Architecting Tomorrow: The Heterogeneous Compute Resources for New Types of Workloads

Explore a 34-minute conference talk that delves into the complexities of managing diverse workloads on Kubernetes nodes across multiple CPU cores and memory zones. Learn about crucial distinctions between CPU cores, the implications of different memory zones on workload efficiency, and whether optimizations benefit various workload types uniformly. Gain deep insights into CPU internals, memory technologies including DRAM, HBM, and CXL, as well as cache and core architectures. Discover how recent hardware advancements impact workload performance and examine native compute resource allocation strategies from a hardware perspective. Master the fundamentals of modern hardware architecture to make informed decisions about hardware resource optimization for infrastructure, focusing on enhancing workload performance while optimizing energy usage and cost efficiency. Presented by Alexander Kanevskiy from Intel Finland at a CNCF event, this technical discussion provides essential knowledge for understanding the relationship between hardware architecture and workload management in cloud native environments.