This Week in HPC
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Episode 248: Getting Cool Insights Faster in Iceland
In this sponsored podcast, Addison Snell discusses Iceland's advantages for data center co-location with Gunnar Stefànsson, Director of Business Development, Opin Kerfi.
Episode 247: Cray Unveils Unified Supercomputing Platform; Why Did IBM Buy Red Hat?
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Cray's unveiling of its unified supercomputing platform and IBM's purchase of Red Hat.
Episode 246: Third Exascale Prototype in China; Cray Returns to AMD Formula
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss China's third planned exascale system and the likely outcome of Cray's return to AMD.
Episode 245: Preventing Disease with Machine Learning at Stanford Med
Addison Snell interviews Stanford Med's Dr. Jingjing Li about a breakthrough new study that uses machine learning to accurately predict cardiac disease.
Episode 244: Czech Automaker Preps For 15 Petaflops; Quantum Computing Comes to Life
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman review developments in the Chinese Supermicro spy scandal, plus announcements about HPC in the Czech automotive industry and IBM's quantum modeling of evolution.
Episode243: Chinese Military Implicated in Server Hacking; Supermicro Under Scrutiny
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze the potential effects of the Chinese Supermicro spy scandal on the HPC industry.
Episode 242: IBM Takes a Crack at Machine Bias; New Study Predicts Workforce Disruption
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the pitfalls of machine bias in AI and a new study that predicts coming disruption to a substantial percentage of the workforce.
Episode 241: U.S. Advances Bill for Quantum Leadership; Gordon Bell Finalists Enter Exascale Era
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss a $1.2 billion initiative in Congress to keep the U.S. at the forefront of the quantum computing landscape, and take a look at exascale and the Gordon Bell finalists.
Episode 240: Lenovo and NetApp Partner Up; NVIDIA Puts Turing into Tesla
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Lenovo's newly-announced partnership with NetApp, NVIDIA's Tesla move, HPC on Wall Street, and Lenovo Transform 2.0.
Episode 239: Azure Gets HPC and AI Boost; Baidu Intros Code-Free Machine Learning
Episode 239: Azure Gets HPC and AI Boost; Baidu Intros Code-Free Machine Learning by Intersect360 Research
Episode 238: China Makes Big Push into Superconducting Computers; TACC Preps for Frontera
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze China's latest announcement on the road to superconductor development, and TACC's new Fronterra system.
Episode 237: New Processors in the Spotlight; Fujitsu, IBM, and Intel at Hot Chips
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze the HPC announcements from the Hot Chips conference.
Episode 236: A New NSF System for TACC; Plus Installations at NREL, Hokkaido, and Zimbabwe
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze new system announcements spanning the globe.
Episode 235: Three Xeons in Two Years; Intel Unveils Processor Roadmap
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Intel's latest chip announcements and its likely roadmap over the next few years.
Episode 234: Achieving Zen in China; HPE Wins Blue Brain 5
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss China's Zen and Switzerland's Big Blue Brain.
Episode 233: European Processor Initiative Takes Aim at Exascale; HPC Cloud Computing on the Upswing
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the European exascale initiative and Intersect360 Research's HPC market overview.
Episode 232: Lustre, Machine Learning, GPUs and Quantum; an ISC Wrap-Up
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman wrap up their coverage of ISC18 with an analysis of the biggest news items of the show.
Episode 231: TOP500 Reaches a New Summit
Addison Snell talks with IBM's David Turek about Summit, the #1 system heading up the new TOP500 list.
Episode 230: ISC18 Kicks Off; TOP500 Gets a Makeover
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman talk TOP500, HPCG, and Green500 live from the ISC18 show floor.
Episode 229: Sandia Set to Break Petaflop Barrier with ARM; A Preview of ISC18
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman preview ISC18 and take a look at the new petaflop ARM system announcement out of Sandia National Labs.
Episode 228: Penguin Computing Sold to Holding Company; MareNostrum Supercomputer Gets IBM Upgrade
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze the unexpected acquisition of Penguin Computing, MareNostrum's upgrade, and stories to watch at ISC.
Episode 227: DOE Launches Summit Supercomputer; US Poised to Reclaim TOP500 Lead
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the Summit news out of Oak Ridge and its probable impact on the TOP500 list.
Episode 226: NVIDIA Intros New GPU Reference Platform; Intel Unveils Optane Memory Modules
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman talk AI, Optane, and NVIDIA's "secret sauce.”
Episode 225: Intel Updates AI Strategy; Big Claims from New Chip Startup
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze this week's top HPC stories, including Intel’s AI push and a new player in the chip arena.
Episode 224: Intel Launches New Xeon-FPGA Hybrid; Google Raises Bar on Natural Language AI
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman examine Intel’s latest offering and the evolution of natural-language AI at Google.
Episode 223: Cavium Finally Releases ThunderX2 Chips; Google Unveils Third-Generation TPU
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze this week's produce announcements from Cavium and Google.
Episode 222: Eni Flexes Muscles on New Supercomputer; New Systems in Belgium and Australia
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze new HPC installations in Italy, Belgium and Australia and predict where they may appear on next month’s TOP500 list.
Episode 221: DOE Takes Earth Modeling to Exascale; UK Bets Big On AI
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze the DOE's exascale whole-earth model announcement and the UK's AI initiative.
Episode 220: Cray Introduces EPYC Supercomputers; HPE Supplies ARMs to UK
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Cray's EPYC introduction and HPE's UK ARM move.
Episode 219: DOE Opens RFP for Exascale; Up to $1.8 Billion for CORAL-2
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze the DOE’s newly-announced RFP for U.S. Exascale projects.
Episode 218: Paderborn Selects Cray FPGA Cluster; RIKEN Taps Matsuoka as Center Director
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Paderborn's selection of Cray for its FPGA cluster and RIKEN's selection of Satoshi Matsuoka as Center Director.
Episode217: AI, Graphics, and Scientific Computing; All Things GPU at GTC18
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman review the news from NVIDIA's GTC18 conference.
Episode 216: IBM Bets the House on AI in Las Vegas; Cray Wins Bid for Fusion Science Supercomputer
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss IBM's focus on AI at the IBM Think Conference, plus Cray's Fusion Science supercomputer win.
Episode 215: Google Targets Quantum Supremacy; Brain Simulation Gets Ready for Exascale
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the advent of quantum and brain mapping in HPC.
Episode 214: Lenovo Launches New HPC Platform; White House Floats Budget for Exascale
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze this week's top HPC news, including Lenovo's new water-cooled HPC system and the latest US Exascale project budget.
Episode 213: Google Rents Out TPUs; Cray Financials Take a Nosedive
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Google's latest move and what Cray's financials say about the HPC industry.
Silicon Photonics, 64-bit ARM, and Singularity Containers; New Startups Take On HPC and Hyperscale
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze the offerings and outlook for several new HPC startups.
Episode 211: China to Defend TOP500 Title; Samsung Launches Challenge to Intel Operations
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss China's bid to stay atop the TOP500 list and Samsung's surprising takeover of the #1 chip supplier spot.
Episode 210: DOE Solicits Projects for Mystery Exascale Architecture; Atos Gets Big Win in Germany
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman ponder the DOE's mystery Aurora architecture and Atos' 12-Petaflop German installation.
Multi-petaflop installations in Italy and India; AI Bests Humans at Reading Comprehension
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze this week's big HPC stories, including two new Petaflop installations and a big leap forward for AI.
Episode 208: What Meltdown and Spectre Mean for HPC; Intel Plays Catch-Up in Quantum Computing
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, plus news on Intel's quantum computing push.
Episode207: Microsoft to Acquire Storage Startup; Foxconn Builds Six-Petaflop Supercomputer
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Microsoft's new storage acquisition, Foxconn's six-petaflop supercomputer, and LRZ's upgrade.
Episode 206: AI, Quantum Computing and the Processor Wars; the HPC Year in Review
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman give their analysis of 2017's top HPC trends.
Episode 205: IBM Debuts POWER9; PEZI Computing Takes a Fall
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze IBM's Power9 announcement and the fraud story at PEZI Computing.
Episode 204: Harrison High School Takes on the Student Cluster Competition
Addison Snell interviews the students and coaches from the first ever all-high-school team to compete in SC's Student Cluster Competition.
Episode 203: Quantum Xcellis Scale-Out NAS
Addison Snell is joined by Quantum's Laura Shepard speaking about the newly-announced Quantum Xcellis Scale-Out NAS on this sponsored podcast.
Episode 202: Intel Drops Next-Gen Xeon Phi; Processor Updates from SC17
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman cover surprising processor coming out of SC17.
Episode 201: The 50th TOP500 List Live From the Beowulf Bash
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman are joined by guests Horst Simon of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Don Becker as they talk TOP500, SC17 early highlights, and the Beowulf Bash.
Episode 200: SC17 Conference Preview
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman predict the hot trends and topics of SC17.
Episode 199: HPE Upgrades Superdome with SGI NUMA; Australian Supercomputer Adds Power8 Cluster
Addison Snell and Michael Feldman give their analysis of the HPE Superdome NUMA upgrade and Australia's Raijin upgrade.