HPC and AI Infrastructure Index

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Madhumitha Sathish

Research Manager, High Performance Computing



IDC’s HPC and AI Infrastructure Index (HAII) provides a comprehensive view of the infrastructure market for modeling and simulation (M&S) aka high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), both classified as performance-intensive computing (composite) workloads by IDC. HAII will provide historical and forecast revenue (and capacity and units where available) for infrastructure hardware, software, and cloud services markets and associated segments. It will also provide a view of vendor shares for selected market segments (IDC will rely on primary research and vendor guidance where available) to produce this data.


Markets and Subjects Analyzed


  • Infrastructure for AI and M&S composite workloads.
  • Segments include compute and storage infrastructure hardware, software, and cloud services

Core Research


  • Market Model (Microsoft Excel)
  • Summary and Key Highlights (Microsoft PowerPoint)

In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct research on specific topics or emerging market segments via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.


Key Questions Answered


  1. How large is the current market for HPC and AI infrastructure? What is the various hardware, software, and cloud services segments? Who are the key vendors and providers?
  2. How fast are these markets projected to grow? What are the projections for the various segments?
  3. How will major trends (e.g., Flash storage, distributed or parallel file systems, accelerated computing, ultra-low latency high-bandwidth interconnects) influence this market?
  4. How will convergence of infrastructure approaches play a role in the relative growth of these markets?

Companies Covered