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  • Episode 13: Melting Amazon's Glacier

    October 21, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 12: Tracking Backlash and Big Data

    October 13, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 11 Rich Goes to OSCON

    October 13, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 10: Exascale Power Challenge

    October 13, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 9: Remembering Allan Snavely, HPC Visionary

    October 13, 2012

    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,…

  • Episode 8: Is Tape Dead or Just Quiet?

    October 13, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 7 What's the Deal With Exascalar?

    August 28, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 6: When Big Data Goes Bad

    August 28, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 5: ISC'12 Intel Phi

    August 28, 2012

    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,…

  • Episode 4: ISC12 Cluster Competition

    August 28, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 3: Is LINPACK Obsolete?

    August 28, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 2: When Tech Lies

    August 28, 2012

    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…

  • Episode 1: Data Integrity

    August 28, 2012

    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!…