This Week in HPC

Episode 226: NVIDIA Intros New GPU Reference Platform; Intel Unveils Optane Memory Modules 07.06.2018 18:18 ↓

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 01.06.2018 18:46 ↓

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 30.05.2018 15:23 ↓

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 23.05.2018 14:22 ↓

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 16.05.2018 14:56 ↓

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 04.05.2018 17:56 ↓

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 21.04.2018 16:10 ↓

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 13.04.2018 16:28 ↓

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 06.04.2018 13:52 ↓

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 02.04.2018 17:47 ↓

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 28.03.2018 14:55 ↓

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 22.03.2018 14:47 ↓

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 07.03.2018 12:39 ↓

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 21.02.2018 18:12 ↓

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 17.02.2018 16:37 ↓

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 09.02.2018 13:36 ↓

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 31.01.2018 16:59 ↓

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 24.01.2018 14:32 ↓

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 18.01.2018 16:12 ↓

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 09.01.2018 13:43 ↓

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 17.12.2017 18:49 ↓

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman give their analysis of 2017's top HPC trends.

Episode 205: IBM Debuts POWER9; PEZI Computing Takes a Fall 17.12.2017 22:55 ↓

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 17.12.2017 19:04 ↓

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 12.12.2017 8:31 ↓

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 12.12.2017 20:12 ↓

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman cover surprising processor coming out of SC17.