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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Motivation}
\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Context]
- Heterogeneous datacenter architectures are common ~\cite{DBLP:conf/date/MilojicicFDR21} due to the end of Dennard's scaling~\cite{DBLP:image/48Microprocessor/Rupp}.
- Today, computational needs of AI drive managers to diversify datacenters even more~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}.
- In result datacenters become extremely complex and hard to operate.
+ Heterogeneous datacenter architectures are common ~\cite{DBLP:conf/date/MilojicicFDR21} and
+ modern computational needs of AI drive managers to diversify datacenters even more~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}.
+ In result datacenters become extremely complex and hard to operate with millions of CPU's, GPU's etc.
\end{tcolorbox}
- \begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\linewidth}
- \tiny
- \begin{center}
- \includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{images/nvidiagpu.png}
- \end{center}
- \vspace{-0.2cm}
- %\textbf{Figure 1.1:} Nvidia Ada Lovelace AD102 Architecture, present in all GPUs from 2022 onwards~\cite{Wikipedia:AdaLovelaceArchi}.
- %Source: official renderings by Nvidia.
- %\textbf{Figure 1.1:} 48 years of microprocessor trend data. Legend: \textcolor{Orange}{$\bigblacktriangleup$ Transistors (thousands)}, \textcolor{Blue}{$\lgblkcircle$ Single Thread Performance (SpecINT $\times 10^3$)}, \textcolor{Green}{$\lgblksquare$ Frequency (MHz)}, \textcolor{Maroon}{$\bigblacktriangledown$ Typical Power (Watts)}, $\mdlgblkdiamond$ Number of Logical Cores~\cite{DBLP:image/48Microprocessor/Rupp}.
- \end{minipage}
- \hspace{0.5cm}
- \begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\linewidth}
- {\centering
- \includegraphics[width=1.1\linewidth]{images/AthavaleBBMMPS24_cropped.pdf}
- }
- \tiny
- \textbf{Figure 1.2:} Explosive growth in AI computational requirements drives datacenter upgrades (source: NVIDIA Analysis: reproduction with NVIDIA permission by~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}).
- \end{minipage}
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/datacenter_complexity.pdf}
+ \end{center}
+ \tiny
+ \textbf{Figure 1.1:} Society depends on datacenters to keep running, and therefore we cannot afford to let these systems break down or experience significant performance-related issues.
+ With millions of servers in the largest datacenters, real-time management becomes very difficult.
+ Left to right: a Google datacenter, server racks, Ada Lovelace AD102 GPU architecture.
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{Problem Statement}
- \begin{tcolorbox}[title=We need effective tools to manage datacenters]
- To address the increasing datacenter complexity, Datacenter Digital Twins (DCDT) were proposed~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}.
- However, many DCDT's are not useful in practice, because they lack critical features (\emph{e.g.,} predictive analytics) native to the generic Digital Twin definition~\cite{DBLP:usdoe/report/AP26894}.
+ \begin{tcolorbox}[title=We need tools to tackle datacenter complexity]
+ We need Datacenter Digital Twins (DCDT) to be better able to detect and solve issues in this critical infrastructure~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}.
+ However, DCDT's are still actively developed, and lack crucial features \emph{e.g.,} predictive analytics~\cite{DBLP:usdoe/report/AP26894} to prevent unexpected job failures.
\end{tcolorbox}
- \input{images/table.tex}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{Research Questions}
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