byproduct of waste heat. Total cost of ownership of supercomputers has increased extraordinarily.

Leading research and industry groups will present an overview of power consumption trends and discuss solutions for petascale computing power and cooling. Topics include • Performance, power-related and efficiency metrics for system ranking. • Minimization of power consumption. • Air or liquid cooling for rooms, systems, racks, nodes, or chips. • Dense server packaging and cooling alternatives • AC or DC power feeds with or without UPS. • Chiller free cooling and cooling with outside air. • ASHRAE allowable conditions • Efficiency rebate programs.

Datacenter case studies will cover acquisition and risk management as well as competitive analysis.

Chair/Leader Details:

John Shalf (Chair)
LBNL

John Shalf
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Stephen Elbert
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Rob Pennington
National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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