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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… Read More »RF HPC Ep12 Tracking Backlash and Big Data

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… Read More »RF HPC Ep 11 Rich Goes to OSCON

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… Read More »RF HPC Ep10 Exascale Challenge Power

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… Read More »RF HPC Ep 9 Remembering Allan Snavely, HPC Visionary

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… Read More »RF HPC Ep 8 Is Tape Dead or Just Quiet?

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… Read More »RF HPC Ep7 What's the Deal With Exascalar

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… Read More »RF HPC Ep6 When Big Data Goes Bad

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… Read More »Radio Free HPC Ep5 ISC'12 Intel Phi

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… Read More »Radio Free HPC Ep4 ISC12 Cluster Competition

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… Read More »Radio Free HPC Ep3 Is LINPACK Obsolete?