Case Study

Viridien Extends Geoscience-Scale HPC Expertise with AMD

Viridien is applying decades of scientific computing expertise from geoscience to other scientific domains, using AMD CPUs and GPUs to power advanced HPC and AI workloads for discovery and simulation. By combining production-scale HPC operations with a co-design approach that optimizes hardware, software, algorithms and infrastructure, Viridien helps customers accelerate innovation in areas ranging from energy exploration to materials science and drug discovery.

CHALLENGE

Advanced scientific and AI workloads require production-scale HPC, yet many organizations struggle to scale beyond research environments. Building on decades of geoscience computing expertise, Viridien is bringing proven HPC capabilities to new fields including materials science, molecular modelling and biotechnology.

Key challenges:

Scaling complex workloads – Support AI, simulation and scientific computing at production scale
Optimizing the entire stack – Balance CPU, GPU, memory and interconnect performance for demanding applications
Supporting diverse applications – Enable different workload profiles across geoscience, materials science and biotechnology

RESULTS

Viridien combines years of production-scale HPC expertise with AMD EPYC™ Server CPUs and AMD Instinct™ GPUs to deliver optimized infrastructure for some of the world's most demanding scientific computing, simulation and AI workloads. Through an "extreme co-design" approach, Viridien and AMD optimize hardware, software, algorithms and infrastructure around real-world applications, enabling customers to accelerate innovation with proven, production-scale performance.

Key benefits:

Production-scale HPC and AI powered by infrastructure that processes more than one million workloads per day
Optimized performance and efficiency through co-designed CPU, GPU, memory and software architectures tailored to scientific workloads
Accelerated scientific discovery across energy, materials science, molecular modelling and drug development

1 Million+

Geoscience workloads run daily with Viridien HPC

10-30%

More throughput with AMD EPYC Server CPUs

20-30%

Improved performance with AMD Instinct MI120 GPUs

By combining decades of scientific computing expertise with AMD technologies and a co-design approach, Viridien is delivering production-scale HPC and AI capabilities that help customers solve increasingly complex scientific challenges faster and more efficiently.