http://www.hpcwire.com/blogs/ en-us ℗ & © 2009-2010 Tabor Communications Inc. A Weekly HPCwire Podcast Isaac Lopez A weekly podcast hosted by Michael Feldman, Editor of HPCwire, and Addison Snell, CEO of Intersect360 Research. Michael and Addison break down the week"s most compelling news and offer their own unique perspectives on how these stories affect the HPC industry. A weekly podcast hosted by Michael Feldman, Editor of HPCwire, and Addison Snell, General Manager of Tabor Research. Michael and Addison break down the week"s most compelling news and offer their own unique perspectives on how these stories affect the HPC industry. Isaac Lopez isaac@taborcommunications.com hpc, high performance computing, supercomputing, clusters, podcasts, subscriptions, simulation, inter-operability, hpcwire, science, engineering, soundbite, tabor, GPU, flash memory, Sun, InfiniBand no Michael Feldman NVIDIA's Kepler Debuts in HPC NVIDIA pushes Kepler into HPC and beyond. And Intel adds three new families of Xeon chips. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120518_Episode165.mp3 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:56:00 PST no 26:09 NVIDIA, Intel, processors, CPU, GPU, HPC, supercomputing Michael Feldman The Zettaflops Dilemma Chris Willard and Michael discuss Thomas Sterling prediction that conventional HPC will probably reach the end of the line in the exascale era. Plus Emulex and Myricom team up for a high performance networking play. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120511_Episode164.mp3 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:55:00 PST no 17:35 zettaflops, exascael, Myricom, Emulex, InfiniBand, Ethernet Michael Feldman Convey Hybrid-Core 2.0 Michael and Addison talk about the recent upgrade of Convey's "Hybrid-Core" offering, and review a couple of middleware developments from eXludus Technologies and Bright Computing. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120504_Episode163.mp3 Fri, 04 May 2012 11:46:00 PST no 14:33 Convey, eXludus, Bright Computing, FPGA, server, virtualization, cloud bursting Michael Feldman Cray and Intel Make $140M Interconnect Addison and Michael talk with Cray CEO Peter Ungaro about the impending sale of his company's interconnect hardware technology to Intel. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120427_Episode162.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:57:00 PST no 21:02 Michael Feldman Cray Names New CTO Cray's new CTO, the latest HPC cloud provider, and a big HPC cloud use case tops this week's news. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120420_Episode161.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:37:00 PST no 16:17 Michael Feldman Petascale Plays Processor Derby Addison and Michael review the processor jungle in petascale supercomputing and discuss why advancements in energy efficiency aren't keeping pace with HPC. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120413_Episode160.mp3 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:41:00 PST no 18:00 petascale, processors, HPC, supercomputing, supercomputers, energy efficiency Michael Feldman NVIDIA Heckles Intel Over MIC NVIDIA takes Intel to task for its manycore programming story. And some HPC stories only an April Fool would believe. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120406_Episode159.mp3 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:31:00 PST no 15:11 NVIDIA, Intel, supercomputer, CNN Michael Feldman Cray Pivots to Big Data Cray launches its first supercomputer-powered big data applicance and AMD buys microserver maker SeaMicro. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120302_Episode154.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:31:00 PST no 14:36 Cray, AMD, SeaMicro, supercomputing, big data, analytics Michael Feldman Platform Computing Turns Blue Platform Computing GM Peter Nichol talks about life under IBM and Cray opens up new subsidiary in China. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120224_Episode153.mp3 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:44:00 PST no 14:34 Cray, Platform Computing, IBM Michael Feldman Europe Doubles Down on HPC The European Commission put forth a plan to double HPC funding during a week that saw a raft of top-end supercomputers announcements around the world. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120217_Episode152.mp3 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:48:00 PST no 16:33 HPC, HPC, servers, GPU, supercomputers, European Commission Michael Feldman Cray Bites Into Big Data Cray launches a new division targeting big data apps and AMD offers a heterogeneous computing standard for the masses. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120210_Episode151.mp3 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:11:00 PST no 16:25 Cray, AMD, big data, heterogeneous computing Michael Feldman Cray Revamps Mini-Super Offerings Cray offers a new mini-supercomputer configuration based on its XE6/XK6 line, while AMD forges ahead with its CPU-GPU-APU strategy. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120203_Episode150.mp3 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:13:00 PST no 14:08 AMD, Cray, supercomputer, CPU, GPU, heterogeneous computing Michael Feldman Intel Buys Into InfiniBand Addison and Michael discuss the ramifications of Intel's plans to acquire QLogic's InfiniBand business. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120127_Episode149.mp3 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:33:00 PST no 20:40 QLogic, Intel, InfiniBand, Mellanox, HPC Michael Feldman The Shining Stars of HPC Addison and Michael are joined by HPCwire publisher Jeff Hyman to talk about the publication's 2012 People to Watch list. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120124_Episode148_People_to_Watch_2012.mp3 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:32:00 PST no 31:38 HPCwire, HPC, People to Watch Michael Feldman Fish and Chips; Chinese Takeout Addison and Michael discuss Russell Fish's CPU-DRAM chip and China's latest FeiTeng microprocessor for HPC. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120120_Episode147.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:25:00 PST no 21:51 CPU, microprocessor, HPC, memory wall, power wall Michael Feldman Supercomputing with a Social Conscience Addison and Michael discuss a new volunteer computing grid that whose mission is to support charities, and talk about the impact of the latest DNA sequencing machines. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120113_Episode146.mp3 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:29:00 PST no 13:13 Michael Feldman More Petaflops in 2012 Addison and Michael look ahead to some of the top double-digit petaflops supercomputers scheduled for deployment in 2012. They also look at how the troubling state of the world economy might impact the prospects of HPC growth in the coming year. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/120106_Episode145.mp3 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:55:00 PST no 17:58 petaflops, supercomputers, HPC Michael Feldman A Look Back at the Year in HPC Addison and Michael review the most significant stories and trends of 2011 and look ahead to next year. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111223_Episode144.mp3 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:06:00 PST no 15:21 HPC, supercomputing Michael Feldman GPU Technology in the Far East Addison and Michael discuss the GTC Asia and HPC 360 events and offer their perspectives on the resignation of SGI CEO Mark Barrenechea. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111216_Episode143.mp3 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:37:00 PST no 18:58 GTC Asia, GPU, NVIDIA, SGI, HPC, HPC 360 Michael Feldman Supercomputing Welcomes Flash Gordon Addison and Michael discuss the launch of Gordon, SDSC's new data-intensive supercomputer. Also, Addison offers some guidance on why HPC revenue might take a hit in Q4. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111209_Episode142.mp3 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:22:00 PST no 16:11 SDSC, supercomputer, data-intensive, HPC, GTC Asia, HPC 360, flash memory Michael Feldman IBM Chipmaking Goes 3D IBM's 3D chipmaking technology to debut in memory devices. Also, a novel use for servers: data furnaces. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111202_Episode141.mp3 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:27:00 PST no 15:56 IBM, computer memory, 3D chips, servers, DRAM Michael Feldman Top Products, Technologies and Vendors in HPC Addison and Michael discuss some of the standout HPC companies, products, and technologies selected by the readers and editors of HPCwire. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111123_Episode140.mp3 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:36:00 PST no 22:09 HPCwore, supercomputer, supercomputing, HPC, CPUs, GPUs, Intel, NVIDIA, AMD, IBM, Cray, Fujitsu, Xyratex, Appro Michael Feldman SC11 Wrap-Up The weekly wrap-up of SC11 highlights the rise of big data, the latest Green500 results, and winners and losers from the show. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111118_Episode139.mp3 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:44:00 PST no 21:41 sc11 Michael Feldman Chip Wars at SC11 Conference kicks off with news about NCSA's Blue Waters supercomputer project, the TOP500, and a flurry of processor-related announcements. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111116_Episode138.mp3 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:37:00 PST no 16:31 sc11 Michael Feldman SC11 Preview Fujitsu, Bull, DataDirect Networks, and Bright Computing make some big news in the lead up the Supercomputing Conference in Seattle. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111111_Episode137.mp3 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:29:00 PST no 18:25 sc11 Michael Feldman Supercomputer Tops 10 Petaflops The "K Computer" in Japan breaks the 10 petaflop barrier and AMD Fusion debuts in HPC. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111104_Episode136.mp3 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:25:00 PST no 17:36 supercomputer, HPC, Linpack, AMD Michael Feldman Texas Instruments Makes HPC Play TI is looking to push its latest DSP chips into the HPC realm and ARM will soon have 64-bit processors. Also, China has announced a new petaflop supercomputer with homegrown microprocessors. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111028_Episode135b.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:57:00 PST no 23:38 Texas Instruments, ARM processor, John McCarthy, HPC, DSP Michael Feldman Airbus Embraces HPC-as-a-Service Airbus is leasing HPC for its engineering design work. And big data is getting more attention from HPC vendors. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111021_Episode134.mp3 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:57:00 PST no 16:24 Airbust, HP, SGI, Cloudera, big data Michael Feldman Oak Ridge Makes Jaguar Into a Titan Oak Ridge's Buddy Bland and Jim Hack join the show to discuss ORNL's upcoming Titan supercomputer. Plus Addison and Michael talk about the significance of IBM's plans to acquire of Platform Computing. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111014_Episode133.mp3 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:58:00 PST no 28:47 Cray, NVIDIA, IBM, ORNL, DOE, Platform Computing, cluster management, supercomputer, HPC, GPU computing Michael Feldman Startup Builds 64-core FP Accelerator Addison and Michael talk about Adapteva's latest manycore design and discuss the significance of Red Hat's plans to buy Gluster. Also, a look back at Steve Jobs. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/111008_Episode132.mp3 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:10:00 PST no 24:08 Adapteva, manycore, Red Hat, Gluster, open source, file system, Steve Jobs Michael Feldman NetApp Adds Lustre to Sequoia Super NetApp wins its first big storage contract in supercomputing, while Europeans gather for the latest developments in HPC cloud and grid computing. Plus Russia puts its exaflop stake in the ground. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110930_Episode131.mp3 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:15:00 PST no 21:08 ISC Cloud, NetApp, EGI, LLNL, storage, supercomputer, storage, Lustre, HPC, grid computing, cloud computing, exaflop, exascale Michael Feldman Texas Super Gives Dell and Intel Big Win Addison and Michael talk about TACC's upcoming 10-petaflop supercomputer, which will be equipped with Intel's manycore accelerators. Also, ScaleMP adds Opteron support and a wrapup of the HPC Financial Markets event. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110923_Episode130.mp3 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:24:00 PST no 21:00 TACC, Dell, Intel, NVIDIA, AMD, ScaleMP, HPC, supercomputer, Wall Street, financial services, low latency Michael Feldman Report Card for Digital Manufacturing A discussion of the various initiative to bring HPC into US manufacturing, and IBM Watson lands a job in health care. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110916_Episode129.mp3 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:50:00 PST no 26:26 digital manufacturing, HPC, WellPoint, IBM, Intel, IBM Watson, health care, analytics Michael Feldman Hitachi Data Systems Buys BlueArc Addison and Michael speak with BlueArc CEO Mike Gustafson and the company's director of HPC, Bjorn Andersson, about their company' acquisition. Also a look at how 9/11 impacted high performance computing. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110909_Episode128.mp3 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:24:00 PST no 22:05 BlueArc, Hitachi Data Systems, storage, HPC, 9/11 Michael Feldman IBM Goes Big in Storage Michael and Addison speculate on NCSA's replacement for the Blue Waters supercomputer. Also, IBM comes up with a 120 PB storage array for an unknown customer, and HPC startup Black Sky Computing preps for its cloud computing play. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110902_Episode127.mp3 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:42:00 PST no 20:46 IBM, Black Sky Computing, NCSA, supercomputer, storage, petabytes, cloud computing Michael Feldman Soundbite Taking a Week Off There will be no HPCwire Soundbite today. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110826_Episode126.mp3 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:08:00 PST no 00:17 Michael Feldman Brainy Chips for a Smarter Planet SGI acquires OpenCFD and IBM unveils cognitive computing chips. Addison and Michael give us the low down on what it all means. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110819_Episode125.mp3 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:35:00 PST no 17:29 SGI, IBM, CFD, software, computer chips, cognitive computing Michael Feldman IBM Dumps Blue Waters IBM terminates its multi-million dollar contract to build the Blue Waters supercomputer and Cray CTO Steve Scott joins NVIDIA. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110812_Episode124.mp3 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:06:00 PST no 18:36 IBM, NCSA, supercomputer, NVIDIA, HPC Michael Feldman Digital Manufacturing Takes Off We speak with John Kirkley, managing editor of Digital Manufacturing Report, to bring us up to date on recent news in advanced manufacturing and high performance computing. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110805_Episode123.mp3 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:20:00 PST no 18:50 digital manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, 3D printing, CFD Michael Feldman TeraGrid 2.0 The end of the TeraGrid project marks the launch of its replacement: XSEDE; and Microsoft reshuffles its HPC deck. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110729_Episode122.mp3 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:20:00 PST no 19:52 TeraGrid, XSEDE, Microsoft, HPC, cloud computing, containerized HPC Michael Feldman Intel, Dell Buy Into Ethernet Addison and Michael discuss Intel's and Dell's plans to acquire two premier Ethernet vendors; and Sergio Novaes, Professor of Physics at Sao Paulo State University talks about his experiences with HPC in Brazil. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110722_Episode121.mp3 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:36:00 PST no 24:54 Intel, Fulcrum Microsystems, Dell, Force10 Networks, Sergio Novaes SPRACE, GridUNESP, Microsoft, MapReduce, Windows Azure, HPC Michael Feldman FPGA Supercomputing in the Money JP Morgan speeds up its risk models with FPGAs and SGI redesigns Altix ICE hardware. Plus a question of the week. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110715_Episode120.mp3 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:44:00 PST no 19:49 JP Morgan, SGI, HPC, financial services, Maxeler Michael Feldman Brain Simulation Super From the UK Addison and Michael discuss the latest news about a brain simulation project in the UK and then talk with NetApp's Val Bercovici about his company's recent acquisition of Engenio. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110708_Episode119.mp3 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:02:00 PST no 21:08 NetApp, HPC, cloud computing, supercomputing Michael Feldman HPC Trends, Ups and Downs in 2011 Addison and Michael recap the biggest HPC stories and trends for the first half of the year. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110701_Episode118.mp3 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:20:00 PST no 21:53 supercomputers, HPC, IBM, Fujitsu, public clouds Michael Feldman ISC'11 Wrapup Addison and Michael discuss conference highlights and try to pick out some trends at the show. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110624_Episode117.mp3 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:39:00 PST no 20:19 ISC11 Michael Feldman The New Number One on TOP500 At the International Supercomputing Conference, Michael and Addison talk about Japan's surprising recapture of the number one system on the TOP500, and discuss how Intel is moving forward on its MIC coprocessor plans. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110620_Episode116_ISC11_Special_Edition.mp3 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:55:00 PST no 18:15 ISC11, Intel, manycore, TOP500, petaflop, Earth Simulator Michael Feldman ISC'11 Preview Michael and Addison cover this week's top stories in the lead-up to the International Supercomputing Conference, and preview some of the happenings at the Hamburg event. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110617_Episode115.mp3 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:54:00 PST no 18:27 Xyratex, T-Platforms, HPC, ISC11, supercomputing Michael Feldman IBM Gathers HPC Clouds Addison and Michael are joined by HPC in the Cloud editor Nicole Hemsoth to talk about IBM's latest push into high performance computing for private clouds. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110610_Episode114.mp3 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:16:00 PST no 20:03 IBM, cloud computing, petaflops, supercomputing, HPC, Appro, NNSA Michael Feldman Whatever Happened to Personal Genomics? Addison and Michael offer their thoughts on the hype cycle of personal genomics and discuss the results of a recent survey about HPC application scalability. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110603_Episode113.mp3 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:23:00 PST no 17:52 personal genomics, application scalability Michael Feldman Quantum Computing Goes Commercial D-Wave sells a quantum computer to Lockheed Martin and Cray pitches its new GPU-equipped supercomputer, the XK6. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110527_Episode112.mp3 Fri, 27 May 2011 14:54:00 PST no 16:33 Cray, D-Wave, GPU computing, quantum computing, supercomputer, quantum computer Michael Feldman NVIDIA Speeds Its GPUs NVIDIA launches a new and improved Fermi Tesla GPU, while AMD introduces a FirePro graphics card for servers. Addison and Michael discuss the prospects for GPU adoption in HPC. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110520_Episode111.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2011 13:01:00 PST no 18:05 NVIDIA, AMD, GPUs, GPU computing, HPC, visualization Michael Feldman Government Supercomputing Ups and Downs Cray reports a decent first quarter despite US government spending delays, while European HPC brightens. Also, iPad-based HPC clusters on the drawing board? http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110513_Episode110.mp3 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:10:00 PST no 17:36 Cray, HPC, supercomputing, iPad Michael Feldman Intel Intros 3D Transistors Encouraging news for the high performance computing market and Intel prepares to bring 3D transistors into production. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110506_Episode109.mp3 Fri, 06 May 2011 14:58:00 PST no 17:54 Intel, Intersect360, processors, transistors, process technology, HPC Michael Feldman Mellanox Brings Up Switch Hitter Addison and Michael discuss the new InfiniBand-Ethernet switch silicon from Mellanox and speculate on the adoption of ARM technology by AMD. http://media2.hpcwire.com/audio/110429_Episode108.mp3 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:40:00 PST no 25:42 Mellanox, InfiniBand, Ethernet, ARM, AMD, NVIDIA, GPU, CPU Michael Feldman TACC Looks to Intel for Acceleration Michael and Addison discuss TACC's new interest in Intel's Many Integrated Core accelerator and recap the latest analytics news from SAS Insitute. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110422_Episode107.mp3 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:47:00 PST no 20:38 SAS, Intel, TACC, Amazon, cloud computing, EC2, analytics, predictive analytics, MIC processor, many integrated core Michael Feldman IBM's Power Boost Addison and Michael discuss IBM's refresh of its Power7 servers and DataDirect Networks' entry into the NAS market. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110415_Episode106.mp3 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:17:00 PST no 15:34 IBM, DataDirect Networks, storage, NAS, servers, Power7, Intel, CPU Michael Feldman High Performance Computing on Wall Street Michael and guest Peter ffoulkes review last week's HPC Linux on Wall Street Conference. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110411_Episode105.mp3 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:26:00 PST no 15:00 HPC, Wall Street, Linux, financial services Michael Feldman HPC Conference Catch-Up Addison and Michael look back at the recent HPCC Conference and OpenFabrics Alliance Workshop. They also discuss the latest Westmere chips launched by Intel this week. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110408_Episode104.mp3 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:14:00 PST no 16:48 Intel, HPCC, exascale, missing middle, CPUs, OpenFabrics Alliance, OFED Michael Feldman TOP500 -- There's an App for That Michael and Addison look into an iPhone-based supercomputer that could end up on the TOP500. Also, the latest exploits of IBM's Watson supercomputer. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110401_Episode103.mp3 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:15:00 PST no 12:46 HPC, supercomputer, IBM Watson, iPhone, Linpack, TOP500 Michael Feldman Fujitsu Back in the UK Addison and Michael talk about Fujitsu's return to the UK as an HPC provider. They also discuss the Oracle-Itanium dust-up and the Spectra Logic's latest tape archive upgrade. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110325_Episode102.mp3 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:43:00 PST no 18:40 Fujitsu, Oracle, Itanium, Spectra Logic Michael Feldman Supercomputing Through the Japanese Disaster Michael and Chris Willard talk about the computer simulation efforts going on behind the scenes during the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110318_Episode101.mp3 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:24:00 PST no 16:59 supercomputing, HPC, computer simulations, tsunami, radiation, Japan, earthquake Michael Feldman NetApp Returns to HPC Michael and Addison comment on NetApp's re-entry into HPC storage and provide an update on NVIDIA' GPU computing momentum. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110311_Episode100.mp3 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:17:00 PST no 24:36 NetApp, Engenio, HPC, storage, NVIDIA, GPU computing Michael Feldman Digital Manufacturing Programs Roll Out Michael and Addison catch up on the latest developments around HPC in manufacturing. Plus the quote of the week. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110304_Episode99.mp3 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:59:00 PST no 17:42 digital manufacturing, HPC Michael Feldman The Case for Digital Manufacturing Michael and Addison talk about the latest InterSect360 study about HPC adoption by manufacturers and preview some announcements in this area expected next week. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110225_Episode98.mp3 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:03:00 PST no 22:25 HPC Digital Manufacturing, NCMS Michael Feldman Supercomputer Beats Humans at Their Own Game Addison and Michael discuss Watson's big Jeopardy win and talk about two premier HPC vendors that recently reported encouraging financial results. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110218_Episode97.mp3 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:49:00 PST no 24:13 IBM, Cray, SGI, Watson, supercomputer, Jeopardy, artificial intelligence Michael Feldman Jeopardy Champs Take on IBM Super Michael and Addison discuss the upcoming Jeopardy match with IBM Watson and what will make this such a compelling spectacle. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110211_Episode96.mp3 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:02:00 PST no 22:36 Michael Feldman The Politics of HPC Addison and Michael recap the science and innovation themes at last week's State of the Union address, and discuss the significance of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act signed into law in December. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110204_Episode95.mp3 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:34:00 PST no 24:53 HPC, State of the Union, science, technology, innovation, competitiveness, politics, science policy Michael Feldman HPCwire's People to Watch 2011 Addison and Michael are joined by HPCwire publisher Jeff Hyman to discuss the 2011 People to Watch awardees. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110128_Episode94_People_to_Watch_2011.mp3 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:52:00 PST no 40:09 People to Watch, HPC, HPCwire Michael Feldman Univa Hotwires Grid Engine Michael and Addison discuss the latest wanderings of Grid Engine and then speak with Marc Hamilton, HP's vice president of HPC. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110121_Episode93.mp3 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:04:00 PST no 21:29 Univa, Oracle, HP, open source, Grid Engine, job scheduler, HPC Michael Feldman NVIDIA, Intel Take the Chips Off Their Shoulders Addison and Michael dissect the Intel-NVIDIA cross-licensing settlement and chat with Whamcloud CEO Brent Gorda about some news on the Lustre front. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110114_Episode92.mp3 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:39:00 PST no 24:29 Whamcloud, Lustre, NVIDIA, Intel, AMD Michael Feldman NVIDIA Announces CPU-GPU Strategy Addison and Michael discuss NVIDIA's newly revealed heterogeneous computing vision and its impact on high performance computing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/110107_Episode91.mp3 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:36:00 PST no 24:07 GPGPU, heterogenous computing, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, CPU, GPU, ARM processor Michael Feldman Top HPC Trends in 2010 Addison and Michael wrap up the year in HPC and take a peek at developing trends for 2011. Plus, the stat of the year. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101217_Episode90.mp3 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:43:00 PST no 25:41 GPU computing, Ethernet, InfiniBand, supercomputing, HPC Michael Feldman DoD Cuts Off Supercomputing Center Michael and Addison discuss the Department of Defense's abandonment of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and provide some analysis on a new report about US science and technology competitiveness. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101210_Episode89.mp3 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:00:00 PST no 22:16 HPC, Gathering Storm, DoD, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Michael Feldman Mellanox Proposes to Voltaire Addison and Michael talk about the ramifications of Mellanox's plans to buy Voltaire and discuss Russia's upcoming petaflop supercomputer. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101203_Episode88.mp3 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:29:00 PST no 19:27 Mellanox, Voltaire, T-Platforms, supercomputer, InfiniBand Michael Feldman More GPUs On Demand Addison and Michael revisit some news items from last week's Supercomputing Conference. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101123_Episode87.mp3 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:05:00 PST no 17:32 GPGPU, Amazon Web Services, SC10, HPC, Graph 500 Michael Feldman Highlights from SC10 Addison and Michael consider the results of the TOP500 and Green500, pick the winners and losers of SC10, and discuss the biggest news of the week. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101119_Episode86.mp3 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:28:00 PST no 30:44 SC10, SGI, TOP500, Green500, GPGPUs, supercomputers, supercomputing, HPC Michael Feldman Supercomputing Heads to the Big Easy Addison and Michael discuss this week's vendor announcements in the run-up to the Supercomputing Conference and look ahead to the big event. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101112_Episode85.mp3 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:28:00 PST no 18:03 Michael Feldman Chinese Supercomputer; ISC Cloud Michael and Nicole talk about the record-setting GPGPU supercomputer from China and offer some perspective on the happenings at the first ISC Cloud conference. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101029_Episode83.mp3 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:09:00 PST no 19:30 supercomputer, TOP500, Linpack, GPGPU, cloud computing, ISC Cloud, HPC Michael Feldman Lustre Gets Another Backer Addison and Michael discuss the launch of OpenSFS, a non-profit organization devoted to supporting Lustre for HPC. They also talk about the major themes of this week's Biomed HPC 2010 Conference at Harvard. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101022_Episode82.mp3 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:11:00 PST no 19:32 Lustre, OpenSFS, biomed, HPC Michael Feldman Appro, Nimbis Services in the News Michael and Addison discuss the new Appro server aimed at high frequency trading. HPC in the Cloud editor Nicole Hemsoth reviews the HPC on-demand offerings from Nimbis Services. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101015_Episode81.mp3 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:45:00 PST no 20:43 HPC, Nimbis Services, Appro, servers, overclock, CPUs, high frequency trading, cloud services, on-demand services Michael Feldman HP Joins GPGPU Party Michael and Addison discuss HP's new GPU-equipped server and offer their thoughts on Rogue Wave's continuing buying spree of HPC tool makers. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101008_Episode80.mp3 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:01:00 PST no 20:02 HP, GPGPU, servers, Tokyo Tech, Rogue Wave, Acumem, HPC, supercomputer Michael Feldman Conference Focuses on HPC in Manufacturing Addison and Michael are joined by HPC in the Cloud editor Nicole Hemsoth to discuss the happenings at the HPC 360 Conference in Champaign, Illinois. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/101001_Episode79.mp3 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:52:00 PST no 15:20 HPC, on-demand computing, HPC 360 Michael Feldman Industry Events Target HPC in Financial Services Addison, Michael, and special guest Sue Korn discuss the recent conferences that focused on HPC technologies in the financial services industry. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100929_Episode78.mp3 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:58:00 PST no 18:24 HPC, financial services, financial analytics, financial markets Michael Feldman GPU Computing Hits the Mainstream Addison and Michael talk about Microsoft's new HPC Server and recap the highlights of NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100924_Episode77.mp3 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:43:00 PST no 22:32 NVIDIA, Microsoft, HPC Server, HPC, GPGPU, GPU computing, ISV Michael Feldman Notes from the Intel Developer Forum Addison and Michael recap the news and happenings from IDF. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100917_Episode76.mp3 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:51:00 PST no 18:11 Michael Feldman HPC Conference Season Kickoff Michael and Addison offer their perspectives on the upcoming conferences of interest to the HPC community. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100910_Episode75.mp3 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:57:00 PST no 19:30 NVIDA, AMD, Intel, HP, IDF, SC10, HPC, financial markets, SEG, ISC Cloud Michael Feldman Servers Take a Bath Michael and Addison discuss the immersive liquid cooling offering from startup Green Revolution Cooling. Then Addison speaks with Jon Riley from the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences about HPC in manufacturing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100903_Episode74.mp3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:43:00 PST no 21:26 HPC, Green Revolution Cooling, immersive cooling, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Michael Feldman Chips are Hot at Hot Chips Michael and Addison recap some of news from AMD, Intel, and IBM at the Hot Chips conference and offer some perspective on Dell's and HP's pursuit of 3PAR. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100827_Episode73.mp3 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:48:00 PST no 20:32 3PAR, AMD, Intel, IBM, CPU, Hot Chips, HP, Dell, storage, HPC, processors Michael Feldman Startup Tries to Beat Odds with Probability Processor Addison and Michael discuss startup Lyric Semiconductor, who emerged from stealth mode this week to unveil a novel processor technology. They also review some of the recent financial struggles of Cray and SGI. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100820_Episode72.mp3 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:37:00 PST no 17:25 Lyric Semiconductor, Cray, SGI, probability processor Michael Feldman DARPA Gears Up Ubiquitous HPC Program Addison and Michael review DARPA's selections for its UHPC program and discuss why they think Oracle will not be a force in HPC anytime soon. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100813_Episode71.mp3 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:31:00 PST no 17:58 HPC, Oracle, Intel, NVIDIA, UHPC, DARPA Michael Feldman High Frequency Trading Shenanigans Michael and Addison discuss some recent stories about how high frequency trading may have had a direct hand in the May stock market plunge. They also ponder the significance of Intel's settlement with the FTC. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100806_Episode70.mp3 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:46:00 PST no 18:23 Intel, FTC, high frequency trading, HFT Michael Feldman Lustre Gets a New Champion Addison and Michael talk about Whamcloud, a startup that plans to provide Lustre file system development for the HPC community. They also discuss PEER 1's GPU computing cloud, launched this week at SIGGRAPH. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100730_Episode69.mp3 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:51:00 PST no 19:06 Lustre, Whamcloud, Oracle, file system, GPGPU, PEER 1, GPU computing, NVIDIA Michael Feldman Flash Storage Startup Makes Play for HPC Addison and Michael review the latest good earnings reports from Intel and AMD. They also discuss flash storage vendor Nimbus Data Systems, a newcomer to the HPC space. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100723_Episode68.mp3 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:07:00 PST no 16:58 HPC, Intel, AMD, flash storage, Nimbus Data Systems Michael Feldman Amazon Breaks Into HPC Michael and Addison are joined by HPC in the Cloud editor, Nicole Hemsoth, to discuss Amazon's launch of the its HPC capability for EC2. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100716_Episode67.mp3 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:31:00 PST no 17:52 Amazon, cloud computing, HPC, EC2 Michael Feldman Half-Year Retrospective in HPC Addison and Michael talk about some of the big high performance computing stories and trends over the last six months. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100701_Episode65.mp3 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:30:00 PST no 15:21 HPC, GPGPU, Intel Larrabee, parallel file system, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Panasas, IBM Michael Feldman AMD, PathScale Challenge NVIDIA Michael and Addison discuss this week's GPGPU-related news from AMD and PathScale. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100625_Episode64.mp3 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:40:00 PST no 18:50 AMD, PathScale, FireStream, GPGPU, compilers, GPU computing, CUDA, OpenCL Michael Feldman Flash Memory Takes Another Run at Supercomputing This week Michael and Chris Willard talk about the latest deployment of flash memory for a new supercomputing cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and discuss some of the larger issues surrounding SSD and flash technology in HPC. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100618_Episode63.mp3 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:18:00 PST no 16:28 LLNL, flash memory, SSD, Virident Michael Feldman HPC Community Weighs in On Exascale Addison and Michael talk about why exascale computing is becoming such a hot topic and offer their perspective on the new InfiniBand roadmap announced last week. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100611_Episode62.mp3 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:22:00 PST no 19:28 HPC, InfiniBand, exascale, supercomputing, software Michael Feldman Highlights from ISC'10 in Hamburg Addison and Michael talk about the biggest news coming out of ISC'10 - live in Hamburg. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100601_Episode60.mp3 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:29:00 PST no 19:34 ISC10, Germany, Hamburg, Intel, GPU Supers, Nvidia Michael Feldman ISC'10 Pre-Show Addison and Michael talk about the upcoming International Supercomputing Conference and a few of the more important news items of the week. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100528_Episode59.mp3 Fri, 28 May 2010 14:27:00 PST no 15:19 Cray, ISC, Mellanox, NVIDIA, GPUDirect, RUSNANO, T-Platforms, HPC, supercomputing Michael Feldman Microsoft Broadens Technical Computing Vision Addison and Michael talk over the top HPC stories of the week, including Microsoft's new technical computing initiative, QLogic's latest InfiniBand fabric management software, and IBM's entry into GPU computing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100521_Episode58.mp3 Fri, 21 May 2010 15:59:00 PST no 14:44 IBM, NVIDIA, QLogic, Microsoft, technical computing, GPU computing, InfiniBand, fabric management Michael Feldman Appro Debuts New GPU Offerings Addison and Michael discuss Appro's latest GPU options and also talk about how HPC is helping to put Lithium-air battery research on the fast track. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100514_Episode57.mp3 Fri, 14 May 2010 11:55:00 PST no 19:06 HPC, Appro, DOE, Lithium-air battery, Fermi GPU Michael Feldman Algorithmic Trading Whiplashes Markets Michael and Addison talk about what happens when a algorithmic trading hits a nervous stock market. They also review the latest Altix ICE offering from SGI. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100507_Episode56.mp3 Fri, 07 May 2010 12:09:00 PST no 19:34 HPC, algorithmic trading, SGI, Altix ICE Michael Feldman Archives Get Active Addison and Michael discuss the newly launched Active Archive Alliance and review last week's announcement of Panasas' high capacity storage product. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100430_Episode55.mp3 Sun, 02 May 2010 22:41:00 PST no 15:20 Active Archive Alliance, active archive, tape storage, Panasas Michael Feldman Conference Trio Addison and Michael provide a recap of three HPC-related shows: HPC Linux Financial Markets, Cloud Expo, and Bio-IT World. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100423_Episode54.mp3 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:29:00 PST no 15:01 HPC, HPC Linux Financial Markets, Cloud Expo, Bio-IT World, cloud computing Michael Feldman HPC in the Cloud Addison and Michael welcome Nicole Hemsoth, managing editor of HPC in the Cloud, and also chew over the latest news from Cray. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100416_Episode53.mp3 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:29:00 PST no 18:43 HPC, cloud computing, HPC in the Cloud, Cray Michael Feldman Microsoft Embellishes Windows HPC Addison and Michael talk about the latest additions in Windows HPC Server 2008 and rehash the fate of the Itanium CPU. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100409_Episode52.mp3 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:01:00 PST no 14:10 Microsoft, Windows HPC Server, Intel, Itanium, Nehalem EX Michael Feldman Intel and AMD Puts Their Chips on the Table Addison and Michael chew over the big CPU news this week and discuss its significance to the HPC server market. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100402_Episode51.mp3 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:00:00 PST no 18:27 AMD, Intel, multicore, Magny-Cours, Nehalem EX, Opteron, Xeon, servers, Cray, SGI, Bull Michael Feldman Podcast: Cray Adds New Product Line Addison and Michael take look at Cray's new CX1000 offering and discuss the state of the entry-level/mid-range HPC market segment. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100326_Episode50.mp3 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:07:00 PST no 14:01 Cray, Dell, HPC, supercomputer, CX1000 Michael Feldman Intel Puts Its Chips on the Table The team discuss the Intel Westmere EP launch and Addison reviews the HPCC Conference in Newport. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100319_Episode49.mp3 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:45:00 PST no 12:15 HPC, Intel, Westmere, HPCC, multicore Michael Feldman HPC Strikes Olympic Gold Addison and Michael talk about the role of Exa's CFD software in the US bobsled team's gold medal. They also discuss the significance 3Leaf new virtual SMP system at FSU. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100312_Episode48.mp3 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:42:00 PST no 18:31 HPC, CFD, SMP, virtual SMP, Exa Corporation, 3Leaf Systems Michael Feldman A Trio of HPC Apps Addison and Michael discuss three HPC-enabled applications that made the news this week: cancer research at Rice University, earthquake impact prediction at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and brake pedal design at Pratt & Miller. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100305_Episode47.mp3 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:15:00 PST no 18:42 HPC, supercomputer, earthquake simulation, genomics, POWER7 Michael Feldman Cray Awarded Defense Deal Michael and Addison discuss the Cray DoD contract win, the SGI acquisition of storage vendor COPAN Systems, and a breakthrough algorithm from IBM Research. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100226_Episode46.mp3 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:48:00 PST no 19:55 supercomputing, HPC, Cray, IBM, SGI, COPAN, DoD, algorithm Michael Feldman Cray Closes the Books on 2009 Chris Willard and Michael Feldman discuss Cray's year-end financial results and how the company looks for 2010. They also talk about a supercomputing app that may help an Olympic bobsled team capture the gold. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100219_Episode45.mp3 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:21:00 PST no 19:40 HPC, Cray, supercomputing Michael Feldman SGI-Builds-HPC-Ready-Cloud-84238637 Addison and Michael discuss SGI's entry into cloud computing and talk with company CEO Mark Barrenechea about their new "Cyclone" service. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100212_Episode44.mp3 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:34:00 PST no 20:52 HPC, cloud computing, SGI, Mark Barrenechea, John Mucci Michael Feldman Podcast: NASA and the NSF Take to the Clouds Addison and Michael talk about how NASA and the NSF are working to bring science codes to cloud computing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100205_Episode43.mp3 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:23:00 PST no 21:18 NASA, NSF, cloud computing, HPC, science, Microsoft, Parabon, Azure, cloud platform Michael Feldman Podcast: Oracle Ties the Knot with Sun Addison and Michael discuss the finalization Oracle-Sun merger, the new Volaire InfiniBand-Ethernet bridge, and the INCITE supercomputing awards for 2010. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100129_Episode42.mp3 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:58:00 PST no 29:18 HPC, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, INCITE, DOE, supercomputing, Voltaire, InfiniBand, Ethernet Michael Feldman Verari Redux Addison and Michael discuss the Verari's reemergence, the continuing saga of the Oracle-Sun merger, and China's latest effort to develop home-grown supercomputing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100122_Episode41.mp3 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:33:00 PST no 23:42 HPC, supercomputer, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, petaflop, Verari Michael Feldman High Performance Health Care Reform Addison and Michael discuss a proposal to reduce heath insurance fraud using ORNL's Jaguar supercomputer. They also talk with IBM's Dave Turek about the decade ahead in HPC. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100115_Episode40.mp3 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:14:00 PST no 29:20 HPC, heath care, supercomputer, ORNL, IBM, HPCS, exascale Michael Feldman People to Watch in 2010 Addison and Michael are joined by Tom Tabor to talk about the HPCwire People to Watch in 2010 list. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100108_Episode39.mp3 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:39:00 PST no 37:52 HPC, TotalView Technologies, Rogue Wave Software Michael Feldman Better Times for HPC in 2010? Addison and Michael talk about the recent acquisition of TotalView Technologies and share their thoughts about how the HPC community will fare in 2010. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/100108_Episode38.mp3 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:26:00 PST no 23:59 HPC, TotalView Technologies, Rogue Wave Software Michael Feldman The HPC Year in Review Michael and Addison recap some of big HPC stories and trends in 2009. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091218-Episode37.mp3 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:58:00 PST no 30:51 HPC, GPU computing, InfiniBand, cloud computing_ Michael Feldman Larrabee Work Stoppage Michael and Addison take a look at Intel's cancellation of Larrabee's 2010 debut, and also discuss the relationship between exascale computing and climate change research. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091211-Episode36.mp3 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:56:00 PST no 13:34 Larrabee, Exascale, climate Michael Feldman Intel, AMD on the Road to Manycore Michael and Addison discuss AMD's latest server roadmap and talk about the significance of Intel's new 48-core research chip. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091204-Episode35.mp3 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:33:00 PST no 23:03 Intel, AMD, Manycore Michael Feldman SC09 Conference Wrap-Up In our final SC09 podcast, Addison and Michael highlight the HPC trends they saw at the conference and pick the show's winners and losers. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091123-Episode34_SC09.mp3 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:06:00 PST no 31:01 HPC, SC09, GPGPU, InfiniBand, NVIDIA, IBM, NetApp, virtualization, cloud computing Michael Feldman SC09 Special Edition Michael and Addison discuss the Al Gore keynote address, Convey's good news, and brain simulation from IBM. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091119-Episode33_SC09.mp3 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:13:00 PST no 21:38 Al Gore, Convey, IBM Michael Feldman SC09 News #1 Addison and Michael discuss the new Top500 list. They also Justin Rattner's discussion on Larrabee, and the new systems announced by Cray and SGI. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091117-Episode32_SC09.mp3 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:10:00 PST no 28:19 Cray, SGI, Larrabee, Top500 Michael Feldman Pre-SC09 News Addison and Michael discuss the new Cray and Spectra Logic products unveiled this week. They also offers their thoughts on Intel's $1.25B settlement with AMD and Japan's big pull-back in supercomputer funding. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091113-Episode31.mp3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:52:00 PST no 26:33 SC09, HPC, Cray, Spectra Logic, supercomputer, Intel, AMD, Japan, tape library, CX1 Michael Feldman Virtual SMPs Michael and Addison recap this week's announcements of virtual SMP offerings from 3Leaf Systems and ScaleMP. They also gauge the impact of the "Cloud" phenomenon in HPC and talk about what we might expect to see in this area at SC09. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091106-Episode30.mp3 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:00 PST no 23:18 cloud computing, HPC, SMP, shared memory, 3Leaf Systems, ScaleMP Michael Feldman China Enters Petaflop Arena Michael and Addison talk about what's been going on with the Roadrunner supercomputer at Los Alamos and discuss the significance of China's entry into the petaflop club. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091030-Episode29.mp3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:29:00 PST no 24:12 supercomputer, petaflop, Roadrunner, CPU, GPU, China Michael Feldman HPC 360 Conference Michael and Addison discuss what went on at the recent HPC 360 Conference in Champaign, Illinois and also talk about SGI's two new best buds. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091023-Episode28.mp3 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:11:00 PST no 21:21 SGI, HPC 360, conference, BlueArc, BLADE Network Technologies Michael Feldman DOE in the Cloud Michael and Addison talk about the Department of Energy's new cloud computing experiment, a couple of flash memory developments, and how GPU computing may be changing the prospects for FPGAs in HPC. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091016-Episode27.mp3 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:34:00 PST no 26:36 HPC, FPGA, reconfigurable computing, GPU, NVIDIA, CHREC, flash memory, cloud computing, DOE Michael Feldman Bright Computing Debut Michael and Addison talk about the latest supercomputer to reach a petaflop and discuss how the IBM Blue Gene garnered a presidential award. In addition, ClusterVision co-founder Matthijs van Leeuwen tells us what's behind the launch of Bright Computing, a new cluster management software vendor. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091009-Episode26.mp3 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:26:00 PST no 24:15 HPC, supercomputer, cluster management, petaflop Michael Feldman Nvdia GPU Technology Recap Michael and Addison discuss their impressions of the big news coming out of the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference this week. Michael interviews Nvidia Bill Dalley, Chief Scientist at Nvidia and discusses the future of GPU computing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/091002-Episode25.mp3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:02:00 PST no 34:15 Nvidia, GPU, processors, graphics, visualization, fermi Michael Feldman IDF Recap In the September 25 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell review the HPC-worthy news at this week's Intel Developer Forum. They also talk about SGI's foray into "personal supercomputing" and discuss the ramifications of Microsoft's acquisition of Interactive Supercomputing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090925-Episode24.mp3 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:40:00 PST no 24:28 HPC, Intel Developer Forum, IDF, personal supercomputing, Interactive Supercomputing, Intel, Microsoft, SGI Michael Feldman HPC on Wall Street Conference Wrap-Up In the September 18 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell discuss the happenings at the High Performance Computing on Wall Street conference and talk with Stanley Young CEO NYSE Technologies, co-CIO of NYSE Euronext. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090917-Episode23.mp3 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:10:00 PST no 25:29 HPC, Wall Street, NYSE Technologies, financial services Michael Feldman OpenCL Perspective In the September 11 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk with PGI compiler engineer Michael Wolfe about the prospects of OpenCL in the parallel programming world. Addison and Michael also discuss the latest supercomputer network project being funded by the NSF. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090911-Episode22.mp3 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:18:00 PST no 15:14 OpenCL, HPC, supercomputing, network, PGI, parallel programming Michael Feldman EU Holds Up Oracle-Sun Deal In the September 4 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell discuss the significance of the EU inquiry into the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Michael and Addison also talk about continuing shrinkage of the server market and how a shift in US government military priorities is causing some churn for defense contractors. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090904-Episode21.mp3 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:17:00 PST no 19:28 Oracle, Sun Microsystems, servers, defense contractors, economy Michael Feldman Cray Saves PathScale In the August 28 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk with special guest Christopher Bergstrom about the Cray acquisition of the SiCortex PathScale technology. Michael and Addison also offer their thoughts about the direction of high-end server chips. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090828-Episode20.mp3 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:23:00 PST no 20:28 server chips, PathScale, compiler, SiCortex, Cray Michael Feldman Intel Acquires RapidMind In the August 21 podcast Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk with special guest James Reinders about Intel's plans for newly acquired RapidMind. Michael and Addison also discuss the latest rumor regarding SGI and its visualization product strategy. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090821-Episode19.mp3 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:36:00 PST no 24:28 Intel, RapidMind, SGI, multicore, GPUs, visualization Michael Feldman Russia Falls for HPC In the August 14 podcast Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk about the Russian government's newfound interest in HPC and how US stimulus money is starting to work its way into the HPC research community. They also pick apart the latest news from Penguin Computing. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090814-Episode18.mp3 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:03:00 PST no 20:00 HPC, supercomputing, DOE, Penguin Computing, HPC on demand Michael Feldman Cray Strategy Pays Off In the August 7 podcast Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss why Cray has been doing so well in a tough economy. They also talk about Cluster Resources' new focus beyond HPC and how NVIDIA Tesla GPU technology helped restore some lost moon landing videos. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090807-Episode17.mp3 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:57:00 PST no 21:10 Cray, Cluster Resources, NVIDIA, HPC, supercomputer Michael Feldman Algorithmic Trading Angst In this week's podcast Chris Willard and Michael Feldman discuss a number of controversies surrounding the use of high frequency trading. They also take a few minutes to rehash the SGI Ultraviolet story. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090731-Episode16.mp3 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:03:00 PST no 20:52 SGI, high frequency trading, Itanium, Ultraviolet Michael Feldman SGI Update In this week's podcast Chris Willard and Michael Feldman discuss the latest rumors and news surrounding SGI, the status of the Japanese multi-petaflop project, and some recent consolidation in the storage space. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090724-Episode15.mp3 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:25:00 PST no 23:19 SGI, petascale, petaflop, NEC, Fujitsu, IBRIX, ONStor Michael Feldman Cray's New Mini-Super In this week's podcast Addison and Michael talk with Cray CEO Peter Ungaro about the company's new CX1-LC deskside supercomputer and discuss the top HPC stories for the first half of 2009. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090717-Episode14.mp3 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:13:00 PST no 33:42 Cray, supercomputer, HPC Michael Feldman Supercomputing's High-Powered Future In this week's podcast Addison and Michael discuss HPC megawattage and Israel HPC. They also bring in Tabor Communications CEO Tom Tabor to talk about the deal that split HPC analyst firm Tabor Research from the parent company. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090710-Episode13.mp3 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:18:00 PST no 21:34 datacenters, megawatts, HPC, Tabor Research Michael Feldman ISC'09 Vendor Spotlight In this week's podcast Addison and Michael discuss what DataDirect Networks (DDN), Mellanox, and PGI (The Portland Group) were talking about at last week's International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg. http://podcast.hpcwire.com/soundbites/090701-Episode12.mp3 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:35:00 PST no 23:59 InfiniBand, switches, GPU, compilers, storage, DataDirect, Mellanox, PGI Michael Feldman On Location from ISC'09! Michael and Addison give their impressions on the news surrounding ISC and the buzz on the show floor. Topics include the contrast between Nehalem vs. Istanbul at ISC, NVIDIA's dominance in GPU computing right now, Euro HPC gaining momentum, Infiniband, and more! http://podcast.hpcwire.com/soundbites/090625-Episode11_ISC09.mp3 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:52:00 PST no 26:26 Nehalem, Istanbul, NVIDIA, GPU, European HPC, Cloud Computing, Infiniband, SC09, Portland Michael Feldman On Location from ISC'09! ISC Special Episode 1 of 2! Michael and Addison on location at International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany discuss the Top500, Infiniband vs. Ethernet, the road to Exaflops, and more... http://podcast.hpcwire.com/soundbites/090623-Episode10_ISC09.mp3 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:05:00 PST no 21:22 supercomputing, top500, infiniband, thernet GigE, ISC, ISC09 Michael Feldman Bull Intros Extreme Computing In this week's podcast Addison and Michael talk about European computer maker Bull and its new push into HPC. They also look ahead to next week's International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090619-Episode9.mp3 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:16:00 PST no 15:58 supercomputing, extreme computing, HPC, ISC09 Michael Feldman HP Goes Ultra-Scale In this week's podcast Addison and Michael discuss HP's new focus on extreme-scale computing, how DRC Computer Corporation survived the VC crisis, and why not everyone is happy with New Mexico's 'Encanto' supercomputer. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090612-Episode8.mp3 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:57:00 PST no 22:02 extreme scale-out, cloud computing, supercomputer, supercomputing, HPC Michael Feldman AMD Istanbul launch; SiCortex retrospective In this week's podcast Addison and Michael discuss the new Istanbul server chip from AMD and speak to SiCortex co-founder Matt Reilly about his former company's recent demise. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090605-Episode007.mp3 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:33:00 PST no 20:31 AMD, NVIDIA, SiCortex, Supermicro, Istanbul, six-core, multicore, server, cyberwarfare Michael Feldman HPC vendors to sell off assets In this week's podcast Addison and Michael talk about the grim news surrounding three HPC vendors that became victims of a punishing economy. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090529-Episode6.mp3 Fri, 29 May 2009 12:32:00 PST no 22:38 HPC, cluster computing, venture capital, VC, asset sales, interconnects, 10GbE, SiCortex, Quadrics, Woven Systems Michael Feldman Wolfram Alpha Debuts In this week's podcast Addison and Michael discuss the new Wolfram Alpha computational engine and what it may mean for HPC in the cloud. They also talk about the how InfiniBand vendors are entering the 10 GigE market, while seeing InfiniBand itself continue to expand in HPC and elsewhere. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090522-Episode5.mp3 Fri, 22 May 2009 12:54:00 PST no 20:33 Wolfram Alpha, HPC, InfiniBand, Ethernet, cloud computing Michael Feldman SGI Brand Survives In this week"s podcast Addison and Michael discuss the resurrection of the SGI brand, a setback for Japan"s next-generation supercomputer project, and the European Commission"s devastating judgement against Intel. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090515-Episode4.mp3 Fri, 15 May 2009 11:56:00 PST no 19:17 HPC, supercomputing, supercomputer, petaflops, antitrust, monopoly, SGI, Rackable, Intel, AMD, NEC, Hitachi, RIKEN Isaac Lopez Critical HPC Technology Addison and Michael discuss NVIDIA"s latest foray into GPU clusters and a new NSF-funded report on how the US is losing ground in a critical HPC technology. http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090508-Episode3.mp3 Fri, 8 May 2009 13:52:00 PST no 7:59 NVIDIA, clusters, NSF, simulation, ANSYS, autodesk Isaac Lopez HPC on Jeopardy Week two of the HPCwire Soundbite Podcast. Download it and take it with you! http://media.hpcwire.com/audio/090501-Episode2.mp3 Fri, 1 May 2009 12:40:00 PST no 8:21 SGI, QLogic, Mellanox, Wolfram, Alpha, IBM, Artificial Intelligence Isaac Lopez Flash Memory in HPC New from HPCwire! A weekly podcast hosted by Michael Feldman, Editor of HPCwire, and Addison Snell, General Manager of Tabor Research. Michael and Addison break down the week"s most compelling news and offer their own unique perspectives on how these stories affect the HPC industry. http://www.taborresearch.com/temp/090424-HPCwirePodcast_mixdown1.mp3 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:01:00 PST no 7:21 Oracle, Sun, Flash Memory, AMD