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…

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…

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…

  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.…

We have our full staff for this show – first time in a long time. We start out with introductions….Henry still lives in a survivalist compound in Las Cruces, NM, Jessi is still on crutches, and Shahin is still living in the smokey Silicon Valley. Jumping right into our topic:  DOD is getting two new,…