What makes the CPUs so durable? Flexibility, compatibility and efficiency are key. As Evan Burness of Microsoft Azure points out, the CPUs remain the “IT-Just-Works” technology. Moving the complex and owner code of the GPU can be an expensive and slow effort, while CPUs generally admit the continuity of the software in generations with minimal friction. This reliability is important for companies and researchers who need results, not just raw power.
Innovation is also remodeling what a CPU can be. The advances in the design of Chiplet, the memory in the package and the hybrid architectures of CPU-GPU are extending the performance curve far beyond the limits of the Moore law. For many organizations, the CPU is the strategic choice that balances speed, efficiency and cost.
Looking towards the future, the relationship between CPU, GPUs and specialized processors such as NPUS will define the future of HPC. Instead of a zero sum contest, it is increasingly a design issue for the purpose. As Addison Snell, co -founder and executive director of Intersect360 Research, Notes, Science and Industry never run out of problems more difficult to solve.
That means that CPUs, far from fading, will remain in the center of the computer ecosystem.
For more information, read the new report “CPU design for next generation supercomputing“
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