Highlights of research projects at IBM Research - Zurich

1. Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth
Director and Vice President, IBM Research - Zurich
Nano, SuperMUC and
Photovoltaics:
A Day in the Life of
IBM Research - Zurich
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2. IBM Research - Zurich
IBM Research: The World is Our Lab
Dublin
Zurich China
Almaden Watson (NY)
Haifa Tokyo
India
Austin
Brazil
Melbourne
IBM Research labs
Labs added since 2010
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3. IBM Research - Zurich
IBM Research - Zürich
-Founded in 1956
-45 Nationalities
-90 Collaborations with
Partners
-Two Nobel Prizes
(1986 and 1987)
-Recently opened the
Binnig and Rohrer
Nanotechnology Center
with ETH Zürich
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4. IBM Research - Zurich
Computer Science: Security and Privacy,
Business Integration Technologies,
Distributed Computing, Systems Management
Systems: Server Technology, Accelerator
Technology, I/O Link Technologies,
System Software, Energy Management
Storage: Tape Technologies,
Heads and Actuators, Storage Systems,
Memory and Probe Technologies
Math & Computational Sciences: Business
Optimization, Computational Sciences,
Big Data Analytics
Science & Technology: Semiconductors,
Systems, Beyond the Transistor,
Nanotechnology, Biotechnology
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5. Nanotechnology is...
IBM Research - Zurich
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6. Nano in Nature
IBM Research - Zurich
This colors of this peacock
feather come from a
surface structuring which
is at the nano scale.
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7. IBM Research - Zurich
The Scale of Things
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8. IBM’s Nano Interests:
IBM Research - Zurich
Transistors/The Next Big Switch
Semiconductor Nanowires Carbon Nanotubes
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9. IBM’s Nano Interests:
IBM Research - Zurich
How will we manufacture at the
nanometer scale?
TOP DOWN: BOTTOMS UP:
Machining, Lithography Chemical Synthesis , Self-Assembly
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10. IBM Research - Zurich
Binnig and Rohrer
Nanotechnology Center
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11. IBM Research - Zurich
Green Datacenter
Market Drivers and
Trends
Increased green consciousness
and rising cost of power IT
demand outpaces technology
improvements
Server energy use doubled
between 2003-2008; resumed
growth is not sustainable
Koomey Study: Server use
1.2% of U.S. energy, ICT
industries consume 2% of the
world’s energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from
data centers is similar to global
aviation
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12. IBM Research - Zurich
Meet SuperMUC
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13. IBM Research - Zurich
SuperMUC
Previous Fastest
Supercomputer in Europe,
4th in the World
More than 110,000 cores
and a peak performance
of about 3 petaflops
14,000 Intel Xeon
processors running in
IBM iDataPlex servers
Hot-water to cool the
processors will reduce
electricity usage by 40%
and save $1.25 million in
energy costs per year
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14. IBM Research - Zurich
Concentrated
photovoltaic (CPV)
thermal packaging
0.04% of the solar energy
from the Sahara desert to
cover the electricity
demand of Europe.*
CPV allow the conversion
of sunlight into electricity
with higher efficiencies.
Goal: improve CPV chips
to minimize overheating,
while the thermal waste
energy is collected for a
multi-effect boiling
desalination process.
Collaboration with Egypt
Nanotechnology Center
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*Greenpeace International

15. IBM Research - Zurich
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