The High Performance Computing Podcast

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team discusses the recent acquisition of The Exascale Report by insideHPC. Exascale-level computing remains a daunting challenge that is still years away, and…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team takes a look at Cray’s 2013 earnings report. By all accounts, the company had a banner year with a total revenue of $525.7…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team looks at a recent study of hard drive reliability by Backblaze. Henry had a cow, writing in Enterprise Storage Forum that the study…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team gives their take on the recent news that IBM will soon be exiting the x86 server business. Lenovo looks to have gotten…

In this slidecast, Fritz Ferstl from Univa leads a fireside chat on the continuing HPC Datacenter Evolution. Topics include: CPUs More cores, more options Memory Architectures and hierarchies Energy Power-down…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team discusses what was hot and trending at the SC13 conference in Denver. Big Data was everywhere on the exhibit floor, but the…

In this episode, Rich and Dan talk Big Data Sports with Paul Bessire, a statistician and founder of PredictionMachine.com. My pal Rich Brueckner and I had a chance to interview…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team discusses interconnect requirements for applications outside of the current Exascale mission profile. Henry is concerned that these hyperscale machines are getting so…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the mission parameters driving Exascale development. Henry is concerned that a system designed for DOE applications will be tailored to…

n this episode, Rich, Henry, and Dan discuss the recent ISC’13 conference, the Student Cluster Challenge, and South Africa’s surprise win. While there was a lack of news at the…

In this one, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the Milky Way (Tianhe-2) supercomputer from China that now owns the top slot on the TOP500 list. They kick around…

In Part 2 of this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the importance of owning your own archive of enterprise data. The discussion was prompted by Henry Newman’s…

In Part 1 of this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the importance of owning your own archive of enterprise data. The discussion was prompted by Henry Newman’s…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team takes a look at pending holographic storage technology. Henry Newman’s head is still spinning from the technology previews he saw at the…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team interview Fritz Ferstl, CTO of Univa. Topics include Big Data, HPC, and the continuing convergence of both. While what we think of…

In this edition, the Radio Free HPC team discusses Lustre and LUG 2013 with Brent Gorda. Now part of Intel in their High Performance Data Division, Gorda was CEO of…

In this follow-up podcast to the GPU Technology Conference, the Radio Free HPC team mulls over a talk by GE’s Dustin Franklin, GPU app specialist. Dustin’s topic was GPU-direct RDMA;…

In this episode of Radio Free HPC, Rich, Dan, and Henry discuss the recent buzz surrounding FGPAs. After being sidelined by accelerators, they’re increasingly being used in appliances. Big vendors…

In this episode of Radio Free HPC, the topic of Exascale is under the hosts’ scrutiny once again as they discuss some interesting stories released by The Exascale Report featuring…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at at a new book called The Human Face of Big Data by Rick Smolan. The book details the ways in…

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team discusses recent reports of Intel’s plans to bust up the cable TV industry by offering a service or set-top box that would…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at success factors for technology Startups. Prompted by a recent interview with Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolshiem. The discussion centers around lessons learned…

In Part 3 of this special Holiday podcast, Rich and Henry discuss the perfect Christmas gift for Dan, a curmudgeon of the highest order. No video on this one, unfortunately,…

In Part 2 of this special Holiday podcast, Rich and Dan discuss the perfect Christmas gift for Henry, a man who some consider to be wound a little too tightly…

In Part 1 of this special Holiday podcast, Dan and Henry discuss the perfect Christmas gift for Rich, who is a bit of an Apple enthusiast. The video is much…

In this wrap-up review of SC12, the Radio Free HPC team discusses the Student Cluster Competition, covering the teams, results, and a discussion of how the competition has evolved over…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team is still talking about the recently concluded SC12 conference in Salt Lake City. The conversation starts with a short review of Thanksgiving…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team quits griping about the horrible WiFi at SC12 and moves on to a truly big issue: Are LINPACK and HPCC benchmarks useful?…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team regroups after SC12 to discuss an industry trend that was in evidence at the show: vendor consolidation     Cray just acquired…

Here’s a brief preview of what we expect to see at SC12. Liquid cooling? Check. Lots of talk about exascale? Check. But maybe some new systems from the major players?…