High Performance Computing Market by Component (Solutions (Servers, Storage, Networking Devices, and Software), and Services], Deployment Type, Organization Size, Server Price Band, Application Area, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022

The high performance computing market size was USD 30.03 Billion in 2016 and is projected to reach USD 44.98 Billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.0% during the forecast period. The growing adoption of on-demand (the cloud) HPC solutions is a major growth driver of the HPC market. In this report, 2016 is considered as the base year and 2017–2022 is the forecast period.

Objectives of the Study

The main objective of this report is to define, describe, and forecast the global HPC market on the basis of components (solutions and services), deployment types, organization sizes, server price band, application areas, and regions. The report provides detailed information about the major factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and industry-specific challenges) influencing the growth of the market. The report aims to strategically analyze the micromarkets with respect to individual growth trends, prospects, and contributions to the global high performance computing market. The report also attempts to forecast the market size of the 5 main regions: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Latin America. It strategically profiles the key market players and comprehensively analyzes their core competencies. It also tracks and analyzes the competitive developments, such as joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, new developments, and Research and Development (R&D) activities, in the HPC market.

Research Methodology

The research methodology used to estimate and forecast the high performance computing market began with capturing data on the key vendors’ revenues through secondary research using various sources, such as International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and other HPC journals. The vendor offerings were also taken into consideration to determine the market segmentation. The bottom-up procedure was employed to arrive at the overall market size of the global HPC market from the revenues of the key players in the market. After arriving at the overall market size, the total market was split into several segments and subsegments, which were then verified through primary research by conducting extensive interviews with key people, such as Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Vice Presidents (VPs), directors, and executives. The data triangulation and market breakdown procedures were employed to complete the overall market engineering process and arrive at the exact statistics for all the segments and subsegments. The breakdown of the primary profiles is depicted in the figure below:

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The high performance computing market covers major HPC vendors, such as AMD (US), Atos (France), AWS (US), Cisco Systems (US), Cray(US), DDN (US), Dell(US), Fujitsu (Japan), Hitachi Vantara (US), HPE (US), Huawei (China), IBM (US), Inspur (China), Intel (US), Lenovo (US), Microsoft (US), NEC (Japan), NetApp (US), NVIDIA (US), Oracle (US), Panasas (US), Penguin Computing (US), Spectra Logic (US), Sugon (China), and Xilinx (US).

The target audience of the HPC market report includes the following:

• HPC software vendors
• HPC hardware vendors
• HPC service vendors
• HPC cloud solution vendors
• Application design and development service providers
• System integrators/migration service providers
• Consultancy and advisory firms
• Training and education service providers
• Data integration service providers
• Managed service providers
• Enterprise customers
• Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)

 “The study answers several questions for the stakeholders, primarily which market segments to focus on in the next 2–5 years for prioritizing the efforts and investments.”

Scope of the Report

The research report categorizes the high performance computing market to forecast the revenues and analyze the trends in each of the following subsegments:

By Component

• Solution
  • Servers
  • Storage
  • Networking Devices
  • Software
• Services
  • Design and Consulting
  • Integration and Deployment
  • Support, Maintenance, and Management

By Deployment Type

• On-Premises
• Cloud

By Organization Size:

• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
• Large enterprises

By Server Price Bands:

• USD 250,000–500,000 and above
• USD 250,000–100,000 and below

By Industry:

•  Government and Defense
•  BFSI
•  Education and Research
•  Manufacturing
•  Media and Entertainment
• Healthcare and Life Sciences
• Energy and Utilities
• Earth Sciences
• Others (Travel and Hospitality, and Retail)

By Region:

• North America
• Europe
• APAC
• MEA
• Latin America

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Increasing need for efficient computing, enhanced scalability, and reliable storage and growing need to process data with speed and accuracy are driving the global High Performance Computing (HPC) market to USD 44.98 billion by 2022

The HPC technology provides excellent computing power and enhanced performance for running advanced applications. It uses parallel supercomputers and clusters of computers where aggregation of computing power is needed for delivering higher performance. The increasing number of complex applications, in each and every business process and research, is significantly boosting the demand for HPC.

Organizations in various verticals, such as manufacturing, energy and utilities, chemicals, government and defense, and academic institutions, need to resolve complex problems and calculations. These complex problems and calculations can be related to any natural phenomenon, such as weather forecasting, climate change, and space explorations. In such areas, IT professionals deal with web data, databases, financial data, and applications that require higher processing power and where speed and performance become the crucial factors. Furthermore, the emergence of big data has increased the demand for systems that can handle data-intensive workloads. HPC clusters are systems that can handle vast volumes of data with ease and can extensively support high performance data analysis. The improved data collection technology and applications require higher processing power and speed for data analysis and results. Better scans, High Definition Television (HDTV), multilayer scans, and enhanced information gathering capabilities all add to the requirements for more Central Processing Units (CPUs) and quicker storage solutions that are delivered through HPC.

The main factor driving the growth of the HPC market is the ability of HPC solutions to process large volumes of data with speed and accuracy. The industry verticals where applications are encountering slow and inefficient data processing issues include finance, medical, research, seismic exploration, and government and defense. The quick-paced nature of the financial market makes vitality crucial so that the derivative valuations are processed faster and more accurately. In the medical field, applications such as Computed Tomography (CT) scanning and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) require quick, accurate results from the processing of complex algorithms. HPC helps them in reducing the compute time considerably and processes the CT and MRI data quickly and with accuracy. Therefore, the increasingly need in various fields for faster processing of data with high accuracy is one of the major factors driving the growth of the HPC market.

Growing requirement for hybrid HPC solutions and advent of exascale computing are major opportunities in the market

With the growing demand for HPC solutions and increasing advancements in technology, organizations today are focusing on hybrid HPC solutions. IT teams are fiercely working on establishing a balance between cloud and on-premises HPC solutions. Enterprises are scaling out on-premises HPC resources as needed. Simultaneously, Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) have also started to offer turn-key HPC solution environments that are tailored to the specific workload needs of enterprises. A hybrid HPC solution results in better efficiencies. Apart from this, it also resolves security and privacy concerns as well as lowers the maintenance cost. Therefore, the increasing focus on hybrid HPC solutions is expected to provide tremendous opportunities for the growth of the HPC market.

Additionally, the arrival of exascale computing is seen as one of the biggest opportunities that will maximize the benefits of HPC. Exascale refers to computing systems that are at least 50 times faster than the most powerful supercomputers in use today. Exascale computing will provide advanced modeling and simulation solutions that will address the key challenges in scientific discovery, energy assurance, economic competitiveness, and national security. The Exasclae Computing Project is a collaborative effort of 2 US Department of Energy (DOE) organizations: the Office of Science (DOE SC) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). With the increasing volumes of data, HPC systems are demanding both greater memory capacity and high performance bandwidth to operate efficiently. Exascale computing will address both these challenges, thereby providing huge opportunities to the HPC market to flourish.

Market Dynamics

Table of Contents

1 Introduction (Page No. - 13)
    1.1 Objectives of the Study
    1.2 Market Definition
    1.3 Market Scope
    1.4 Years Considered for the Study
    1.5 Currency
    1.6 Stakeholders

2 Research Methodology (Page No. - 17)
    2.1 Research Data
           2.1.1 Secondary Data
           2.1.2 Primary Data
                    2.1.2.1 Breakdown of Primaries
                    2.1.2.2 Key Industry Insights
    2.2 Market Size Estimation
    2.3 Research Assumptions
    2.4 Limitations

3 Executive Summary (Page No. - 23)

4 Premium Insights (Page No. - 27)
    4.1 Attractive Market Opportunities in the High Performance Computing Market
    4.2 High Performance Computing Market, By Application Area and Region
    4.3 Life Cycle Analysis, By Region

5 Market Overview (Page No. - 30)
    5.1 Introduction
    5.2 Market Dynamics
           5.2.1 Drivers
                    5.2.1.1 Increasing Need for Efficient Computing, Enhanced Scalability, and Reliable Storage
                    5.2.1.2 Need to Process Data With Speed and Accuracy
                    5.2.1.3 Adoption of HPC in the Cloud
           5.2.2 Restraints
                    5.2.2.1 Data Security Concerns
                    5.2.2.2 High Capex and Opex
           5.2.3 Opportunities
                    5.2.3.1 Increasing Focus on Hybrid HPC Solutions
                    5.2.3.2 Advent of Exascale Computing to Maximize the Benefits of HPC
           5.2.4 Challenges
                    5.2.4.1 Lack of Knowledge and Limited Budget Among SMES
    5.3 Use Cases
           5.3.1 Fraud Detection Systems for Financial Institutions
           5.3.2 Need for Modeling and Simulation Analysis Among Automotive Companies
           5.3.3 Accurate Prediction Capabilities for Weather and Climate Modeling Organizations
           5.3.4 High Performance Computing for Enterprises Developing Precision Medicine
           5.3.5 High Performance Computing Solutions for the Education and Research Sector
    5.4 Regulatory Framework
           5.4.1 European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing (ETP4HPC)
           5.4.2 High Performance Computing Act of 1991 (HPCA)
           5.4.3 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers
           5.4.4 Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
           5.4.5 Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI)

6 High Performance Computing Market, By Component (Page No. - 37)
    6.2 Introduction
    6.3 Solutions
           6.3.1 Servers
                    6.3.1.1 Supercomputer and Divisional Systems
                    6.3.1.2 Departmental and Workgroup Systems
           6.3.2 Storage
           6.3.3 Networking Devices
           6.3.4 Software
    6.4 Services
           6.4.1 Design and Consulting
           6.4.2 Integration and Deployment
           6.4.3 Support, Maintenance, and Management

7 High Performance Computing Market, By Deployment Type (Page No. - 46)
    7.1 Introduction
    7.2 On-Premises
    7.3 Cloud

8 High Performance Computing Market, By Organization Size (Page No. - 50)
    8.1 Introduction
    8.2 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
    8.3 Large Enterprises

9 High Performance Computing Market, By Server Price Band (Page No. - 54)
    9.1 Introduction
    9.2 USD 250,000–500,000 and Above
    9.3 USD 250,000–100,000 and Below

10 High Performance Computing Market, By Application Area (Page No. - 57)
     10.1 Introduction
     10.2 Government and Defense
     10.3 Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance
     10.4 Education and Research
     10.5 Manufacturing
     10.6 Media and Entertainment
     10.7 Healthcare and Life Sciences
     10.8 Energy and Utilities
     10.9 Earth Sciences
     10.10 Others

11 High Performance Computing Market, By Region (Page No. - 66)
     11.1 Introduction
     11.2 North America
     11.3 Europe
     11.4 Asia Pacific
     11.5 Middle East and Africa
     11.6 Latin America

12 Competitive Landscape (Page No. - 85)
     12.1 Overview
     12.2 Competitive Scenario
             12.2.1 New Product Launches
             12.2.2 Acquisitions
             12.2.3 Partnerships

13 Company Profiles (Page No. - 89)
(Overview, Strength of Product Portfolio, Business Strategy Excellence, Recent Developments)*
     13.1 Introduction
     13.2 AMD
     13.3 Intel
     13.4 HPE
     13.5 IBM
     13.6 Dell
     13.7 Lenovo
     13.8 Fujitsu
     13.9 Cisco Systems
     13.10 Cray
     13.11 Atos
     13.12 NVIDIA

*Details on Overview, Strength of Product Portfolio, Business Strategy Excellence, Recent Developments Might Not Be Captured in Case of Unlisted Companies.

14 Appendix (Page No. - 121)
     14.1 Insights of Industry Experts
     14.2 Discussion Guide
     14.3 Knowledge Store: MarketsandMarkets Subscription Portal
     14.4 Introducing RT: Real-Time Market Intelligence
     14.5 Available Customizations
     14.6 Related Reports
     14.7 Author Details

List of Tables (69 Tables)

Table 1 United States Dollar Exchange Rate, 2014–2016
Table 2 High Performance Computing Market Size, By Component, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 3 Solutions: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 4 Servers Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 5 Storage Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 6 Networking Devices Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 7 Software Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 8 Services: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 9 Design and Consulting Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 10 Integration and Deployment Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 11 Support, Maintenance, and Management Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 12 High Performance Computing Market Size, By Deployment Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 13 On-Premises: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 14 Cloud: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 15 High Performance Computing Market Size, By Organization Size, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 16 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 17 Large Enterprises: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 18 High Performance Computing Market Size, By Server Price Band, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 19 USD 250,000–500,000 and Above: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 20 USD 250,000–100,000 and Below: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 21 High Performance Computing Market Size, By Application Area, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 22 Government and Defense: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 23 Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 24 Education and Research: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 25 Manufacturing: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 26 Media and Entertainment: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 27 Healthcare and Life Sciences: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 28 Energy and Utilities: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 29 Earth Sciences: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 30 Others: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 31 High Performance Computing Market Size, By Region, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 32 North America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Component, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 33 North America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Solution, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 34 North America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Service, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 35 North America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Deployment Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 36 North America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Organization Size, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 37 North America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Server Price Band, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 38 North America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Application Area, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 39 Europe: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Component, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 40 Europe: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Solution, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 41 Europe: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Service, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 42 Europe: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Deployment Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 43 Europe: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Organization Size, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 44 Europe: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Server Price Band, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 45 Europe: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Application Area, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 46 Asia Pacific: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Component, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 47 Asia Pacific: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Solution, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 48 Asia Pacific: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Service, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 49 Asia Pacific: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Deployment Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 50 Asia Pacific: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Organization Size, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 51 Asia Pacific: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Server Price Band, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 52 Asia Pacific: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Application Area, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 53 Middle East and Africa: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Component, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 54 Middle East and Africa: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Solution, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 55 Middle East and Africa: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Service, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 56 Middle East and Africa: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Deployment Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 57 Middle East and Africa: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Organization Size, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 58 Middle East and Africa: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Server Price Band, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 59 Middle East and Africa: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Application Area, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 60 Latin America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Component, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 61 Latin America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Solution, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 62 Latin America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Service, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 63 Latin America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Deployment Type, 2015–2022 (USD Billion)
Table 64 Latin America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Organization Size, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 65 Latin America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Server Price Band, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 66 Latin America: High Performance Computing Market Size, By Application Area, 2015–2022 (USD Million)
Table 67 New Product Launches, 2017
Table 68 Acquisitions, 2015–2016
Table 69 Partnerships, 2017
 
 
List of Figures (33 Figures)
 
Figure 1 High Performance Computing Market: Market Segmentation
Figure 2 High Performance Computing Market: Research Design
Figure 3 Breakdown of Primary Interviews: By Company, Designation, and Region
Figure 4 Data Triangulation
Figure 5 Market Size Estimation Methodology: Bottom-Up Approach
Figure 6 Market Size Estimation Methodology: Top-Down Approach
Figure 7 High Performance Computing Market: Regional Snapshot
Figure 8 High Performance Computing Market, By Solution
Figure 9 High Performance Computing Market, By Server Price Band
Figure 10 High Performance Computing Market, By Application Area
Figure 11 Increasing Computing Performance Requirements Across Various Application Areas are Expected to Fuel the Growth of the High Performance Computing Market
Figure 12 Government and Defense Application Area, and North America are Estimated to Hold the Largest Market Shares in 2017
Figure 13 Asia Pacific is Expected to Offer Immense Growth Opportunities in the High Performance Computing Market
Figure 14 High Performance Computing Market: Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities, and Challenges
Figure 15 Services Segment is Expected to Grow at A Higher CAGR During the Forecast Period
Figure 16 Networking Devices Segment is Expected to Grow at the Highest CAGR During the Forecast Period
Figure 17 Cloud Deployment Type is Expected to Grow at A Higher CAGR During the Forecast Period
Figure 18 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Segment is Expected to Grow at A Higher CAGR During the Forecast Period
Figure 19 Healthcare and Life Sciences Application Area is Expected to Grow at the Highest CAGR During the Forecast Period
Figure 20 North America is Projected to Hold the Largest Market Share By 2022
Figure 21 North America: Market Snapshot
Figure 22 Asia Pacific: Market Snapshot
Figure 23 Key Developments By the Leading Players in the High Performance Computing Market During 2015–2017
Figure 24 AMD: Company Snapshot
Figure 25 Intel: Company Snapshot
Figure 26 HPE: Company Snapshot
Figure 27 IBM: Company Snapshot
Figure 28 Lenovo: Company Snapshot
Figure 29 Fujitsu: Company Snapshot
Figure 30 Cisco Systems: Company Snapshot
Figure 31 Cray: Company Snapshot
Figure 32 Atos: Company Snapshot
Figure 33 NVIDIA: Company Snapshot

The global high performance computing market is expected to grow from USD 32.11 Billion in 2017 to USD 44.98 Billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.0% during the forecast period. Data center operators face increased needs for data center architecture which supports complex applications, in every business process and research. The HPC technology provides excellent computing power and enhanced performance for running advanced applications. It uses parallel supercomputers and clusters of computers where aggregation of computing power is needed for delivering higher performance. These solutions are fueling the growth of the HPC market, as organizations are adopting them to cater to their complicated business needs.

The market is segmented on the basis of components into solution and services. The solutions considered for the high performance computing market include servers, storage, networking devices, and software. The services considered for the HPC market include design and consulting; integration and deployment; and support, maintenance, and management. The services segment is expected to grow at a higher CAGR due to the increased need for customized design and improved operability.

The deployment type for the high performance computing market consists of on-premises and cloud. The cloud deployment type is expected to grow at a higher CAGR. The cloud deployment type helps minimize an organization’s operational costs by eliminating the need to buy an additional computing resource. Moreover, the cloud deployment type comes with cost benefits, which has enabled small enterprises to take advantage of its benefits.

The market is also segmented on the basis of organization sizes into Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises. The large enterprises segment is expected to have a larger market size, due to a high demand for enhanced HPC systems in their facilities. The growing investments in data center technologies across the world and increasing number of data centers are further fueling the demand for HPC solutions and facilitating the growth of the high performance computing market.

The report covers all the major aspects of the high performance computing market and provides an in-depth analysis across the regions of North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Latin America. The market in North America is expected to hold the largest market share, due to the presence of major vendors, and increasing adoption of associated services. The APAC region is expected to provide several growth opportunities in the HPC market and is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period.

However, the cost for setting up an HPC and maintaining it is high and it may restrain the market growth. Various vendors provide HPC solutions to help enterprises reduce their Capital Expenditure (CAPEX). HPE is one of the major vendors of HPC solutions. It offers solutions for solving large scientific, engineering, and data analysis problems. Other major vendors in the high performance computing market include AMD (US), Atos (France), AWS (US), Cisco Systems (US), Cray (US), DDN (US), Dell (US), Fujitsu (Japan), Hitachi Vantara (US), Huawei (China), IBM (US), Inspur (China), Intel (US), Lenovo (US), Microsoft (US), NEC (Japan), NetApp (US), NVIDIA (US), Oracle (US), Panasas (US), Penguin Computing (US), Spectra Logic (US), Sugon (China), and Xilinx (US). These market players have adopted various strategies, such as partnerships, collaborations, and expansions, to remain competitive in the HPC market.

HPC solutions such as servers, storage, networking devices, and software and services such as design and consulting; integration and deployment; and support, maintenance, and management gaining traction among the industry verticals, owing to various advantages, such as performance and scalability.

Major vendors in the industry are introducing HPC solutions for overcoming the supercomputing barriers and to further help in solving complex engineering and data analysis problems across multiple verticals.HPC solutions are being widely adopted for the education and research purposes to facilitate research requirements in areas, such as structural analysis, chemistry, astrophysics, and nuclear physics

Government and Defense

The government and defense application area is witnessing the rapid adoption of cutting-edge IT infrastructure solutions to improve computing efficiency and further drive the economic growth. Consumers have requirements pertaining to seamless delivery and faster response times while availing services related to the government initiatives. HPC solutions are therefore being widely adopted to provide the consumers with seamless experience and provide high performing infrastructure for economic development. The defense sector is expected with a wider adoption of HPC solutions. HPC solutions can help address a wide spectrum of defense-related requirements, including real-time data acquisition and analysis, emergency operations preparation, disaster modeling and analysis, simulations, surveillance, and encryption/decryption of confidential information. HPC requirements such as large computations for structural analysis, fluid dynamics, and computer-assisted engineering and design are driving the demand for HPC solutions in the aerospace industry.

Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance

The BFSI industry comprises organizations that are into banking services such as core banking, corporate, retail, investment, private, and cards; financial services such as payment gateways, stock broking, and mutual funds; and insurance services covering both life and general risks. Financial institutes such as insurance companies, banks, and capital markets require innovative IT solutions to manage operational risk, achieve sustainable growth, and deliver new competencies. Moreover, growth in high-frequency trading has resulted in large-scale upgradation of organizations’ connectivity, data access, and computational power. Additionally, regulatory requirements for the financial industry have further driven the need for robust HPC solutions for meeting the compliance needs. Thus, organizations are increasingly requiring robust, reliable, and secured HPC systems that are capable of delivering high-end computing solutions and further facilitate mission-critical and increasingly complex BFSI industry.

Education and Research

Increasing computational power has paved the way to execute high-end research projects that were previously inconceivable. HPC solutions can be delivered to facilitate research requirements in structural analysis, computational biology, chemistry, genetics and medicine, electromagnetism, astrophysics and nuclear physics, climate change and meteorology, geophysics statistics, and mathematical modeling. Moreover, with the power of HPC, researches are able to effectively carry out research activities pertaining to modeling, human genome mapping, creation of deep neural networks, and for developing artificial intelligence. HPC vendors are increasingly focusing on delivering tailored HPC solutions for various research needs. These purpose-built solutions are easily deployable and are equipped with common configuration and management tools that are able to adapt quickly to the increasing workloads. Various academic and research institutes are adopting HPC solutions to deliver computational efficiency in initial stages as well as large-scale researches and further driving the growth in the HPC market.

Manufacturing

The manufacturing industry regularly faces challenges with implementing innovative technology solutions, resolving operational challenges, and managing the supply chain. Moreover, manufacturing companies need to reduce their development cost and their time to market to compete effectively. Manufacturing industries have implemented CAE and simulation to develop enhanced products at reduced costs. These design and simulation systems require large computational power to run multiple instances and derive outputs. Moreover, as these instances are computation-intensive, they require a lot of time to execute. The manufacturing industry can benefit from the use of HPC for computational structural mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, and computational electromagnetics. The manufacturing sector is therefore actively looking for HPC solutions for improving computing speed, efficiency, and overall performance by enabling faster access to data. HPC vendors also provide energy-efficient, dense, and modular HPC solutions that are flexible in their configuration and capable of addressing a wide variety of problems.

Media and Entertainment

The media and entertainment companies have adopted digital technologies to develop and deliver their products in a new and compelling method. Moreover, these technologies enable them to collect, store, and use a large volume of data for better insights into their customers. Availability of digital technologies has helped improve communication, content creation, distribution, and consumption across all available platforms. Such improvements have further driven the growth in the entertainment industry and customer engagement. Moreover, the media and entertainment companies require the adoption of advanced IT capabilities for live streaming, virtual reality, and drone-based video capture. HPC solutions are therefore being adopted to manage the increasing IT workloads, and constantly changing technologies in the media and entertainment industry. HPC solutions can further help the companies by providing the right set of solutions and services to optimize resources, manage productivity, track consumer behavior, and reduce costs.

Healthcare and Life Sciences

Advancements in healthcare treatments, information systems, and research and communications technology have led to better practices within the healthcare and life sciences sector. As technological innovations have increased, the healthcare institutes are facing the need to deliver value-based services through active collaboration between hospital administrators and doctors while improving the overall efficiency and quality of patient care. Life sciences deals with the use of informatics to understand and unveil the secrets of living matter. HPC is being implemented widely in applications areas of healthcare and life sciences for simulation, data management, modeling, next-generation sequencing, and various other applications. HPC solutions provide the necessary computational power for these applications and help in tackling challenges pertaining to the healthcare and life sciences industry. Vendors are increasingly providing HPC solutions to perform accelerated simulations and data analytics. Healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical companies, universities, and biotech companies are widely deploying HPC solutions to improve the effectiveness of clinical treatments and stay competitive within the market.

Energy and Utilities

The energy and utilities sector is witnessing large demand for HPC solutions. In the energy and utilities sector, especially the oil and gas industry, large adoption of HPC solutions has been witnessed. The oil and gas industry is dominated by the growing need for accurate reservoir identification to reduce the cost of operation and mitigate drilling risks. HPC solutions facilitate efficient acquisition and processing of seismic data, basin modeling and reservoir modeling, and further provide the computational power, reliability, storage efficiency, and power optimization. Organizations are therefore adopting HPC solutions for advanced seismic imaging for exploration and development of new energy sources. Moreover, vendors are providing customized solutions for various customer needs that are able to further leverage the systems and provide maximum application performance. Vendors are also providing one-stop supercomputers that can be deployed in compact areas, such as boats, and operate effectively in harsh environments. These benefits of HPC solutions have further contributed to their demand in the energy and utilities sector.

Earth Science

The earth sciences sector is increasingly facing challenges with regards to building complex climate models, predicting seismic events, accurate weather forecasting, simulating climatic changes, complex calculations, and disaster forecasting. HPC solutions can help in delivering faster results while improving the spatial accuracy of climatic models. Moreover, HPC solutions provide the required power and speed for improving the accuracy and timeliness of the outputs. HPC vendors are providing solutions that are able to provide high computational power to sustain the requirements from climate and earth sciences applications by providing accurate results. Moreover, these solutions can be deployed indoor and outdoor, further enhancing their utility for earth sciences. Vendors are providing ruggedized HPC systems, capable of providing high computational power, radar operation support, video monitoring, and complex data management capabilities.

Others

Travel and hospitality, and real estate are some of the other application areas for HPC. The travel and hospitality sector is observed to adopt advanced technologies for improving operational efficiency, enhancing guest experience, and reducing costs. The travel and hospitality companies are increasingly deploying HPC solutions to optimize internal IT operations and synchronize them with global networks. The real estate industry needs to implement new technologies to facilitate smooth delivery, drive revenues, and reduce operational costs. Moreover, the real estate companies in the business of construction are adopting HPC solutions for high-end workstations and implementing standard server systems for satisfying varied project requirements.

Key questions

• Which are the substitute products and how big is the threat from them?
• Which are the top use cases where HPC can be implemented for revenue generation through new advancements such as exascale computing?
• What should be your go-to-market strategy to expand the reach into developing countries across APAC, MEA, and Latin America?

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