ISC 2025 Keynote: AMD’s Mark Papermaster to Discuss HPC, AI, and Energy Efficiency
HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 16, 2024 — Mark Papermaster, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), will deliver the opening keynote at ISC 2025, where he will outline AMD’s vision for the convergence of high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). His keynote will also explore advancements in energy efficiency through innovations in silicon, system design, software, and other technologies.
Mark Papermaster
In his talk titled “HPC and AI: A Path Towards Sustainable Innovation,” Papermaster will also discuss the importance of collaboration and the need for an open ecosystem. In an abstract shared with ISC, he highlights that HPC and AI are intrinsically linked through their hardware, software, and the nature of their problems. Both fields also share a critical need for highly energy-efficient computing at scale. As a result, HPC and AI are converging in a way that is set to reshape much of the industry in the coming years. Leading systems such as Frontier and El Capitan in the United States and LUMI and HPC6 in Europe are already pushing the boundaries of performance while prioritizing energy efficiency.
A more detailed abstract will be published by mid-March, coinciding with the opening of registration and the release of the four-day event schedule and speaker lineup. ISC 2025 will take place from June 10 to June 13 and is anticipating an attendance of 3,500 users, practitioners, and vendors from the fields of HPC, AI, high performance data analytics, and quantum computing.
In his current position, Papermaster is responsible for setting AMD’s technical direction and overseeing product development. He has led the redesign of engineering processes at AMD and was instrumental in developing the award-winning “Zen” high performance x86 CPU family, high performance GPUs, and the company’s modular design approach, known as Infinity Architecture. Additionally, he manages the IT department, which provides AMD’s computing infrastructure and services.
With over 40 years of engineering experience, he has held significant leadership roles in managing the development of a diverse range of products, including microprocessors, mobile devices, and high performance servers. Before joining AMD in October 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Papermaster led Cisco’s Silicon Engineering Group and served as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering at Apple, specifically for the iPod and iPhone. Additionally, he held various roles at IBM focusing on technology development, including work on blade servers and microprocessor technology for mainframes, servers, and storage products.
In October 2024, he was appointed Vice Chair of the U.S. Department of Commerce Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the CHIPS for America program. He actively participates on several boards and committees, including the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors, IEEE Industry Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board, and the Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board.
Papermaster earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and master’s degree from the University of Vermont, both in electrical engineering.
About ISC 2025
ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 next year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.
Source: ISC
