Episode 401: NOAA Goes Cloudy, Big Time

Episode 401: NOAA Goes Cloudy, Memory Gets Pricey, and Someone Might Have Hooked an Alligator We’re two episodes into the reboot and the band is still back together—Shahin in the Valley, Henry sweating it out at 104° in his Las Cruces survival compound, and Dan staring at temperature sensors that refuse to agree with each…

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Episode 400: We’ve Re-Booted The Show

After 193 months off the air, Radio Free HPC is back. Dan, Shahin, and Henry return with the same arguments, the same opinions, and a slightly more irregular schedule. Also: hospital stays, liquid cooling, and why AI is just HPC in a hoodie. 193 months later (or 1,351 days, depending on how you count), Radio…

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Episode 304: Does NVIDIA get Arm? We Argue About it

In this edition, the whole crew discusses the latest in the NVIDIA attempt to purchase Arm. Each of the team is forced to weigh in on the prospects of the world powers (US, EU, China) approving the deal. Shahin believes it’s a 90-95% done deal while Dan feels it’s dead. Henry leans towards Dan as…

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Episode 293: Contest Winner Revealed! Marvell Goes Custom Arm

Huge news: We reveal our second RFHPC contest winner! We also discuss the sumptuous prize package he will receive just as soon as I get around to finding a box. We also discuss Marvell’s announcement of their Thunder-3 Arm chip as a ‘custom platform.’ So what’s a custom platform in this context? Why? Who is…

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Episode 292: RISC-V Deep Dive, CTO Interview

  RISC-V Deep Dive, CTO Interview In this special edition of Radio Free HPC, we interview Mark Himelstein, RISC-V International Chief Technical Officer. In the discussion, we look at RISC-V from all angles, discussing how the opensource ISA is being used today and how it might be used tomorrow. And there’s a lot to consider.…

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