High performance computing (HPC) solutions

Tackle large-scale, compute-intensive challenges and speed time to insight with hybrid cloud HPC solutions

Accelerating Discovery with HPC

Organizations face growing demands to run complex, compute‑intensive workloads—spanning simulation, analytics, and AI— while balancing performance, cost, and control across hybrid environments.

IBM high performance computing solutions help organizations confidently manage these workloads across on‑premises and cloud environments. With deep expertise and a broad understanding of enterprise needs, IBM supports scalable, flexible HPC environments that accelerate insight and enable innovation at scale.

 

HPC benefits for hybrid workloads and AI 

Improved time to market

Choose from IaaS and HPC software solutions to configure, deploy and burst powerful HPC workloads with complete automation and an integrated user experience.
Elevated performance

Use the latest compute and GPU accelerators to power HPC and AI with our bare metal and virtual servers, while mixing and matching the right infrastructure.
Better cost control

Pay only for the compute power used for bare metal and virtual server instances, with a cloud model that eliminates idle on-premises capacity and improves utilization.

Relevant products

IBM Spectrum LSF Suites

Enhance compute performance on an enterprise cloud.

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IBM Spectrum Symphony

Run distributed app services with an enterprise-class grid manager.

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IBM Cloud® Object Storage

Get a durable, resilient and security-rich data storage service.

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IBM Storage Scale

Discover high-performance storage for workloads with critical bandwidth and I/O throughput requirements.

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IBM Cloud® Bare Metal Servers

Integrate NVIDIA GPUs—with easily scalable power on demand.

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IBM POWER Virtual Servers

IBM® Power® Virtual Servers are configurable single - or multi-tenant virtual IBM Power servers on IBM Cloud®.

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GPUs and AI Accelerators

Use for your most complex, compute-intensive workloads.

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Related services

 

IBM services help organizations design, operate, and modernize hybrid cloud environments with confidence. Cloud Platform Engineering Services streamline cloud and hybrid operations, while IBM Technology Expert Labs provide deep expertise to optimize IBM Systems infrastructure and build a resilient foundation for hybrid cloud.
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Cloud Platform Engineering Services

Redefining excellence in cloud services and hybrid cloud operations.

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IBM Technology Expert Labs infrastructure services

Deep technical skills and expertise for your IBM Systems servers and storage.

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Resources

NVIDIA Hopper CPU H200
IBM Cloud® HPC

Get automated provisioning and seamless management of your HPC cloud environment, including integrated compute infrastructure and tooling, workload schedulers and high-performance storage. Address compute demand peaks by extending capacity as needed, and pay for only what you use.
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Cadence Leverages IBM Cloud HPC to Accelerate Electronic Chip and System Design Software Development.

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Driving innovative research forward by taking control of data.
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Next steps

Reach out now to book a meeting with us to discuss our hybrid cloud solutions from IBM and how they are designed to meet today’s evolving business needs – and tomorrow’s.