DGAP-News: Micron Announces Development of New Parallel Processing Architecture
(firmenpresse) - Micron Technology, Inc.
18.11.2013 12:00
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Automata Processor Addresses Application Domains at the Frontier of
High-Performance Computing
DENVER, 2013-11-18 12:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Supercomputing 2013 - Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), one of the world's
leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the
development of a fundamentally new computing architecture capable of performing
high-speed, comprehensive search and analysis of complex, unstructured data
streams. Micron's Automata Processor (AP) is an accelerator that leverages the
intrinsic parallelism of memory and aims to dramatically advance computing
capabilities in areas such as bioinformatics, video/image analytics, and
network security which pose challenges for conventional processor architectures
because of the amount of complex, unstructured data.
Automata processing exploits the natural parallelism found in Micron's
semiconductor devices to deliver a level of parallelism previously unattainable
with legacy architectures. Unlike conventional CPUs, the AP is a computing
fabric comprised of tens of thousands to millions of processing elements
interconnected to create a task-specific processing engine capable of solving
problems with unprecedented performance. 'Micron has an intense focus on the
development of innovative and advanced silicon solutions that help our
customers solve their most challenging computing problems,' said Brian Shirley,
vice president of Micron's DRAM Solutions Group. 'This announcement is a huge
step forward for Micron and has the potential to unleash unprecedented levels
of computing power.'
'The Automata Processor is a breakthrough technology that is designed to use
advanced memory-based processing to solve complex computing challenges that
existing solutions are not able to tackle effectively,' said Chirag Dekate, IDC
Research Manager, HPC. 'This technology has the potential to solve some of the
world's most complicated data-intensive challenges, including real-time
security that could dramatically affect anti-terrorism efforts, or the highly
efficient analysis of complex plant genomes that could allow scientists to
rapidly advance their research agendas beyond what is possible today.'
Micron is working closely with ecosystem partners and research institutions to
grow awareness and engagement for this new technology. Srinivas Aluru,
professor of computational science and engineering at Georgia Institute of
Technology and a leader in the field of high-performance, computational
biology, has been deeply involved in early research efforts using the AP to
solve problems associated with applications in bioinformatics. 'Micron's
Automata Processor offers a refreshingly new way of solving problems that is
very different from all other accelerator technologies,' said Aluru. 'By
deploying this in interesting ways, we have been able to solve a much larger
instance of the NP-hard biological motif-finding problem than was previously
reported, using the resources within a single Automata Processor board.'
Michela Becchi, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering with joint appointments in Computer Science and the
Informatics Institute of the University of Missouri, has focused her efforts on
using the AP to address the challenges involved with implementing high-speed
regular expression matching engines. 'Micron's Automata Processor combines the
advantages of NFA-based designs and memory-based solutions to achieve regular
expression matching,' said Becchi. 'Specifically, it efficiently supports large
sets of complex regular expressions, while providing worst-case processing
guarantees and support for multiple input streams. In addition, it comes with a
user-friendly programming tool-chain that can be easily integrated with
existing tools for regular expression processing.' Additionally, Micron and the
University of Virginia today announced an agreement to establish the Center for
Automata Computing at the University of Virginia.
Availability
Graphic design and simulation tools, along with a software development kit
(SDK), to enable developers to design, compile, test, and deploy their own
applications using the AP will be available in 2014.
Note to Editors
To learn more about the AP, visit the Micron booth #1322 at Supercomputing 2013
or stop by Booth #3547 during the Emerging Technologies session throughout the
week-long event. Additional materials on the AP are located at
www.micron.com/automata.
About Micron
Micron Technology, Inc., is a global leader in advanced semiconductor systems.
Micron's broad portfolio of high-performance memory technologies--including
DRAM, NAND and NOR Flash--is the basis for solid state drives, modules,
multichip packages and other system solutions. Backed by more than 35 years of
technology leadership, Micron's memory solutions enable the world's most
innovative computing, consumer, enterprise storage, networking, mobile,
embedded and automotive applications. Micron's common stock is traded on the
NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit
www.micron.com
(c)2013 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Information is subject to
change without notice. Micron and the Micron orbit logo are trademarks of
Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. This news release contains forward-looking statements
regarding the Automata Processor. Actual events or results may differ
materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Please refer
to the documents Micron files on a consolidated basis from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically Micron's most recent Form
10-K and Form 10-Q. These documents contain and identify important factors that
could cause the actual results for Micron on a consolidated basis to differ
materially from those contained in our forward-looking statements (see Certain
Factors). Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements.
CONTACT: Melinda Jenkins
Zeno Group for Micron
melinda.jenkins(at)zenogroup.com
650.219.1823
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