@HPCpodcast with Shahin Khan and Doug Black

SC taglines since SC14. Trade wars and the impact they could have on scientific collaboration. We'll have an entire show on ship wars next week with a special guest. Also covered is new shared memory capabilities in the cloud. [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/041@HPCpodcast_SC-taglines_Techno-Politics_Shared-Memory_20221106.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-41: SC Tagline...

We are delighted to havet Kathy Yelick as our special guest to celebrate the Exascale Day (10/18). Dr. Yelick is the Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and the Vice Chancellor for Research at UC Berkeley, and Senior Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/040@HPCpodcas...

Blades are shipping for the storied Aurora exascale supercomputer. The well-crafted and executed Intel Innovation Day. Linux wars. And the Tesla AI day. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/039@HPCpodcas_Aurora_Intel_Linux-Wars_Tesla_20221012.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-39: Aurora, Intel Day, Linux Wars, Tesla Day appeared first on OrionX.net .

We caught up with Steve Conway , well-known HPC executive and analyst formerly with IDC and Hyperion Research, in an engaging and wide ranging discussion of HPC technology and policy trends. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/038@HPCpodcas_Steve-Conway_Heterogeneity_Global-HPC_HR-Talent_20220928.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-38: Steve Conway on HPC Technology and Policy...

How did Richard Feynman end up playing the bongo drums? How did a new take on Amdahl's Law helped propel massively parallel computing and become Gustafson's Law? And what's wrong with IEEE 754 number format that the new Posit format fixes? We go to the source as we welcome special guest John Gustafson in another very lively conversation. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/037...

Netflix's move to the cloud, ESG and HPC data, Formula-1 racing, and cloud configurations and interconnects for HPC and AI workloads. Cool stories and valuable insights in this episode as we get together with tech luminary and OrionX partner Adrian Cockcroft . [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/036@HPCpodcas_Adrian-Cockcroft_Cloud_ESG_20220914.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodca...

Hot Chips conference: UCIe, 3D packaging, Silicon Photonics, inference in the device or in the data center, edge, CXL, code generation. Update on Quantum Computing. And dedication ceremonies for the Frontier exascale system. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/035@HPCpodcas_Hot-Chips_Quantum_Frontier_20220907.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-35: Hot Chips Conference, Quantum...

After several years of experimentation and various consortia, CXL is emerging as the standard for advanced functionality for fabric technologies. We also discuss some of the details of the CHIPS and Science Act that was recently passed in the US. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/034@HPCpodcas_CXL-Chips-Science-Act_20220818.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-34: CXL, CHIPS A...

We caught up with Melyssa Fratkin , Industrial Programs Director at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) , and co-chair of Texas Women in HPC to discuss the state of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in HPC and her recommendations on how to accelerate progress in this important area. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/033@HPCpodcas_Equity-Diversity-Inclusion_Melyssa-Frat...

A lot has changed in HPC and a lot has changed in marketing. What should smart organizations do to improve their market presence? We discuss this with special guest and "SC Perennial" Mike Bernhardt . [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/032@HPCpodcas_Marketing-in-HPC_20220724.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-32: The Role of Marketing in HPC appeared first on OrionX.net .

Following reports that ASML is under diplomatic pressure to regulate the export of its fabrication equipment to China, we discuss market data, other suppliers, and some of ASML's own suppliers. We also set up for future drill-down on HPC software, and welcome suggestions for guests who can shed light on various parts of it. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/031@HPCpodcas_ASM...

Following the Request for Information (RFI) issued last week by the DOE , we caught up with Dr. Horst Simon to take us through how the DOE is gearing up to go beyond Exascale. A very insightful conversation touching on many aspects of what's next! [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/030@HPCpodcas_DOE-RFI-After-Exascale_20220705.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-30: DOE RFI wi...

The HPC User Forum held a special event at ORNL last week, included a viewing of the facilities and discussed the future of supercomputing hardware and software and staffing challenges of HPC sites. Doug Black was there. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/029@HPCpodcas_HPC-User-Forum-Frontier_20220630.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-29: Up Close and Personal with Frontier,...

Sentience, consciousness, and personhood, and the urgency of thoughtful social policies based on ethical and legal frameworks. Also the state of Crypto and NFT: technologies that might find valid use cases often manifested as investment vehicles that require close scrutiny. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/028@HPCpodcas_LaMDA-Chatbot-AI_Bitcoin-Crypto-NFT_20220621.mp3"][/au...

Dr. Sterling is Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering at the Indiana University (IU) School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, and President and Co-founder of Simultac. His many achievements include the creation in 1994 of the " Beowulf cluster " with Donald Becker at NASA, a system that helped drive the scale-out computing architecture. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/upl...

ISC22, the annual International Supercomputing Conference was held last week in Hamburg, Germany, meeting in person after two years. This is a "postview" of the notable developments at this news-rich event. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/026@HPCpodcas_ISC22-postview_TOP500_Intel_SCC_20220606.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-26: ISC22 Postview: Frontier, Covid, Vendors,...

Winner of the Purple Ribbon Medal, one of Japan's highest honors, Prof. Satoshi Matsuoka oversaw the development and launch of the Fugaku supercomputer, currently number 1 on the TOP500 list. He joins us in a super fun conversation covering a wide range of topics. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/025@HPCpodcas_Purple-Ribbon-Award_Fugaku_Satoshi-Matsukoa_20220525.mp3"][/audi...

Fastest AI supercomputer according to Google, price hikes by TSMC and Samsung, visualization of a black hole in our own galaxy, and IBM's ambitious and well-executed quantum computing roadmap. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/024@HPCpodcas_Fastest-AI-Supercompuer_Chip-Prices_Black-Hole_IBM-Quantum_20220518.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-24: Fastest AI Supercomputer, Chi...

We cover the Turing Award, TOP500, the state of HPC benchmarks, China's Exascale systems, and future directions in algorithms. We also talk about future of supercomputing and AI systems, and discuss proliferation of new architectures. This is another episode you'd want to listen to more than once! [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/023@HPCpodcas_ACM-Tunring-Award-Jack-Dongarr...

New research paper puts China's Exascale systems back in the news. And impending acquisition of Twitter leads to a discussion about the positive impact and policy challenges of our tech society. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/022@HPCpodcas_China-Exascale_Tech-Society_20220427.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-22: China Exascale, Twitter in play, Tech Society appeared fir...

Another must-listen episode, this time covering HPC storage with Gary Grider, leader of the high performance computing division of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). News: Quantiniuum, investigating war crimes, multi-faceted math, and TSMC's quarterly revenues. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/021@HPCpodcas_Storage-with-Gary-Grider_20220420.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpo...

A new segment, Top of The News, covers Federal funding for PsiQuantum and Global Foundries, the AMD-Pensando deal, and Fujitsu's cloud offerings. The main topic is storage as we discuss Computational Storage, Erasure Coding, Storage-Class Memory, and Data-Centric AI. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/020@HPCpodcas_New-Segment-TOTN_Storage-tee-up_20220413.mp3"][/audio] The po...

Special guest Dr. Jeff Nichols oversees DOE's National Center for Computational Sciences, and a key figure in the installation of breakthrough supercomputers such as Titan, Summit, and now Frontier. We discuss the past and future of supercomputing as we get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Frontier, the $600 million 30 MW supercomputer at ORNL, comprised of 50-60 million parts in 100+ cabinets and s...

Shahin and Doug go over what was unveiled at the NVIDIA GTC22 conference, vendor strategies, groundbreaking advances in the industry, and the geopolitics of semiconductors. [audio mp3="http://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/018@HPCpodcast_GTC22-World-of-Chips_20220330.mp3"][/audio] The post @HPCpodcast-18: GTC22, Groundbreaking Advances, and Geopolitics appeared first on OrionX.net .

In a recent paper, Daniel Reed , Dennis Gannon , and Jack Dongarra , have started an important discussion about HPC, its future , and its impact on American competitiveness . We welcome Dan Reed as a special guest of the @HPCpodcast to go a level deeper. Dan is Presidential Professor of Computational Science at the University of Utah and a thought leader and luminary of supercomputing. [audio mp3=...