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EP 398: The United States Fires Science / A Quantum Breakthrough for RIKEN and IBM

May 11, 202612 min

EP 397: World Quantum Day / NVIDIA's Ising On The Cake

Apr 20, 202614 min

Nvidia's Vision For AI Factories / Not Just GPU's at GTC

Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and HPCWire Managing Editor Alex Woodie are back to recap Nvidia's massive GTC Conference in San Jose, CA and their vision for the future of AI factories.

Mar 25, 202617 min

EP 395: An Interview with Gina Tourassi from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Intersect 360 Research CEO Addison Snell talks in depth about the AI innovations powering the Genesis Mission with Assc. Laboratory Director Gina Tourassi from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Sponsored by HPE and AMD.

Mar 5, 202619 min

EP 394: Seven New Maxims for Scientific Computing / A World Without RAM

Addison and Alex are back to talk about the recently published "The Seven New Maxims for Scientific Computing" - and why AI, HPC, and their big data centers are causing an austerity of chips in consumer electronics.

Feb 20, 202615 min

EP 393: Bull Is Back / Genesis Mission is Booting Up

Hosts Addison Snell (CEO, Intersect360 Research) and Alex Woodie (Managing Editor, HPCWire) are back to talk the return of Groupe Bull and how HPC is the launching the Genesis Mission.

Feb 11, 202613 min

EP 392: 64-bit and Slurm / Is Nvidia Good for HPC?

Join your hosts Addison and Alex as they discuss the possibilities of the Slurm Workload Manager, as well as Nvidia's outsized foothold in the HPC world.

Dec 18, 202514 min

EP 391: Trump Administration Launches Genesis Mission... And a Recap of SC25

Addison and Alex are back with a deep dive into the Trump Administration's "Genesis Mission" to accelerate scientific discovery with AI. Plus, a recap of the sights, sounds, and innovations from this year's SC Conference in St. Louis.

Nov 26, 202518 min

EP 390: US Funds Supercomputers for Science / A Look Ahead to SC25

Join Addison and Alex as they discuss Dept. of Energy funding for HPC and AI, and look ahead at next week's SC25 Conference in St. Louis, MO.

Nov 14, 202517 min

EP 389 - NextSilicon Looks Beyond GPUs / Google Claims Quantum Advantage

Addison and new contributor, Alex Woodie from HPC Wire, look beyond the benchmarks with NextSilicon's "Maverick-2" Intelligent Compute Accelerator. Plus, Google's making big moves in the quantum computing space. Tune in for the breakdown.

Oct 26, 202515 min

TWIHPC Episode 388 - Follow the Bouncing Ball (the Creative Financing of AI)

Your hosts Addison Snell and Doug Eadline are back to analyze and demystify the investments in AMD by OpenAI.

Oct 13, 202514 min

TWIHPC Episode 387 - Nvidia Invests in Intel / All Investment is AI

Addison and Doug talk about Nvidia's Intel investment and take a deep dive into the future of AI's integration into our lives, businesses, and careers.

Sep 19, 202518 min

TWIHPC Episode 386 - When Grants Aren’t Grants… and Tariffs Aren’t Tariffs

Your hosts Addison Snell and Doug Eadline are back to talk about 'the artful deal' between Intel, NVIDIA, and The White House.

Sep 3, 202514 min

TWIHPC Episode 385 - Satisfaction Gaps for High-Performance Storage; Accelerating U.S. Science ASAP

On This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline talk about Intersect360 Research's newest State of the Market report on Data and Storage, go over the new potential ASAP program, and look forward for TPC25.

Jul 7, 202518 min

TWIHPC Episode 384 - Technologies, Trends, and Top500; Highlights from ISC2025

On This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline recap their visit to Hamburg for ISC25 and look forward to the future of technology in HPC and AI.

Jun 24, 202518 min

TWIHPC Episode 383 - HPC Rides AI Wave in Latest Forecast / AI Finds a Future in Molecular Modeling

On This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline prep for ISC25, take a look at Intersect360 Research's new forecast, and talk about the partnership between Meta and Berkeley Labs.

Jun 24, 202520 min

TWIHPC Episode 382 - Advancing the Integration of HPC and Quantum, Hans Meuer Award Winners Martin Schultz and Durganshu Mishra of Technical University Munich (TU-Munich)

On This Week in HPC, Addison Snell chats with the winners of the Hans Meuer Awards, Martin Schultz and Durganshu Mishra from Technical University Munich (TU-Munich). They go over their research and look forward to the upcoming ISC25.

May 21, 202512 min

TWIHPC Episode 381 - AI Expands in the Middle East; Dongarra Expresses Caution and Hope for U.S. HPC

On This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline discuss the development of AI and HPC in the Middle East, the rising interest in sovereign AI, and a new article from American computer scientist Jack Dongarra.

May 20, 202516 min

TWIHPC Episode 380 - Jensen Huang Lauds Trump Energy Policies; Pushing the Limits of Hyperscale

On This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline take a look at Jensen Huang's visit to the White House, and analyze the future of the big players in HPC and AI.

May 5, 202517 min

TWIHPC Episode 379 - Google Announces HPC-AI Enhancements at Next / Lip-Bu Tan’s CEO Debut at Intel Vision

On This Week in HPC, Addison and Doug go over Google's new promises, and look forward to Intel's future.

Apr 24, 202515 min

TWIHPC Episode 378 - Do You Know the Way to GTC? / TPC Advances AI for Science

Addison Snell and Doug Eadline go over the highlights of GTC and look forward to the future of TPC

Apr 17, 202518 min

TWIHPC Episode 377 - Quantum Continues to Progress; Intel Continues to Slip

Addison Snell and Doug Eadline dig into the updates in quantum computing, new states of matter, and root for Intel.

Feb 27, 202519 min

TWIHPC Episode 376 - Welcome to DeepSeek Week; Big Questions for HPC-AI

Addison Snell and Doug Eadline break down the Deepseek disruption and look forward to the future of HPC and AI.

Feb 4, 202518 min

TWIHPC Episode 375 - SC24 in Review; Intel Faces a New Future

Addison Snell and Doug Eadline review the hottest topics from SC24, including record attendance, El Capitan's new heights, and the AI/hyperscale revolution.

Dec 12, 202421 min

TWIHPC Episode 374: Hyperscale AI Boom Continues What to Watch for at SC24

Addison Snell and Doug Eadline discuss the ramifications of the AI boom, Intersect360 Research's newest market forecast update, and what to watch for at SC24.

Nov 15, 202421 min

TWIHPC Episode 372: Intel's Latest Miss; AI and the New HPC

Addison Snell and Doug Eadline dive into Intel's difficulties and where AI models begin to degrade.

Nov 15, 202422 min

TWIHPC Episode 373: Cerebras Races into Inference; AMD Adds ZT Systems to AI Portfolio

Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson analyze the top stories from the Hot Chips conference.

Nov 14, 202418 min

Episode 371: Microsoft’s AI Atmosphere Model; Senate Proposes $32 Billion AI Allowance

Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson discuss Microsoft's latest AI atmosphere model simulation and the U.S. senate's proposed $32 billion AI funding initiative.

Sep 26, 202416 min

Episode 370: Nvidia Powers HPE’s Sphere of AI; A Second Exascale System for Europe

Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson explore the HPE Discover Conference at the Sphere in Las Vegas, strong messages about generative AI, and the announcement of a second exascale system in Europe.

Jul 1, 202412 min

Episode 369: A Roadmap for the CHIPS Act; Anthropic Aims to Explain AI

Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson remember HPC Titan Gordon Bell, plus, teaching AI to mimic not a real human, but an ideal human.

Jun 6, 202416 min

Episode 368: Thinking Beyond Exascale; Grace Hopper Leaps Up the List

Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson discuss highlights from ISC24 including the HALO launch, Addison's Fishbowl panel, Nvidia’s Grace Hopper and more.

Jun 6, 202420 min

Episode 367: ISC Kicks Off with TOP500; and the New HPC-AI Leadership Organization

Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson analyze the latest TOP500 list, plus Intersect360 Research's launch of the new HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO).

May 13, 202420 min

Episode 366: HPC-AI Market Forecast — How AI Shapes HPC’s Future

Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson discuss Intersect360 Research's latest forecast, the surprising dominance of hyperscale and AI, and more.

May 2, 202417 min

Episode 365: GTC is Back, and Bigger than Ever; Blackwell Wows the Crowd

Addison Snell welcomes Kevin Jackson, Managing Editor of Enterprise AI to the podcast; plus reviewing GTC and Nvidia's ascent.

Apr 2, 202422 min

Episode 364: Insights from SC23

Addison Snell, Dan Olds, and Steve Conway take a look back at SC23, including NVIDIA’s chart climb, Aurora’s swing and miss, the AI story, and the evolution of liquid cooling.

Dec 8, 202322 min

Episode 363: Rialto Bridge Has Fallen Down / U.S. and UK Supercomputing Wish Lists

Addison Snell is joined by Tiffany Trader and Oliver Peckham for a discussion of Intel's cancellation of the Rialto Bridge GPU.

Mar 17, 202318 min

Episode 362: Intel’s Long-Awaited Launch; MI300 Takes the Stage

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss Intel's long-awaited launch, plus MI300.

Jan 27, 202320 min

Episode 361: Catching Up with Conference Chair Candace Culhane at SC22

Tiffany Trader interviews SC22 Conference Chair Candace Culhane about the evolution of SC and this year's event.

Jan 25, 202314 min

Episode 360: Ventana Opens Window for RISC-V in HPC / DoD Gives JEDI a New Hope

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader are joined by Oliver Peckham and Steve Conway in this wrapup of the top HPC stories from 2022.

Jan 25, 202324 min

Episode 359: AMD, Intel, and TOP500; Welcome to SC22

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham talk over the top stories of SC22.

Nov 18, 202224 min

Episode 358: Looking Ahead to SC22; Take the HPC Covid Safety Pledge

Addison Snell is joined by Tom Tabor and Ari Berman for a discussion of the upcoming SC22 and the HPC Covid Safety Pledge.

Nov 2, 202229 min

Episode 357: US Passes Signature Chips and Science Act; Oak Ridge National Lab Dedicates Frontier

Episode 357: US Passes Signature Chips and Science Act; Oak Ridge National Lab Dedicates Frontier by Intersect360 Research

Sep 12, 202217 min

Episode 356: Around the World at ISC; Rounding up the Top Stories

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham share their favorite stories coming out of ISC22: EuroHPC updates, the International Association of Supercomputing Centers, and the Cloud services ecosystem.

Jun 1, 202218 min

Episode 355: The Exascale Era Officially Arrives; TOP500 Kicks Off ISC22

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham cover the top stories coming out of ISC22 this week, including Frontier's exascale success and interesting new technologies topping the Green500 list.

May 31, 202214 min

Episode 354: Intel's Vision for AI and Exascale; Kookaburra Sits in IBM's Quantum Tree

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Intel's AI and Exascale announcements, plus quantum news from IBM out of Australia.

May 20, 202220 min

Episode 353: NNSA Invests to Advance Omni-Path; HPE Takes Swarm Learning to the Edge

This week, Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss news from the NNSA, HPE, and the future of machine learning.

May 10, 202217 min

Episode 352: Cooler HPC With Verne Global

Addison Snell and Verne Global's CEO Dominic Ward and CTO Tate Cantrell discuss greener HPC, datacenter colocation, and the advantages of sustainable geothermal heating and cooling in this special sponsored episode of This Week in HPC.

Apr 15, 202220 min

Episode 351: A Hopper full of news at GTC; and EuroHPC Summit Week

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze the news out of NVIDIA GTC 2022 as well as EuroHPC Summit.

Apr 5, 202227 min

Episode 350: Nvidia Acquires Excelero; New Consortium Aims to Connect Chiplets

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss the details of Nvidia's Excelero acquisition and who is in (and who is not in) the newly-announced UCIe Consortium.

Mar 11, 202216 min

Episode 349: Atos Unveils Exascale Architecture / Intel Affirms Upcoming Advancements

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss the details of Atos' newly-announced Exascale architecture, Intel's latest plans, and the Winter Classic Student Cluster Competition.

Feb 26, 202224 min