Episode 252: Preview of Supercomputing ’19 – Denver

November 6, 2019 |

What’s All Happening at SC19 in Denver? Supercomputing ’19 is coming to Denver this year and who better than Rich Brueckner to give us a sneak peak. Super excited to have Rich and his signature laugh on this show again. In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC(opens in new tab) team reviews the full list…

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Episode 238: Is Our Future Liquid Cooled? Also: Provenance of Surveillance Data!

August 5, 2019 |

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…

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Episode 236: Quantum Apps Are Hybrid

July 23, 2019 |

“Quantum applications are always and only hybrid” is the quote that Shahin wants you to remember as he gives an update on recent news in Quantum Computing, and especially how to program them. If you’re always going to have to mix classical code with quantum code then you need an environment that is built for…

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Episode 234: ExaScale is a 4-way Competition

July 6, 2019 |

ExaScale is a 4-way Competition In this post-ISC show, the RadioFree team discusses Magical cooling technology from Europe. Dan goes over magic beads that draw heat away and can carry-on doing it pretty much forever in a technology from the venerable Fraunhofer Institute and showcased by Lenovo. How pursuit of ExaScale computing is turning into…

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Episode 233: Why did HPE buy Cray?

July 3, 2019 |

We exchange some pleasantries, discussing Henry’s upcoming brisket feed and his drink cooler strategy (parallel and semi-virtualized.) Then it’s on to the major topic of the day: HPE buying Cray. Shahin starts off by discussing some of HPE’s recent purchases and noting their participation in upcoming exascale conversation. With the purchase of Cray, HPE is…

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