nano, supermuc and photovoltaics:a day in the life of ibm research - zurich

© 2012 IBM Corporation

A Day in the Life of IBM Research - Zurich

Dr. Matthias KaiserswerthDirector and Vice President, IBM Research - Zurich

Nano, SuperMUC and Photovoltaics:


IBM Research - Zurich

IBM Research: The World is Our Lab

Watson (NY)Almaden

Austin

TokyoHaifa

Zurich

India

Dublin

Melbourne

Brazil

China

IBM Research labs Labs added since 2010



-Founded in 1956

-45 Nationalities

-90 Collaborations with Partners

-Two Nobel Prizes (1986 and 1987)

-Recently opened the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center with ETH Zürich

IBM Research - Zürich



Science & Technology: Semiconductors, Systems, Beyond the Transistor, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology

Math & Computational Sciences: Business Optimization, Computational Sciences,

Big Data Analytics

Systems: Server Technology, Accelerator Technology, I/O Link Technologies,

System Software, Energy Management

Computer Science: Security and Privacy, Business Integration Technologies,

Distributed Computing, Systems Management

Storage: Tape Technologies, Heads and Actuators, Storage Systems,

Memory and Probe Technologies


IBM Research - ZurichNanotechnology is...



This colors of this peacock feather come from a surface structuring which is at the nano scale.

Nano in Nature



The Scale of Things



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IBM’s Nano Interests: Transistors/The Next Big Switch

Semiconductor Nanowires Carbon Nanotubes



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IBM’s Nano Interests: How will we manufacture at the nanometer scale?

TOP DOWN:Machining, Lithography

BOTTOMS UP:Chemical Synthesis , Self-Assembly



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Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center



Green Datacenter Market Drivers and Trends

Increased green consciousness and rising cost of power IT demand outpaces technology improvements

Server energy use doubled between 2003-2008; resumed growth is not sustainable

Koomey Study: Server use 1.2% of U.S. energy, ICT industries consume 2% of the world’s energy

Carbon dioxide emissions from data centers is similar to global aviation



Meet SuperMUC



SuperMUC

Previous Fastest Supercomputer in Europe, 4th in the World

More than 110,000 cores and a peak performance of about 3 petaflops

14,000 Intel Xeon processors running in IBM iDataPlex servers

Hot-water to cool the processors will reduce electricity usage by 40% and save $1.25 million in energy costs per year



Concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) thermal packaging 0.04% of the solar energy from the Sahara desert to cover the electricity demand of Europe.*

CPV allow the conversion of sunlight into electricity with higher efficiencies.

Goal: improve CPV chips to minimize overheating, while the thermal waste energy is collected for a multi-effect boiling desalination process.

Collaboration with Egypt Nanotechnology Center

*Greenpeace International



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