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Michael Feldman
Podcast: The HPC Year in Review
Post Date: December 22, 2009 @ 10:10 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
Michael and Addison recap some of big HPC stories and trends in 2009.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Larrabee Work Stoppage; Exascale and Climate Change
Post Date: December 11, 2009 @ 12:56 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Intel, AMD on the Road to Manycore
Post Date: December 04, 2009 @ 1:33 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
Michael and Addison discuss AMD's latest server roadmap and talk about the significance of Intel's new 48-core research chip.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: SC09 Conference Wrap-Up
Post Date: November 23, 2009 @ 6:10 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: SC09 Special Edition from Portland #2
Post Date: November 20, 2009 @ 6:52 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
Michael and Addison discuss the Al Gore keynote address, Convey's good news, and brain simulation from IBM.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Virtual SMPs; HPC in the Cloud
Post Date: November 06, 2009 @ 1:24 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: China Enters Petaflop Arena; Roadrunner Does Big Science
Post Date: October 30, 2009 @ 1:29 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: HPC 360 Conference; SGI Adds New Partners
Post Date: October 23, 2009 @ 4:11 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: DOE in the Cloud; Flash Update; FPGAs in a GPU World
Post Date: October 16, 2009 @ 1:34 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Nvdia GPU Technology Conference Recap; Impact of "Fermi" on HPC landscape
Post Date: October 06, 2009 @ 7:31 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: IDF Recap; SGI Personal Supers; Microsoft Buys Interactive Supercomputing
Post Date: September 25, 2009 @ 3:40 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: HPC on Wall Street Conference Wrap-Up
Post Date: September 18, 2009 @ 12:10 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: OpenCL Perspective; New Supercomputing Network
Post Date: September 14, 2009 @ 10:23 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: EU Holds Up Oracle-Sun Deal; Server Sales Slide; Defense Contractor Layoffs
Post Date: September 04, 2009 @ 12:56 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: This Is a Test
Post Date: September 02, 2009 @ 2:04 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Cray Saves PathScale; Server Chip Update
Post Date: August 28, 2009 @ 12:23 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Intel Acquires RapidMind; SGI Visualization Strategy Gets Murky
Post Date: August 21, 2009 @ 2:12 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Russia Falls for HPC; DOE Awarded Stimulus Money; Penguin Adds HPC On Demand
Post Date: August 14, 2009 @ 2:29 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Cray Strategy Pays Off; Cluster Resources Expands Market Focus; HPC Helps Restore Moon Landing Videos
Post Date: August 07, 2009 @ 11:57 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Algorithmic Trading Angst; SGI Roadmap Redux
Post Date: July 31, 2009 @ 5:29 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: SGI Update; Japan Stays with Fujitsu for Next-Gen Super; Storage Vendor Consolidation
Post Date: July 24, 2009 @ 1:25 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Cray's New Mini-Super; Half-Year Retrospective
Post Date: July 17, 2009 @ 10:13 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Supercomputing's High-Powered Future; Israeli HPC; Tabor Research Becomes InterSect360 Research
Post Date: July 10, 2009 @ 1:18 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
In this week's podcast Addison and Michael discuss supercomputing megawattage and Israeli 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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: ISC'09 Vendor Spotlight: DataDirect, Mellanox and PGI
Post Date: July 09, 2009 @ 4:38 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Bull Intros Extreme Computing; Looking Ahead to ISC'09
Post Date: June 30, 2009 @ 7:09 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: ISC Impressions, Nehalem Shining Star, NVIDIA Owns GPU Computing, Euro HPC
Post Date: June 25, 2009 @ 1:52 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
Michael and Addison give their impressions on the news surrounding ISC and the buzz on the show floor.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: ISC Special Edition - TOP500; InfiniBand vs. Ethernet, Getting to Exaflops by 2020
Post Date: June 23, 2009 @ 4:13 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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...
Michael Feldman
Podcast: HP's Extreme Scale-Out; DRC Computer Corp Acquisition; NM Supercomputer Under Fire
Post Date: June 12, 2009 @ 12:57 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Wolfram Alpha Debut; Lossless Ethernet; InfiniBand Growth
Post Date: June 11, 2009 @ 10:45 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: SGI Reborn Under New Management; Japanese Supercomputing Project in Peril; Europe Slaps Down Intel
Post Date: June 11, 2009 @ 10:43 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: AMD's Six-Core Opteron Launch; SiCortex's Matt Reilly Speaks Out
Post Date: June 05, 2009 @ 12:33 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: SiCortex, Woven Systems and Quadrics Succumb to Bad Economy
Post Date: May 29, 2009 @ 12:32 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
In this week's podcast Addison and Michael talk about the grim news surrounding three HPC vendors that became victims of a punishing economy.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: NVIDIA Clusters, Simulation-Based Science & Engineering, ANSYS-Autodesk Interoperability
Post Date: May 08, 2009 @ 1:52 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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.
Michael Feldman
Podcast: QLogic-IBM Deal; HPC on Jeopardy; Rackable-SGI Deal Gets Go-Ahead; Al Gore at SCO9
Post Date: May 01, 2009 @ 12:40 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
Week two of the HPCwire Soundbite Podcast. Download it and take it with you!
Michael Feldman
Podcast: Oracle Buys Sun; Flash Memory in HPC; AMD's New Roadmap
Post Date: April 29, 2009 @ 7:01 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite
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A weekly podcast hosted by Richard L. Brandt, Editor of HPCwire, and Addison Snell, CEO of InterSect360 Research. Richard and Addison break down the week's most compelling news and offer their own unique perspectives on how these stories affect the HPC industry.
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Supercomputers at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have worked on important computational problems such as collapse of the atomic state, the optimization of chemical catalysts, and now modeling popping bubbles.
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HPC and the True Cost of Cloud
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For engineers looking to leverage high-performance computing, the accessibility of a cloud-based approach is a powerful draw, but there are costs that may not be readily apparent.
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