This is Google Cloud with Intel
Intel has a 16 year strategic partnership with Google to create joint solutions for digital transformation and business continuity with the best operational efficiencies. Everything needed to build, scale, and accelerate transformation for today and tomorrow’s leading workloads. Intel instances in Google Cloud offer balanced performance to suit virtually every workload: HPC, Big Compute, Analytics, Databases, VMWare, and AI.
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Redapt: Get visibility across retail and supply chains right out of the box
Mojix’s Edge-to-Cloud wolution managed by Redapt revolutionizes digital transformation for retailers and their customers running on Google Cloud and enabled by Intel. The retail customer experience has changed dramatically over the past few months, and retailers everywhere are rapidly evolving their business and IT strategies to meet customer needs better.
CTO Roundtable: Drive Digital Transformation During Challenging Times with Positive Outcomes
Our panel of experts will discuss cloud computing and how companies can make the best use of digital transformation during challenging times driving positive outcomes. Hear examples of Intel and Google Cloud customers who have deployed on Google Cloud instances, VMWare bare metal, and understand how the choices available with Google Cloud and Intel can maximize your savings while expanding your technology scenarios. Intel, Google Cloud, and key technology partners Appsbroker and Rivermeadow will share game changing results they are achieving to help customers like Climacell.
The solution your enterprise needs to accelerate
digital transformation
Achieve performance on your terms: Whether your applications require multi-cloud management, large memory, machine learning, high-performance compute, or HiFi content rendering and delivery, Google Cloud instances with the latest Intel technology provide scalable, mission-critical solutions for each.
Compute intensive solutions with 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Get performance on your terms with Intel instances in Google Cloud. Intel delivers built-in performance acceleration tailored to meet your current and future workload needs.
We’re paving a smooth path for you to speed up over time with transformative advances in speed from gen to gen. What’s more, Intel Architecture in Google Cloud gives you better workload efficiency t and can lower your total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Google Cloud’s first compute-optimized instance, C2, offers 40% better compute performance1 and 90% faster CPU frequency2 compared to the previous generation N1 instance
- N2 general purpose VMs with 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable offer 20% greater price performance3 and 25% more memory per vCPU compared to previous generation N1 instance4
- Instances build for the right workload, innovation from general purpose to HPC.
Accelerate Digital Transformation with Intel-Optimized AI/ML Solutions
Intel instances in Google Cloud offer balanced performance to suit virtually every need. And because not all workloads are the same, Intel in GCP offers instances targeted for key and demanding workloads and provides optimized computing resources to ensure you get the most out of every endeavor now and in the future.
Whether it’s the massive data sets of HPC, or the unique Compute demands of AI, Intel is delivering the innovation that will allow you to adopt the advancements that will drive your competitive advantage.
- AVX512 instructions are exclusive to instances Intel 2nd Gen Scalable Processor
- Up to ~2.5x better performance for AI Inference using VNNI instructions at the same price
- C2 offers up to ~16x better AI inference performance using new DL Boost instructions compared to other instances
Enterprise workloads with VMWare, Sap, and Oracle.
- Google Cloud supports all the leading virtualization and database platforms on our Intel-based instances
- Intel in Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) enables vast majority of customers running on-premises VMware workloads to seamlessly migrate to Google Cloud
- Intel-based platforms in Google Cloud can be tuned and optimized for compute, memory, storage and network-intensive workloads such as SAP HANA.
App Modernization: Hybrid and multi-cloud solution offerings with Anthos
Build, deploy, and manage your enterprise apps in Google Cloud Platform, your own private cloud, any other public cloud, or any combination of all three.
Intel Select Solution is an Anthos Ready recipe
- Benchmarked for min performance guarantees
- Workload & TCO optimized for Anthos
- Verified Reference Design
- Scales through SI’s & OEMs
- Eliminate guesswork in deploying anthos
Be Cloud agile. Intel architecture delivers performance required to respond to evolving business needs. Harness seamless application portability, data mobility, and compelling total cost of ownership benefits across the broadest range of workloads and services – whether compute, networking, or storage.
Intel technology and products support a full breadth of Google Cloud Workloads
C2 instances: Near real-time performance for the most demanding workloads |
M2 instances: Large SAP certified VMs up to 12TB
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Live Migration compatibility between Intel Xeon-based VMs - having this capability is in many instances - global - regions |
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Deep Learning VMs and containers optimized and configured to support common AI frameworks like TensorFlow.
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N2, C2, M2 instances: up to 40% higher performance 2x floating point performance5 |
Preemptible VMs at 80% price discount6 |
Availability of free software optimization tools such as Intel Studio XE to reduce time to deployment |
N2, C2, M2 instances: Built-in AI inference performance5## with DL boost instructions. |
Operational Efficiency with customizable memory and compute levels |
Intel-powered instance offerings
Customers can easily build upon Intel-powered Google Cloud instances enabling your data-driven platforms to store more, process faster, and migrate quicker—with a flexible, high-performance set of instances that work with your workloads and your budget, not against it.
Product Table
Instance Type |
C2 Compute Optimized |
N2 General Purpose |
M2-UltraMem and mega-mem Memory Optimized |
N1 General Purpose |
M1-UltraMem Memory Optimized |
M1-MegaMem Memory Optimized |
Google Cloud VMware Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Target Workload |
Apps Needing Single Threaded Frequency (i.e. HPC,EDA, Gaming) |
Mainstream |
High Memory Database (i.e. SAP HANA)
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Mainstream |
High Memory Database (i.e. SAP HANA)
|
High Memory Database (i.e. SAP HANA) |
VMware-based Instances |
CPU |
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable |
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable |
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable |
Various Intel Xeon, including Xeon Scalable |
Intel Xeon E7v4 |
Intel Xeon Scalable |
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable |
vCPUs |
Up to 60 |
Up to 80 |
208 / 416 |
Up to 96 |
40 / 80 / 160 |
96 |
72 |
Memory |
Up to 240GB |
Up to 624GB |
6TB / 12TB |
Up to 624GB |
1TB / 2TB / 4TB |
1.4TB |
1TB |
All-Core Turbo Boost speed |
3.8 GHz (Sustained) |
3.4 GHz |
3.4 GHz |
2.7 GHz (Xeon Scalable) |
2.6 GHz |
2.7 GHz |
3.9 GHz |
Baseline Cloud speed |
3.1GHz |
2.8 GHz |
2.5 GHz |
2.0 GHz (Xeon Scalable) |
2.2 GHz |
2.0 GHz |
2.6 GHz |
Intel AVX-512 (2x floating pt) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Xeon Scalable (using MinCPU platform) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Intel Deep Learning Boost |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Available in GCP Regions |
12 |
13 |
5 |
24 |
17 |
10 |
2 |
| Can take-in AVX-512 and VNNI instructions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Intel works with Google Cloud to enable the
right instance for your workload
Anthos lets you build, deploy, and manage applications anywhere in a secure, consistent manner. You can modernize existing applications running on virtual machines while deploying cloud-native apps on containers in an increasingly hybrid and multi-cloud world. Our application platform provides a consistent development and operations experience across all your deployments while reducing operational overhead and improving developer productivity.
Intel Select Solution for Google Cloud’s Anthos
Intel Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos* can simplify your move to a hybrid or multi-cloud solution by offering pre-tested, validated solutions that make use of your existing VMware vSphere* and VMware vSAN* environment. The solution allows you to quickly and easily deploy and manage apps and workloads using virtual machines (VMs) or Kubernetes* containers across your on-premises environment, on your hybrid cloud, or to your preferred cloud provider.
Case Studies
Google Cloud and Intel AI Partner With NASA-FDL On Space Challenges
For 2019 Google Cloud and Intel AI partnered with NASA’s Frontier Development Labs for their fourth annual summer research accelerator. Intel mentors worked with google cloud mentors and early career Ph.D’s from around the world, applying the latest machine learning and AI technology for smarter, faster problem solving on some of space travel’s most pressing issues like lunar resources, space weather and earth observations.
Climacell
The World’s Weather Intelligence Platform, ClimaCell's AI powered insights predic the business impact of forecasted weather to proactively optimize operations plans.
— Luke Peffers, CTO Cllimacell
meldCX
meldCX is an Intel Solutions Affiliate partner with a number of market ready solutions on the Intel Marketplace. These solutions utilise Intel technology across a broad range of verticals and use cases. Our partnership has helped us eliminate development blockers especially in the applied IOT space. Intel's Machine Learning Suite of Products like Openvino, Movidius and Intel's Core Processors allow us to apply advanced computer vision algorithms to our platform so that we can rapidly deliver innovative AI solutions in physical environments and create entirely new customer experiences.
— Joy Chua EVP - marketing & strategy
Redapt
Mojix's Edge-to-Cloud solution managed by Redapt revolutionizes digital transformation for retailers and their customers running on Google Cloud and Enabled by Intel® 2nd gen Xeon™ Scalable Processors.
Rendering
We’re saving 30% on our rendering costs...and provide about double the rendering performance with Intel Xeon Scalable Processors.
— Steve Kowalski, VP of Systems Engineering, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Biomedical
Using Intel Xeon Scalable processor GCP instances resulted in significant speedup, 1.8x faster than previous generation of the Seven Bridges Graph Suite’s end-to-end whole genome processing pipeline.
— Brandi Davis-Dusenbery PHD, CEO
IT Consulting
Leveraging the GCE C2 VMs on Intel 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable Processor… "One of the critical jobs/ processes took 82% less time to complete at 42% less cost."
— Dan Speck, Burwood Group
Digital Media
The first WordPress Digital Experience Platform to adopt GCP's newest infrastructure, the Compute-Optimized VM (C2). When combined with other optimizations, WP Engine achieved platform performance that was 40% faster than before.
— Jason Cohen, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, WP Engine
Geospatial Intelligence
We've already seen file compression rates improve by 38% and image extractions speed up by 24%.
— Tim Kelton, Co-founder and Cloud Architect, Descartes Labs
Healthcare
Moving to a 12TB virtualized environment with the help of Google Cloud is going to provide us with a better platform for growth as we look to optimize and scale. It’s been a great partnership.
— Duy Trinh, SAP Center of Excellence, Cardinal Health
Key Bank
Anthos is a true differentiator to have solutions updates every day using Hyperflex. Google was a natural solution for us because of performance and security.
—Key City End User success story:
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Google NEXT OnAir 2020
CTO Roundtable:
Drive Digital Transformation During Challenging Times with Positive Outcomes
Our panel of experts will discuss cloud computing and how companies can make the best use of digital transformation during challenging times driving positive outcomes. Hear examples of Intel and Google Cloud customers who have deployed on Google Cloud instances, VMWare bare metal, and understand how the choices available with Google Cloud and Intel can maximize your savings while expanding your technology scenarios. Intel, Google Cloud, and key technology partners Appsbroker and Rivermeadow will share game changing results they are achieving to help customers like Climacell.
What’s OnAir: Your Guide to Google Cloud Next
Google Cloud Next ‘20 is right around the corner. Starting July 14, for the first time it’s all online—and free—with nine weeks of great speakers, panels, demos, and much more. If you’re wondering what’s in it for you, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the technology that powers Google’s innovations—and why it matters.
Dynamic workforce anywhere. Atos, Google and Intel: digital workplace partners.
The workplace continues to evolve, demanding even more flexibility, efficiency and productivity. As leaders in workplace transformation Atos, Google and Intel have partnered to bring together the best platforms, performance and productivity for your digital workplace.
Using bfloat16 with Intel-optimized TensorFlow
Accelerating AI performance on 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with TensorFlow and Bfloat16
Datatonics
“We are pleased with the research carried out by Datatonic using the Product Classification Computer Vision model in our Lush Lens app as a benchmark. Our model runs on mobile at the moment, but we would consider moving to 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors in the future as the best hardware solution for new applications of our model on Google Cloud.”
— Simon Ince, Tech Research & Development Lead, Lush Cosmetics
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What's OnAir: Your Guide to Google Cloud NEXT
Google Cloud Next ‘20 kicked off on July 14. For the first time, it’s all online—and free—with nine weeks of great speakers, panels, demos, and much more. If you’re wondering what’s in it for you, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the technology that powers Google’s innovations—and why it matters.
Google Cloud & Intel Focus on Serving Customers
Organizations need help with operational efficiency, business continuity, and digital transformation across enterprise workloads and applications. We support customers in four main areas helping them to solve their needs on compute, enterprise workloads, Anthos, and Telco. Hear more from Google Cloud and Intel executives here.
Footnotes for performance claims
1. “The new Compute-Optimized VMs offer a greater than 40% performance improvement compared to current GCP VMs.” Bart Sano, VP of Platforms, Google Cloud. Learn more.
2. From Google Cloud’s CPU platforms page: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/cpu-platforms: C2 instance all-core turbo CPU frequency is 3.8 GHz, with the lowest first generation N1 machine type base frequency being 2.0 GHz. Note, all-core
turbo not available for first generation N1 instances. Improvement from 2.0GHz to 3.8GHz = 90%.
3. “The new general-purpose machine types (N2) offer greater than 20% price-performance improvement...compared with first generation N1 machines.” Hanan Yousef, Product Manager of Compute Engine, Google Cloud. Learn more.
4. “The new general-purpose machine types (N2) offer greater than 20% price-performance improvement for many workloads and support up to 25% more memory per vCPU compared with first generation N1 machines.”
- Hanan Yousef, Product Manager, GCE. Learn more.
5. “With double the FLOPS per clock cycle compared to previous-generation Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (Intel® AVX2), Intel® AVX-512, [built into 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors] boosts performance and throughput for the most
demanding computational tasks in applications, such as modeling and simulation, data analytics and machine learning, data compression, visualization, and digital content creation.” Learn more.
6. “Preemptible VMs are up to 80% cheaper than regular instances.” Google Cloud Blog, Preemptible Virtual Machines. https://cloud.google.com/preemptible-vms/
