Episode 39: SC13 Wrap Up Show

In this episode, the Radio Free HPC team discusses what was hot and trending at the SC13 conference in Denver. Big Data was everywhere on the exhibit floor, but the coming requirements of Exascale spurred a number of low-power supercomputing demonstrations that look to be the wave of the future. Download the MP3

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Episode 36: Big Data Sports at the Prediction Machine

In this episode, Rich and Dan talk Big Data Sports with Paul Bessire, a statistician and founder of PredictionMachine.com. My pal Rich Brueckner and I had a chance to interview PredictionMachine.com founder Paul Bessire as part of our Radio Free HPC podcast a few weeks ago. In the programme, Paul discusses the genesis of the…

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Episode 35: Interconnects, Exascale, and Latency Tolerance

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team discusses interconnect requirements for applications outside of the current Exascale mission profile. Henry is concerned that these hyperscale machines are getting so physically large that the latency will be a showstopper for applications that have to wait for data. The speed of light is not going to…

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Episode 34: Why the Apps Will Drive What an Exascale System Looks Like

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the mission parameters driving Exascale development. Henry is concerned that a system designed for DOE applications will be tailored to that particular mission profile and therefore not be a performing system on NSF applications. Will the TOP 10 Exascale applications all be about High Energy…

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Episode 33: Wrapping up ISC'13

n this episode, Rich, Henry, and Dan discuss the recent ISC’13 conference, the Student Cluster Challenge, and South Africa’s surprise win. While there was a lack of news at the conference this year (aside from Tianhe-2, covered n the previous show) the boys are definitely psyched up for SC13 in Denver and Dan’s plan to…

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