In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the recent cryptocurrency crash and why prices for these coins is so volatile. After that, we do our Catch of the Week: Henry points us to a story about Boeing’s new autonomous drone that carry up to 500 pound packages for home delivery. Dan notes that, after…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at European Commission’s recent move to fund exascale development with 1 Billion Euros. While Europe already had a number of exascale initiatives under way, this is a major step forward in that it puts up the money. Under a new legal and funding structure, the Commission’s…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the performance ramifications of the Spectre and Meltdown exploits that affect processors from Intel, AMD, and many others. While patches are on the way, the performance hit from these patches could be as high as twenty or thirty percent in some cases. For information and…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team reviews their list of things Not Invited Back in 2018. Along the way, they share some of their New Year Resolutions. Not Invited Back for 2018: Henry want to see an end to Swatting. Dan wants to see an end to IEEE Floating-Point Arithmetic Rich is not…

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team reviews 2017 Technology Predictions from OrionX. While all the numbers are not in yet, here are the OrionX 2017 predictions look to be true: Azure will grow faster than AWS. While the big three are all growing, Azure seems to be growing at the fastest rate. Microsoft…