Episode Archive...
Check out our hot takes from yesteryear to ancient history. Given hindsight, were we right or wrong or somewhere in between?
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Episode 13: Melting Amazon's Glacier
In this edition, a sleep-deprived, rage-fueled Henry Newman assails Glacier, Amazon’s cloud archive and backup offering. Amazon is pitching Glacier as a solution for customers who don’t need frequent access…
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Episode 12: Tracking Backlash and Big Data
In this episode, our hosts agree that “software is not magic” and consumers don’t want to be tracked. Will there be a backlash? Will this be the new marketing point…
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Episode 11 Rich Goes to OSCON
At OSCON, or the Open Source Convention, a presentation on the “Clothesline Paradox” aptly illustrated the way developers create value. Many large companies such as Comcast make a living on…
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Episode 10: Exascale Power Challenge
Power is a major challenge standing in the way of the Exascale computing. While the target is to consume 20 MW or less for an exascale machine, current technology trends…
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Episode 9: Remembering Allan Snavely, HPC Visionary
This episode is devoted to Allan Snavely, CTO of Lawrence Livermore National Lab, who passed away unexpectedly in July 2012. He was widely known as a brilliant scientist and innovator,…
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Episode 8: Is Tape Dead or Just Quiet?
Is that parrot completely dead, or is it just resting? Is tape now legacy technology, or is it alive and well? And can’t our data just all go in the…
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Episode 7 What's the Deal With Exascalar?
In this podcast, the hosts discuss the Exascalar measure/benchmark and what it’s telling us. Exascalar combines Top500 and Green500 data in order to see if the industry is on track…
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Episode 6: When Big Data Goes Bad
In this podcast, the topic is Big Data and analytics. More specifically, the guys talk about a couple of examples of when over-reliance on analytics leads to bad outcomes. The…
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Episode 5: ISC'12 Intel Phi
In this podcast, the guys talk about Intel’s introduction of their new Phi multi-core processor at ISC12, and what customers will need to do to take advantage of it. Also,…
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Episode 4: ISC12 Cluster Competition
In this podcast, we look back at ISC’12 and the ISC Student Cluster Challenge. Dan proposes a joint challenge so we could crown a world student cluster champion – and…
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Episode 3: Is LINPACK Obsolete?
In this podcast, a conversation with Jack Dongarra (of Top500 list fame) at ISC’12 is the inspiration for a spirited discussion of whether the venerable LINPACK benchmark has outlived its…
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Episode 2: When Tech Lies
In this editiion, we discuss what happens when technology lies to you. It starts with Dan ranting about how his exercise machine has been lying for more than a year…
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Episode 1: Data Integrity
In this first episode of our Radio Free HPC podcast, the guys talk about Data Integrity and the menace of Silent Data Corruption – complete with a real life example!…
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