Intersect360 Research

This Week in HPC

Each week, Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and analyst Michael Feldman dissect the week's top HPC stories.

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Jun 16, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 276: AMD Targets HPC with 7nm EPYC; Server OEMs, Cloud Vendors Line Up 16.08.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze AMD's Epyc2 launch event.

Episode 275: OmniPath Comes to a Dead End; What Can AI Do for Science? 07.08.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss the implications of Intel's axing Omni-Path, plus the DOE's AI "Town Hall" meetings.

Episode 274: Pohoiki! Goonhilly! 19.07.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Intel's new neuromorphic chip, the approach of a truly green data center, and the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

Episode 273: Machine Learning Benchmark Produces Split Decision; NVIDIA Expands DGX-Ready Program 15.07.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss NVIDIA's and Google's performance on the MLPerf benchmark, plus news about the DGX

Episode 272: China's Super Secret; U.S. Locks Down Tech Transfers 05.07.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader dissect the secret around China's new supercomputer, its absence from the TOP500 list, and the U.S. government reaction.

Episode 271: Updates from ISC19 20.06.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader dive into the biggest stories of the ISC19 conference.

Episode 270: New TOP500 list announced; Must be 1 Petaflops to Enter 17.06.2019

Addison Snell and TIffany Trader talk TOP500 and SC19.

Episode 269: HPC Market Update; Roadmap to European Exascale 14.06.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Intersect360 Research's latest HPC market numbers, plus Europe's pre-exascale and exascale plans.

Episode 268: NVIDIA Targets AI at the Edge; ThinkParQ Builds Buzz for BeeGFS 05.06.2019

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Doug Black discuss NVIDIA's latest news and ThinkParQ's BGFS plans.

Episode 267: HPE to Acquire Cray / Lenovo Outlines Transform 3.0 Vision 05.06.2019

Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Doug Black analyze HPE's purchase of Cray and the reasons behind the $1.3 billion purchase price; plus, Lenovo Transform 3.0 and "AI Winter."

Episode 266: Oak Ridge Chooses Cray, AMD for Exascale; Intel Offers First Course of Xe Fare 23.05.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader explore the ramifications of Oak Ridge's choice for exascale, plus Intel's latest news.

Episode 265: New Dell Server Targets Machine Learning; Exascale Computing Project Update 09.05.2019

Addison Snell is joined by Tiffany Trader and Doug Black in a discussion of Dell's new AI machine and developments in the U.S. Exascale project.

Episode 264: Xilinx Picks Up Solarflare; HPC Development in the Cloud 03.05.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss the Xilinx-Solarflare deal, plus Archanan's cloud-based emulation offerings.

Episode 263: Intel's Agilex FPGA; Dell EMC Demos AI Benchmark 24.04.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss the details of Intel's FPGA and Dell's new AI benchmark.

Episode 262: Intel Launches Cascade Lake; Optane DIMMs Join the Party 12.04.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze Intel's Cascade Lake and Optane launch.

Episode 261: NVIDIA Accelerates Autonomous Driving; HPC Looks at Brexit 05.04.2019

Addison Snell and special guest Doug Black discuss NVIDIA's autonomous vehicle AI and the implications of Brexit for the HPC industry.

Episode 260: NVIDIA's 10th GPU Technology Conference; DOE Affirms Exascale Path 26.03.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze the Nvidia GTC conference and the latest announcement on the DOE Exascale project.

Episode 259: NVIDIA Wins Mellanox Auction; Trump Proposes 2020 Budget 19.03.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze the newly-announced NVIDIA acquisition of Mellanox, plus what the new U.S. budget means for the HPC industry.

Episode 258: Exascale Updates and Early Career Insights; Notes From Rice Oil and Gas 13.03.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss the highlights of the Rice Oil and Gas HPC Conference, including updates to exascale plans.

Episode 257: D-Wave Chases 5000 Qubits; A Look at HPC and AI in Life Sciences 09.03.2019

Addison Snell and John Russell of HPCWire talk about D-Wave's advancements in quantum computing, plus the future of AI.

Episode 256: ClusterVision in Bankruptcy; ARM Intros 128-Core Design 22.02.2019

Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze the bankruptcies of ClusterVision and Transtec, plus ARM's newly-announced 128-core N1 design.

Episode 255: American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, and What IBM is Doing About It 16.02.2019

Addison Snell and new cohost Tiffany Trader of HPCWire discus the executive AI initiative, plus highlights from the HPC Advisory Council AI and IBM Think conferences.

Episode 254: Scaling Beyond Exa; Intel Goes 3D 22.12.2018

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss the prospects for supercomputing architectures after exascale and Intel's plans, including the pursuit of 3-D memory technology.

Episode 253: Amazon Web Services Extends Its Reach in HPC, Hyperscale, and Enterprise 05.12.2018

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze three big announcements out of Amazon Web Services in HPC, Hyperscale and Enterprise computing.

Episode 252: More News From SC18; Updates from Atos, Mellanox, and Panasas 22.11.2018

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman analyze their takeaways from SC18, including news from Atos, Mellanox, and Panasas.

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