SQream DB explained

SQream is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses graphics processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia.SQream is designed for big data analytics using the Structured Query Language (SQL).^[3]

History

SQream is the first product from SQream Technologies Ltd, founded in 2010 by Ami Gal and Kostya Varakin in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[4]

SQream was first released in 2014^[5] after a partnership with an Orange S.A. in Silicon Valley.^{[6] [7]} The company claimed Orange S.A. saved $6 million by using SQream in 2014.^{[8] [9]} SQream is aimed at the budget multi-terabyte analytics market, due to its modest hardware requirements and use of compression.^[10]

SQream is also the basis for a product named GenomeStack, for querying many DNA sequences simultaneously.^{[11] [12]} A US$7.4M investment of venture capital was announced in June 2015.^[13] It is an example of general-purpose computing on graphics processing units, alongside Omnisci and Kinetica.^[14]

The company applied for patents, encompassing parallel execution queries on multi-core processors and speeding up parallel execution on vector processors.^{[15] [16] [17]}

In February 2018, SQream Technologies partnered with Alibaba group's Alibaba Cloud to deliver a GPU Database solution on Alibaba Cloud.^[18]

In December 2021, SQream announced that it had acquired no-code data platform Panoply for an undisclosed sum, as part of the push to grow its cloud offering.^[19]

Software and features

The column-oriented database SQream platform was designed to manage large, fast-growing volumes of data, for compute-intensive queries. The product claims to improve query performance for very large datasets, over traditional relational database systems.

SQream is designed to run on premise or in the public cloud.^[20]

Notes and References

1. Web site: What's new in 2021.2. SQream Technologies . September 13, 2021 . SQream Technologies . September 21, 2020 .
2. Web site: Using Haskell at SQream Technologies . Jake Wheat . September 25, 2013 . SQream Technologies . July 9, 2018.
3. Web site: This insanely fast big data startup uses only one server – and just got $7.4M in funding . Laura Rosbrow-Telem . June 9, 2015 . Geektime . March 28, 2017 .
4. News: Q&A with Big Data Thought Leader, Ami Gal – Data Natives Tel Aviv 2016 . August 15, 2016 . DataConomy . Rachel Wolfson . March 28, 2017 .
5. Web site: SQream Tech unveils new big data platform. Geektime.
6. Web site: Telco Calls On GPU-Native SQream SQL Database . March 28, 2014 . Timothy Prickett Morgan . Enterprise Tech . March 28, 2017.
7. Web site: IBM, Orange Use GPUs for Next Generation Enterprise Big Data Analytics at GTC. Nvidia Blog. 5 October 2014.
8. Web site: Getting big data done on a GPU-Based database. GPU Technology Conference. 5 October 2014.
9. Web site: SQream Technologies and Orange Silicon Valley Demo Groundbreaking Big Data Platform at GTC. 26 March 2014. PRWeb.
10. Web site: A Shoebox-Size Data Warehouse Powered by GPUs. Datanami. 22 April 2015 .
11. Web site: April News From the Bio-IT World Conference and Around the Industry. bio-itworld.com.
12. News: סטארט-אפ בשבוע: מאגר מידע . May 18, 2015 . Israel Globes . וינרב . גלי . (in Hebrew)
13. SQream Raises $7.4M in Funding Round . June 9, 2015 . Genomeweb . June 22, 2015. (Registration required)
14. Web site: Pushing Database Scalability Up And Out With GPUs . Timothy Prickett Morgan . September 22, 2016 . The Next Platform . March 28, 2017 .
15. Web site: Patent WO 2012025915 A1 - A system and method for the parallel execution of database queries over cpus and multi core processors. Google Patents. 5 October 2014.
16. Web site: Patent WO 2012025915 A8 - A system and method for the parallel execution of database queries over cpus and multi core processors. Google Patents. 5 October 2014.
17. Web site: Patent WO 2014020605 A1 - A method for pre-processing and processing query operation on multiple data chunk on vector enabled architecture. Google Patents. 5 October 2014.
18. News: SQream teams with Alibaba, doubling workforce. 20 February 2018.
19. Web site: SQream acquires no-code data platform Panoply. 2022-01-03. TechCrunch. 15 December 2021 . en-US.
20. Web site: SQream Technologies Launches Beta of GPU Database SQream DB on AWS Cloud. Yahoo Finance. 5 October 2017.