Our main topic for this episode is the SolarWinds hack. This is the worst digital hacking incident to date and will have repercussions for many years. As many as 18,000 SolarWinds customers may have downloaded the hacked update and opened themselves up to digital mayhem and thievery. This includes many government accounts, some of the…

After a late fall hiatus, Radio Free HPC is back, baby. This is our holiday episode and we start by pledging to be 29% more scintillating in the new year, which is a significant bonus for listeners if we can hit that mark. The theme of the show is HPC:  High Performance Christmas. We left…

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,…