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Episode 198: Cray Plugs Its Supercomputers Into Azure; NEC Unveils New Vector Machines

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Cray's new Azure colocation and NEC's promised vector co-processor.

Nov 1, 201717 min

Episode 197: Intel Readies Nirvana AI Chip; Updates From HPC China

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Intel's Nirvana chip announcement and the happenings at HPC China and the HPC Advisory Council.

Oct 27, 201718 min

Episode 196: Fujitsu Wins Big Supercomputing Contract; Intel Unveils Its Quantum Computing Chip

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Fujitsu's big AI win; plus Intel's Quantum Computing move.

Oct 21, 201717 min

Episode 195: U.S. Looks to Aurora for Exascale; Oracle Boots up to GPU Cloud

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the DOE's change of course on U.S. exascale plans, plus Oracle's GPU Cloud announcement.

Oct 11, 201715 min

Episode 194: Intel Enters Neuromorphic Realm; Server Vendors Catch Volta Fever

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Intel's new neuromorphic chip, the future of AI, and ClusterStor.

Oct 3, 201712 min

Episode 193: DARPA Seeks Workarounds to Moore’s Law; Tianhe-2 Gets Its Upgrade

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss DARPA's latest initiative and the upgrade to Tianhe-2.

Sep 26, 201717 min

Episode 192: Huawei HPC Aspirations Grow with the Cloud; EU Jumpstarts Another Exascale Project

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss HPC announcements coming out of Huawei Connect 2017 and the EU's latest Exascale project.

Sep 12, 201716 min

191: Microsoft Touts New FPGA Platform; Startup Translator Service Takes on Hyperscale Giants

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Microsoft's latest move and a startup entry into online translation services.

Sep 7, 201713 min

Episode 190: Microsoft Grabs Cycle in Cloud Computing Race; NASA Launches HPC Equipment

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Microsoft's acquisition of Cycle Computing, plus HPE's supercomputer in space.

Aug 25, 201713 min

Episode189: IBM Brews Strong Caffe; Oak Ridge Begins Climb to Summit

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss IBM's record benchmark and Oak Ridge's Summit build.

Aug 18, 201715 min

Episode 188: TaihuLight Explores Mysteries of the Universe; China Aims for AI Leadership

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss two big announcements out of China.

Aug 8, 201714 min

Episode187: Cray Picks Up ClusterStor from Seagate; India Advances Supercomputing Plans

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze Cray's ClusterStor move and India's progress toward home-grown supercomputers.

Jul 31, 201719 min

Episode 186: EPYC vs Skylake Round One; Cray Right-Sizes to Market Conditions

Episode 186: EPYC vs Skylake Round One; Cray Right-Sizes to Market Conditions by Intersect360 Research

Jul 25, 201717 min

Episode 185: Skylake Goes for Gold… and Platinum; Intel Launches Xeon Scalable Platform

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the latest announcement from Intel.

Jul 11, 201714 min

Episode 184: Mellanox Jumps Ahead in Ethernet Race; Atos Enters Quantum Computing Realm

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the Spectrum-2 announcement from Mellanox and Atos' quantum simulator.

Jul 6, 201712 min

Episode 183: Europe Takes Aim at Exascale; Air Force Flies TrueNorth

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman dissect Europe's plans for an Exascale system, and contemplate the uses of IBM's low-power TrueNorth chip in its announced U.S. Air Force application.

Jul 1, 201716 min

Episode 182: AMD Makes EPYC Launch; Lenovo and IBM News from ISC

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss AMD's launch of EPYC , plus news from IBM and Lenovo.

Jun 27, 201716 min

Episode 181: New Systems for ARM, ShenWei and Skylake: Updates from ISC 17

Episode 181: New Systems for ARM, ShenWei and Skylake: Updates from ISC 17 by Intersect360 Research

Jun 21, 20179 min

Episode 180: GPUs, OmniPath, and Piz Daint; Highlights of the new TOP500 list

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman react to the news from the Top500 list at ISC 2017.

Jun 19, 201716 min

Episode 179: DOE PathForward Awards for Exascale; A Look Ahead at ISC 17

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman comment on the DOE's exascale awards and discuss the things to watch at ISC 17.

Jun 17, 201719 min

Episode 178: IBM Paves Path to Five Nanometers; DARPA Hires Intel for a New Project

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss interesting chip developments coming from IBM and Intel.

Jun 14, 201714 min

Episode 177: Power What's Next at ISC - An Interview With Molly Presley of Quantum

Addison Snell and Molly Presley discuss data management trends in HPC and Quantum's ISC plans.

Jun 7, 201713 min

Episode 176: IBM and Google Step Up Quantum Race; Nvidia Adds ODMs to Hyperscale Strategy

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the latest move to up the ante on quantum computing and consider Nvidia's hyperscale strategy.

Jun 5, 201716 min

Episode 175: DOE Budget Saves Computing But Skimps on Research; Microsoft Expands Role of FPGAs

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman dissect the latest DOE budget proposal and its probable effect on HPC applications. Also, what Microsoft's FPGA expansion means for chip suppliers.

Jun 1, 201719 min

Episode 174: HPE Refreshes The Machine; Google Levels up TPU

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman consider HPE's newest iteration of The Machine, and Google's move to leverage its TPU.

May 26, 201713 min

Episode 173: Nvidia Launches Volta into AI; Updates and Analysis from GTC17

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Nvidia's Volta and the GTC17 conference.

May 19, 201717 min

Episode 172: HPC Dodges Budget Axe; China Claims Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman react to U.S. HPC budget news, and China's announcement of a quantum computing breakthrough.

May 17, 201713 min

Episode 171: Canada Begins Big Petascale Push; Machine Learning Catches a Wave

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman react to Canada's Petascale announcement and discuss Wave Computing's plans to break into machine learning.

May 11, 201716 min

Episode 170: Intel Reverses Course on IDF and Lustre; Xeon Phi and Omni-Path Make Cloud Debut

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Intel's latest HPC moves.

May 2, 201714 min

Episode 169: Gerrymandering Meets Supercomputing; Russian HPC Shows Its Age

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss a new supercomputing application that could be used in a gerrymandering case before the Supreme Court, and a Russian attempt to display its HPC prowess backfires.

Apr 28, 201714 min

Episode 168: Google Justifies In-House Processor; EU Plans Home-Grown Exascale

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Google’s plans to scale its Tensor Processing Units through the cloud and the EU’s announced development of a home-grown exascale system.

Apr 18, 201715 min

Episode 167: Intel Renews Debate About Moore's Law; UK Builds Out Supercomputing Centers

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman interpret Intel's take on the Moore's Law debate and the impact of Britain's 20 million pound supercomputing investment.

Apr 7, 201718 min

Episode166: U.S. Frets Over Chinese Supercomputing; Addison's Testimony From Capitol Hill

U.S. Government report examines China's supercomputing leadership bid and Addison Snell testifies in front of U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Mar 31, 201725 min

Episode 165: IBM on Quantum Computing; Microsoft and Facebook Offer GPU Server Designs

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss IBM's path to commercializing quantum computing and take a look at Microsoft and Facebook's GPU server designs.

Mar 16, 201718 min

Episode 164: Google Cloud Gets High Performance Boost; India Promises 10-Petaflop Supercomputer

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the latest news on Google's processor updates and promises of a 10-petaflop system out of India.

Mar 9, 201717 min

Episode 163: Burst Buffers Accelerate Scientific Discovery at NERSC

Addison Snell discusses how burst buffers are accelerating scientific solutions at NERSC with special guests Debbie Bard, Big Data Architect, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Mark Wiertalla, Product marketing director of the storage solutions team at Cray.

Feb 22, 201715 min

Episode 162: AI Gets Top Billing in TSUBAME Sequel; Cloud Providers Face Off in Linpack Showdown

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the latest AI news out of Japan and the latest Linpack showdown.

Feb 18, 201717 min

Episode161: Intel Delivers Fab News at White House; Cray Finishes 2016 in the Black

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman review Intel's Oval Office factory announcement and Cray's year-end fiscal news.

Feb 16, 201717 min

Episode160: Trump Travel Ban Agitates Tech Community; NCAR Boots Up 5-Petaflop Super

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the high-tech industry's response to Trump's travel ban, NCAR's new five-petaflop supercomputer, and the poker triumph of AI.

Feb 8, 201715 min

Episode159: China Whispers About Exascale Prototype; US DOE Frets About Supercomputing Cuts

Episode159: China Whispers About Exascale Prototype; US DOE Frets About Supercomputing Cuts by Intersect360 Research

Feb 1, 201717 min

Episode158: Cray Tapped to Build ARM Supercomputer; Bull and Cavium Team Up on Mont-Blanc Prototype

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Cray's ARM supercomputer and news from Bull and Cavium.

Jan 24, 201717 min

Episode157: AMD and Chelsio Launch into New Year; Poker-Playing AI Gets Rematch

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss Chelsio and AMD's new Vega system and debate the chances of Carnegie Mellon's poker-playing A.I. system against the pros.

Jan 19, 201714 min

Episode156: AMD Throws Hat Into Machine Learning Ring; ARM Acquires Allinea

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss AMD's machine learning strategy plus ARM's acquisition of Allinea.

Dec 20, 201615 min

Episode155: HPE Puts the Machine in Motion; U.S. Embarks on Faster Path to Exascale

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss HPE's future-looking concept car and the new DOE roadmap to an earlier exascale system.

Dec 14, 201618 min

Episode154: Japanese Government Funds AI Supercomputer; Intel Unveils AI Chip Road Map

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss A.I. news from Intel and Japan, plus Seagate's latest platform.

Dec 7, 201617 min

Episode 153: Shifting HPC Vendor Landscape; Final Takeaways from SC16

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman review the shifting market share among top HPC vendors and some final notes on SC16.

Nov 24, 201616 min

Episode152: AI Shapes Supercomputing; Processor News Plus Green500

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman wrap up the Supercomputing 16 show with an overview of AI and the Green500 list.

Nov 18, 201613 min

Episode151: SC16 Kickoff; New Technologies on Top500

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman talk over the new Top500 list and highlights of the first half of SC16.

Nov 17, 201614 min

Episode150: Safe With Me, This Week in HPC

Addison Snell shares a PSA about the #SafeWithMe #safetypin movement in America. For more information on the origins and meaning of this movement, view the following articles: The Powerful Reason Americans Are Wearing Safety Pins: https://www.good.is/articles/safety-pin-america-trump-brexit The Incredible Reason You Might Start Seeing Safety Pins Everywhere: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/safety-pin-trump-brexit_us_58251b53e4b0c4b63b0c11a9 "By fastening a safety pin to their clothing, people are declaring themselves allies to groups who have been maligned by Trump, to show that they stand in solidarity with anyone who might be afraid."

Nov 13, 20162 min

Episode149: Election Results Trump Predictions; Mellanox Sets Bar at 200 Gigabits

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the modeling behind U.S. election predictions and how they got it so wrong; also, Mellanox's 200 gigabit announcement and a preview of SC16.

Nov 11, 201620 min