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3DXpoint for HPC?

http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/07/31/xsede-panel-highlights-diversity-of-nsf-computing-resources/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xsede-panel-highlights-diversity-of-nsf-computing-resources


According to Gaffney, the highly flexible 600 TB flash storage system with bandwidth of 1 TB/sec is one of the most innovative features of Wrangler. “You can connect all 600 TB to one node if that’s what you need,” he said.

Big data may be the killer app for 3DXpoint. Maybe one of the cloud providers or perhaps Cray or other HPC system provider will be the "special customer". Or perhaps Intel itself since it is prime on one of the big HPC DOE contracts.

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