Episode 24: Do Not Talk About Exascale

In this episode of Radio Free HPC, the topic of Exascale is under the hosts’ scrutiny once again as they discuss some interesting stories released by The Exascale Report featuring opinion by Bill Gropp of NCSA and Bill Harrod of DOE. Rule #1: You do not talk about Exascale. (Kind of like rule #1 of…

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Episode 23: Human Face of Big Data

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at at a new book called The Human Face of Big Data by Rick Smolan. The book details the ways in which Big Data affects our daily lives and predicts the ways it will transform our future. The big-picture overview the author presents is that of…

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Episode 22: Intel Inside Cable TV

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team discusses recent reports of Intel’s plans to bust up the cable TV industry by offering a service or set-top box that would allow customers to buy channels and individual shows a la carte, and — AND — access a cloud-based DVR service. The stuff of dreams, right?…

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Episode 21 Success and Failure in Tech

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at success factors for technology Startups. Prompted by a recent interview with Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolshiem. The discussion centers around lessons learned from Sun’s decline and eventual acquisition by Oracle. Download the MP3            Download the video

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Episode 20: Christmas Gifts Podcast Part 3 of 3

In Part 3 of this special Holiday podcast, Rich and Henry discuss the perfect Christmas gift for Dan, a curmudgeon of the highest order. No video on this one, unfortunately, they were too lazy to do one. Download the MP3

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