Memory-Driven Computing Press Kit
May 16, 2017 • Press Kit
Prototype from The Machine research project upends 60 years of innovation and demonstrates the potential for Memory-Driven Computing
PALO ALTO, CA – May 16, 2017 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today introduced the worlds largest single-memory computer, the latest milestone in The Machine research project (The Machine). The Machine, which is the largest R&D program in the history of the company, is aimed at delivering a new paradigm called Memory-Driven Computing—an architecture custom-built for the big data era.
"The secrets to the next great scientific breakthrough, industry-changing innovation, or life-altering technology hide in plain sight behind the mountains of data we create every day," said Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "To realize this promise, we cant rely on the technologies of the past, we need a computer built for the big data era."
The prototype unveiled today contains 160 terabytes (TB) of memory, capable of simultaneously working with the data held in every book in the Library of Congress five times over — or approximately 160 million books. It has never been possible to hold and manipulate whole data sets of this size in a single-memory system, and this is just a glimpse of the immense potential of Memory-Driven Computing.