IBM & OpenPOWER: Accelerating Business Applications in the Data-Driven Enterprise with CAPI sponsored content by IBM
CAPI-attached acceleration has three pillars: accelerated computing, accelerated storage, and accelerated networking. Connected coherently to a POWER CPU to give them direct access to the CPU’s system memory, these techniques leverage accelerators like FPGAs and GPUs, storage devices like flash, and networking devices like Infiniband. These devices, connected via CAPI, are programmable using simple library calls that enable developers to modify their applications to more easily take advantage of accelerators, storage, and networking devices. The CAPI interface is available to members of the OpenPOWER foundation and other interested developers, and enables a rich ecosystem of data center technology providers to integrate tightly with POWER CPUs to accelerate applications.
What can CAPI do?
CAPI has had an immediate effect in all kinds of industries and for all kinds of clients:
- Healthcare: Create customized cancer treatment plans personalized to an individual’s unique genetic make-up
- Image and video processing: Facial expression recognition that allows retailers to analyze the facial reactions their shoppers have to their products
- Database acceleration and fast storage: accelerate the performance of flash storage to allow users to search databases in near real-time for a fraction of the cost
- Risk Analysis in Finance: Allow financial firms to monitor their risk in real-time with greater accuracy.
Continue reading Part 1 of the CAPI series
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CAPI allows attached accelerators to deeply integrate with POWER CPUs
