The Cerebras CS-1 system is a promising, unique, innovative, and advanced compute server built around the world’s largest processor, the Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) and is designed to deliver unprecedented performance on artificial intelligence (AI) as well as on suitable HPC workloads. CS-1 systems are now deployed at several advanced computing facilities serving academic, national laboratory, and commercial researchers worldwide, including the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), Argonne National Laboratory, (ANL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). This PEARC21 panel will, for the first time, bring together researchers who have used these systems, to share their experiences with each other, with interested members of the PEARC community, and with Cerebras Systems. The organizers will set the stage by summarizing the state of the technology, its evolution, and its promise for research applications. Each panelist will then briefly present their research, followed by a discussion moderated by the organizers. Audience members will have the opportunity to explore how their own research could benefit from the WSE-powered systems and how to gain access to one of these limited servers. The organizers hope that this session will seed the development of a persistent user group and foster information exchange on this promising technology.
