The Future of HPC and AI

In recent years, the world of HPC has seen two challenges. One is the end of Moore's law, the other is the impact of AI. Both will change the world of HPC as we know it. In this paper, we explore the state of HCP and AI. Looking into AI, we investigate issues of sustainability, scalability and performance. We touch on issues of precision that are relevant for classical simulations but not for AI. Given the end of Moore's law we look into new architectures that might help to continue the path of HPC. Showing a common path for HPC and AI, we present a concept which we call “Digital Convergence”, bringing together HPC and AI to solve real-world problems. We finally present a number of real-world problems that can benefit from the concept of Digital Convergence.