How The Energy Sector will Continue to Thrive Through HPC

Owen Thomas, founder of Red Oak Consulting discusses the impact of Moore's Law coming to an end, on the energy sector… High-performance computing (HPC), has become critical in assisting the energy sector, offering the capability to analyse complex data, simulate intricate processes, and optimise operations. While immensely powerful, HPC faces several challenges as it continues to evolve and respond to exponential demands for computational power. With the end of Moore’s Law looming ever closer, Owen Thomas, founder of Red Oak Consulting, argues that the energy sector will continue to thrive as HPC invariably moves to the cloud. What is Moore’s Law? Moore's Law, formulated by Gordon Moore in 1965, predicted that the number of transistors placed on a single square inch of an integrated circuit chip would double every two years, leading to an exponential increase in computing power. This law has had profound implications for the development of HPC, not least in the energy sector, and the evolution of cloud computing, shaping the landscape of modern technology. It is now well recognised that Moore’s Law is nearing its end. Since its formulation there has been about a one...