Hewlett Package Enterprise | ComnetCo White Paper

When Machines Think Big.

How AI and HPC Are Advancing Everything from Chip Design to Healthcare to Engineering

The modern concept of a machine that could think has been around for more than a century, but it took decades for AI to really come of age. Beginning with major breakthroughs like Transformers (that’s the T in ChatGPT), the use cases and possibilities for AI have exploded.

And high performance computing (HPC) is accelerating its application across research fields and industry. Semiconductor manufacturers are improving performance and manufacturability by creating very-high-fidelity digital twins of chips before their transistors hit a real wafer. Aerospace companies are breaking speed barriers with cost-effective digital simulations, which may make wind tunnels passé. Hospitals can use large language models (LLMs) to predict what treatments will keep patients from coming back through the door.

So not surprisingly, AI has become a hot topic of conversation everywhere from the kitchen to the boardroom to the ivory tower. This white paper will give you the knowhow to join that discussion, while also imagining how you can harness its power in your endeavors. It offers not only a fascinating history of artificial intelligence but also a deeper understanding of the recent breakthroughs that have made its popularity explode.

You will discover:

  • The amazing story of a scientist who foresaw the importance of computers that could learn
  • What buzzwords like neural networks, machine learning, and generative AI really mean
  • How AI is transforming fields like biochemistry and pharmaceuticals, materials science, computer-aided engineering, life sciences, medicine and healthcare, electronic design automation (EDA), aerospace and defense, and cosmology
  • Why supercomputers are uniquely suited to accelerate time to insight and innovation using AI