Authentication, Blockchain, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Data Provenance, Identity Management, Quantum Computing
You never write, you never call, you never send flowers “just because.” But that’s ok, we welcome you back to another scintillating episode of Radio Free HPC anyway. Henry is traveling on yet another business trip, lodged in the Washington, DC area, and not even in his favorite hotel chain. But his reputation as a […]
Cybersecurity, DNA Storage, JavaStation Cluster, PS3 Cluster, Quantum Computing, Raspberry Pi, SGI Molecule
Quantum Supremacy Is and Is Not How quantum is that?! The RadioFreeHPC team discusses the Google/NASA paper, titled “Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor”, that was published and then unpublished. But it’s the internet and everything is a “digital tattoo”, so there are copies out there (see below). The paper, right in its title, and […]
Austria, Cybersecurity, Lenovo, Liquid Cooling, Supercomputing, TOP500
The Veracity and Provenance of Surveillance Data Controversy strikes when news breaks that “Amazon’s home security company Ring has enlisted local police departments around the country to advertise its surveillance cameras in exchange for free Ring products and a “portal” that allows police to request footage from these cameras, a secret agreement obtained by Motherboard […]
Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, GPU, HPC
Is cloud too expensive for HPC? Enquiring minds want to know, as does the HPC community whose single-minded obsession with maximum price-performance is notorious and legendary. The Radio Free team looks at actual cloud pricing based on available data and Dan’s research which fuel a hearty discussion. They look at configurations, compare prices, talk about […]
Amdahl's Law, Cybersecurity, GPU, HPC, Student Cluster Competition
Results of the Asian Student Cluster Competition In this episode, Dan has just come back from China and reviews the results of the Asian Student Cluster Competition and HPC workshop. For the first time, a non-mainland-Chinese team wins the top spot. Taiwan takes the gold in part by their stellar performance in HPCG benchmark where […]
Accelerators, AI, Amdahl's Law, Cybersecurity, Multicore, Open Source, Scalability
The team has an animated discussion about multicore scaling, how easy it seems to be to mislead AI systems, and some good sized catches of the week. A common thread is “data” as is often the case these days. Dan makes a couple of important announcements. First is the idea that is brewing about revamping […]
Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Exascale, GDPR
After a short talk about the weather in Henry’s basement (it had just reached 60 F by the time we recorded the show), we got right down to business with an important announcement: our pal Rich Brueckner is leaving the show. He just has too much on his plate and something had to give. While […]
