@HPCpodcast with Shahin Khan and Doug Black

We discuss the state of Quantum Information Science with our special guest Dr. Travis Humble, a global authority on the subject, director of the Quantum Science Center, a Distinguished Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and director of the lab’s Quantum Computing Institute. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/079@HPCpodcast_Travis-Humble_ORNL_Quantum-Tech_20240123.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-79: Travis Humble of ORNL on Quantum Tech appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Synopsys to Acquire Ansys - Meta is spending billions on Nvidia chips - OpenAI CEO raising billions to build new chips and new chip factories - Pawesey selects QuEra, US Geological Survey selects Q-CTRL, Quantinuum Raises $300M [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HPCNB_20240122.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20240122 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- RIKEN Hybrid Quantum-HPC Platform with Quantinuum - Google in $1.67B AI Chip Patent Infringement Trial - Crack in Cloud Egress Fees - ORNL Post-Exascale RFP for next generation OLCF-6 to be delivered in the 2027 time frame - HPE Acquires Juniper Networks [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HPCNB_20240115.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20240115 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Intel-4 fab, IDM 2.0, Ericsson - CXL, Samsung, Red Hat - AI startup funding - Quantum Key Distribution landscape [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HPCNB_20240108.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20240108 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Moore's Law slows down, Intel, TSMC - TSMC 1nm Chips, Arizona plant - Huawei results, Mate 60 Pro smartphone, Kirin 9000S chip - DARPA US2QC, PsiQuantum, Microsoft [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HPCNB_20240101.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20240101 appeared first on OrionX.net.

2023 Year in Review is our annual special edition as we look back at one of the more eventful years in recent history for HPC, AI, Quantum Computing, and other advanced technologies. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/078@HPCpodcast_2023-Year-in-Review_20231228.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-78: 2023 Year in Review appeared first on OrionX.net.

- EU Exascale, HLRS, MareNostrum Inauguration - Neuromorphic AI gets active - ASML's 1st High-NA EUV system goes to Intel - Argonne's Bimetallic All-optical Switch [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HPCNB_20231225.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231225 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Intel Gen-5 Emerald Rapids launch - New York State's own "Chips Act": $10B for NanoTech Complex with IBM, Micron, others - Quantum Computing market size from Hyperion Research - AI "Benchmarketing": Nvidia takes AMD's bait [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HPCNB_20231218.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231218 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- AMD MI300 availability as AI Chip Party heats up - Q2B Silicon Valley quantum conference update - Linux foundation's High-Performance Software Foundation and DAOS Foundation - Int'l consortium for trustworthy and reliable generative AI models for science - EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of AI - ISC Submission Deadlines extended [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HPCNB_20231211.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231211 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Why would The New Yorker cover HPC technologies? - Open Benchmark Council's TOP100 lists - Intel as one of the largest customers of TSMC's high-end fab? - Digital Twins for hyropower at ORNL and PNNL [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HPCNB_20231204.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231204 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Adrian Cockcroft joins us again after SC23 to discuss TOP500 trends, the AI-HPC crossover, chiplets, and the emergence of UCIe and CXL advancements. Be sure to listen to previous episodes with Adrian; Episode 36 on HPC in cloud and sustainability data and Episode 55 on decarbonization and ESG. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/077@HPCpodcast_Adrian-Cockcrofy_Future-Architectures_20231130.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-77: Adrian Cockcroft on Future Architectures appeared first on OrionX.net.

- NVIDIA Ethernet push with Dell, HPE, Lenovo - Research and Engineering Studio on AWS - Latest on Chinese exascale - HPC-Quantum integration: Riken's Fugaku + NTT Ei and Simulated systems [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HPCNB_20231127.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231127 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- SC23 stats - Exascale update and future - Raft of new chips - Quantum Village at SC23 - UCIe, PCIe, Ultra Ethernet [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HPCNB_20231120.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231120 appeared first on OrionX.net.

We provide details and our analysis of the latest TOP500 list of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. This round sees quite a shake-up in the top 10 and reveals interesting changes in the market. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/076@HPCpodcast_TOP500-SC23_20231113.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-76: TOP500 at SC23 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- SC23 Starts, TOP500 later today - Storage at Scale, DAOS, Aurora, Linux Foundation - Sandia National Lab and DDN - TSMC 1.4nm, SMIC financials [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HPCNB_20231113.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231113 appeared first on OrionX.net.

As SC23 approaches, we were fortunate to catch up with Rick Stevens and Mike Papka of Argonne National Lab for a wide ranging discussion. In addition to an update on the Aurora supercomputer and TOP500, we also discuss the need and challenged of building a national exascale capability, developing teams and bench strength, the risks and opportunities of AI for science and society, the trend towards integrated research infrastructure (IRI), and what's next for the exascale initiative. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/075@HPCpodcast_Rick-Stevens_Mike-Papka_ANL_20231110.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-75: Rick Stevens, Mike Papka – Argonne National Lab (ANL) appeared first on OrionX.net.

Karl Freund, founder and principal analyst at Cambrian-AI Research joins us to discuss the, well, "Cambrian explosion" that we are witnessing in AI chips, the general state of the AI semiconductor market, and the competitive landscape in deep learning, inference, and software infrastructure in support of AI. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/074@HPCpodcast_Karl-Freund_AI-Chips_20231107.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-74: Karl Freund, AI Chips appeared first on OrionX.net.

- UK Summit on AI, AI Supercomputers in the UK - US Presidential Executive Order on AI - Peter Ungaro on full episode of @HPCpodcast - Intersect360 Market Update [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HPCNB_20231106.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231106 appeared first on OrionX.net.

We are delighted to have a rare opportunity to catch up with none other than Pete Ungaro, long time luminary and admired leader in HPC/AI. In this episode of Industry View, we cover many topics including the Cray journey, the HPE acquisition, the opportunities and challenges of AI, the geopolitics of high tech. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/073@HPCpodcast_Pete-Ungaro_Cray-HPE20231102.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-73: Peter Ungaro – Industry View appeared first on OrionX.net.

- SC23 Conference "all in" with Streaming - Intel Financials, On-track with Fab, Progress in AI - Quantum Computing Round-up, Still Early Days - Oxide Computer All-Custom Cloud Computer [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HPCNB_20231030.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231030 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Vanessa Sochat and Alan Sill ,the creators of the HPC.social project join us as we discuss the broad HPC/AI community and their efforts to enable it digitally through a broad multi-channel platform that includs Slack, Discord, Mastodon, GitHub, a jobs board, a community map, and the effort's main site HPC.social. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/072@HPCpodcast_HPC-Social_Vanessa-Sochat_Alan-Sill_20231026.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-72: Vanessa Sochat and Alan Sill – HPC.social Community appeared first on OrionX.net.

We are starting a new feature, looking at HPC, AI, and other advanced technologies through the lens of industry leaders. In this episode, we have the pleasure of a very lively conversation with Alain Andreoli, a longtime luminary of HPC and IT. Mr. Andreoli was with HPE for more than 7 year where he served as group president and EVP of the Hybrid IT Group, helping shape HPE's strategy for HPC including the acquisition of SGI in 2017. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/071@HPCpodcast_Alain-Andreoli_20231024.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-71: Alain Andreoli – Industry View appeared first on OrionX.net.

- HPE Cray at Crusoe Flared Gas Data Centers - IBM NorthPole AI Chip - TSMC financials: AI, 3nm, Inventory - AI Frenzy, AGI, Brain Waves as Input - Exascale, Aurora, TOP500 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HPCNB_20231023.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231023 appeared first on OrionX.net.

With the annual observance of Exascale Day on October 18th, we were delighted to get a chance to discuss the journey to Exascale with Dr. Paul Messina who led the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) program from 1998 to 2000, and was the first director of the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) from 2015 until late 2017. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/070@HPCpodcast_Paul-Messina_Journey-to-Exascale_20231017.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-70: Paul Messina – Journey to Exascale appeared first on OrionX.net.

- China Exascale Investment - Samsung 3nm, Intel, TSMC - Exascale Day - Women in HPC, Why Women Stopped Coding - GPU Shortage and Competition, Nvidia H100, AMD MI300, Intel Gaudi-2 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HPCNB_20231016.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231016 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- 1st Exascale Supercomputer in Europe - Hyperion Rseaech Survey on the use of LLMs in HPC - AD Little report on Quantum Computing myths and opportunities - Human Immortality in 2030 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HPCNB_20231009.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231009 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- AMD's Lisa Su at the Code Conference Discusses Generative AI, MI300, Open Strategy - EUV armed Intel-4 Fab in Ireland Starts Volume Production - AI Impact on Jobs, Case in the Legal Field - Supercomputing Conference coming: SC23, Denver, Nov 12-17 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HPCNB_20231002.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20231002 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Intel Gaudi2, Collaboration with Dell, Satability AI - Samba Nova SN40L, LLMs - Air Force Research Lab 12 PFlop System - Small Modular nuclear Reactors (SMRs) - CHIPS Act: DOD $238m award for Microelectronics Commons Regional Innovation Hubs [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/HPCNB_20230925.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230925 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Intel Innovation Event, FPGA, Open Source - AI-Oriented Papers in Science - Arm IPO and Strategic Shift - AMD EPYC 8004 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/HPCNB_20230918.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230918 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Special guest David Barkai discusses his new book, Unmatched: 50 Years of Supercomputing. The book is broken up into five decade-long epochs defined by the system architectural themes of "big iron" vector processors, multiprocessors, microprocessor, clusters, and accelerators and cloud computing. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/069@HPCpodcast_David-Barkai_Unmatched-History-Book_20230913mp3.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-69: David Barkai author of Unmatched: 50 Years of Supercomputing appeared first on OrionX.net.

- NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM - Honeywell Leverages Quantum Computing Encryption Keys - TSMC Silicon Photonics - Microsoft Copilot AI Indemnification - HPC Forum Tuscon [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/HPCNB_20230911.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230911 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Mike McGrath of Red Hat in our ongoing coverage of the biggest controversy in Open Source in years. Our coverage started with special guest Joe Landman, and then with Greg Kurtzer of CIQ. Be sure to listen to all three episodes to get a full perspective on the various issues and nuances. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/068@HPCpodcast_Linux_Mike-McGrath_20230907.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-68: Mike McGrath of Red Hat on Linux Controversy appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Google Cloud with TPU v5e and Nvidia H100 - Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystem - ETH's Torsten Hoefler now also CSCS Chief Architect for Machine Learning - @HPCpodcast: Greg Kurtzer on Red Hat and the RHEL Source Code Controversy [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/HPCNB_20230904.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230904 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Greg Kurtzer, founder and chief executive officer of CIQ joins us to discuss the recent Linux controversy and the subsequent formation of the Open Enterprise Linux Association, a new industry alliance led by CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE. Stay tuned for an in-depth discussion with Mike McGrath of Red Hat. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/067@HPCpodcast_Linux_Greg-Kurtzer_20230829.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-67: Greg Kurtzer of CIQ on Linux Controversy, OELA appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Gartner predicts accelerated growth for CDI - MPI ABI to simplify parallel apps - AMD buys AI software Mipsology, pointing to where chip companies will seek use cases and growth - HPC in the Cloud gets "recycled" [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HPCNB_20230828.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230828 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Intel calls off Tower Deal - HotChips Conference Preview - GPU Shortage as AI Leadership Grows in Importance Globally - Samsung 4nm Chip Factory in Texas with Groq as 1st customer Projected for 2nd Half of 2024 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HPCNB_20230821.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230821 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Linux Wars continue as Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ form Open Enterprise Linux Association - China's tech companies place $5 billion of orders on US chips - Intel improves on-chip vector instructions - 2023 Gordon Bell Prize Finalists also point to TOP500 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HPCNB_20230814.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230814 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- Domain Specific Architecture (DSA) - McKinsey Report - Intel Expands in Oregon, its biggest site - Photons are coming: PCIe over optical - Oak Ridge QC Hat Trick: Singlet Fusion simulation of linear H4 molecule w Quantinuum [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HPCNB_20230807.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230807 appeared first on OrionX.net.

The Cambrian explosion of AI chips has made it hard to tell what chip is good for what. Venkat Vishwanath, Data Science Team Lead at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), and a Gordon Bell finalist, joins us to discuss the ALCF AI Testbed. Currently working with systems such as Cerebras, Graphcore, SambaNova, Habana, Groq, Untether, Tenstorrent, Esperanto, and others, the Testbed evaluates accelerators from a usability and performance standpoint. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/066@HPCpodcast_Argonne-AI-Testbed_Venkat-Vishwanath_20230803.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-66: Argonne AI Testbed w Venkat Vishwanath appeared first on OrionX.net.

- AWS p5 instance with Nvidia H100 and AMD Milan - TACC Stampede-3 mini Aurora plus Omni-Path - Micron 8-high 24GB HBM3 - Cineca's "White Space" building infrastructure [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HPCNB_20230731.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230731 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Ultra Ethernet Consortium, Meta Microsoft Llama 2 Open Source AI, NTT Tokyo Tech 300GHz 6G, Cerebras-G42 AI, NREL Quantum w Atom Computing [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HPCNB_20230724.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230724 appeared first on OrionX.net.

- SC23 registrations open - Export control - Linux wars continue - Chiplet scale-out, or is it cloud? - Quantum Computing calculates tackles the hydrogen molecule (H2), it's a start [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HPCNB_20230717.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230717 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Dr. Joe Landman joins us to discuss the recent firestorm in the Linux world when Red Hat changed the access mechanism and distribution rights of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We unpack what happened, who it affects, and how the landscape might change. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/065@HPCpodcast_Linux-Wars_Joe-Landman_20230712.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-65: Linux Wars w Joe Landman appeared first on OrionX.net.

New in the @HPCpodcast, a weekly news show, 3-5 min, on important industry news. LLNL El Capitan, LLNL Director Kim Budil named as one of the Most Creative People in Business for 2023 by Fast Company, Inflection AI's 22k GPU system, NYS DFS AI, Intel & Nvidia collaborate on Confidential Computing, Photonics News, Linux Wars [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HPCNB_20230710.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20230710 appeared first on OrionX.net.

Mark Himelstein, CTO of RISC-V joins us to discuss RISC-V: HPC type use cases from sensor to supercomputer, achieving customization without loss of compatibility, AI and its impact on chips and systems, and the question on everyone's mind: when do we see RISC-V in servers and supercomputers! [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/064@HPCpodcast_RISC-V_Mark-Himelstein_20230703.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-64: RISC-V CTO Mark Himelstein appeared first on OrionX.net.

What's the latest in quantum computing? Special guest Bob Sornesen of Hyperion Research joins us again to discuss market growth, customer sentiment, recent advances in noise management, applications, and the geopolitics of quantum computing. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/063@HPCpodcast_Quantum-Computing_Bob-Sorensen_20230626.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-63: Quantum Computing with Bob Sorensen appeared first on OrionX.net.

University of Delaware Professor Sunita Chandrasekaran joins us to discuss exascale software, directive based parallel programming, the emergence of research software engineering as a career, what AI will mean for the industry, and the importance of communication and community among teams. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/062@HPCpodcast_Software-Exascake_Sunita-Chandrasekaran_20230613.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-62: Exascale Software with Sunita Chandrasekaran appeared first on OrionX.net.

A look back at ISC23 including quantum computing, EuroHPC, the future of Supercomputing with a backdrop of Integrated Research Infrastructure (IRI), AI, and Cloud, and whether we are living in times when "everybody" is a systems vendor. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/061@HPCpodcast_ISC23-postview_Future-of-HPC_20230605.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-61: ISC23 Postview and Future of IT appeared first on OrionX.net.

Doug is in Hamburg, Germany for the ISC23 conference where the 61st edition of the TOP500 list has just been published. 30+ years of systematic data on the highest performing computer architecture and configurations is a treasure trove and we look at the top line insights from this installment, including the GREEN500, HPCG, and the AI-inspired mixed precision benchmark HPL-MxP. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/060@HPCpodcast_TOP500-ISC23_20230522.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-60: TOP500 at ISC23 Conference appeared first on OrionX.net.

This episode starts to look at HPC software and its convergence with traditional enterprise IT software. We cover the evolution of software through phases of IT, the roster of relevant HPC software from development environment to system administration, and end-user requirements, and traditional and emerging applications. Future episodes and guests will focus on various aspects of HPC software. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059@HPCpodcast_HPC-Software_20230516.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-59: HPC Software appeared first on OrionX.net.