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Podcast: Exascale Equals No Nukes; IBM Says "Let's Build a Smarter HPC"
Post Date: May 24, 2013 @ 4:31 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Nicole and Addison discuss a recent congressional hearing on exascale computing and IBM's outlook on HPC.

Podcast: Horst Simon Says; Google and NASA Take Quantum Leap
Post Date: May 17, 2013 @ 1:51 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Nicole and Addison continue to discuss the exascale race in light of Horst Simon's recent Q-and-A and consider the possibilities of D-Wave's quantum computer.

Podcast: New HPC Products in the Mid-Range and A Strong Yen for Exascale
Post Date: May 10, 2013 @ 3:10 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Nicole and Addison discuss mid-range HPC products, the Japanese exascale initiative and the Irish500 this week.

Podcast: End Users Speak Up on Accelerators and Leadership Changes in HPC
Post Date: May 02, 2013 @ 2:43 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

This week Nicole and Addison discussed the growing trend of accelerators and leadership changes in HPC, including Intel's new CEO.

Podcast: ISC13 Preview and A Look Ahead at HPC Trends to Watch
Post Date: April 26, 2013 @ 11:21 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

This week Nicole and Addison discussed the upcoming ISC13 conference and HPC trends to keep an eye out for, like interconnects.

Podcast: Supers, Part II and The Upgrade, The Successor, and The Classified
Post Date: April 19, 2013 @ 12:20 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Nicole and Addison discussed Indiana University's upgrade to Big Rad II and moving Seqouia to classified work.

Podcast: A Red X on T-Platforms and Taking an Axe to Exascale
Post Date: April 12, 2013 @ 12:12 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

This week Addison and Nicole talked about a red x on T-Platforms and taking an axe to Exascale.

Podcast: Top 10 Insights for 2013 and Roadrunner's Retirement Party
Post Date: April 05, 2013 @ 12:08 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Nicole and Addison discussed the top 10 insights for 2013 and the retirement of Roadrunner.

Podcast: Flipping on Flops and I Dedicate this Supercomputer to Science
Post Date: March 29, 2013 @ 11:00 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Nicole and Addison discussed flipping on flops and I dedicate this supercomputer to science.

Podcast: GPUs in San Jose and Xeon Phi in France
Post Date: March 22, 2013 @ 8:43 AM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Nicole and Addison discussed GPUs in San Jose and Xeon Phi in France.

Podcast: HPC on the Brain; NREL's Energy Efficient Data Center
Post Date: March 15, 2013 @ 2:20 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Richard and Addison discuss the NIH's initiative to map the brain along with NREL's new HP and Intel-powered green HPC facility.

Podcast: Mellanox Opens Up Ethernet; Sequestering Science and Research
Post Date: March 08, 2013 @ 1:35 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Michael and Richard discuss how the sequester affects HPC research as well as Mellanox getting into the open Ethernet game.

Podcast: Titan's Troubles at Oak Ridge; An Interview with Xyratex's Mike Stolz
Post Date: March 01, 2013 @ 1:10 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Addison joins Richard from the Oil and Gas HPC workshop at Rice University to discuss Titan's acceptance test at Oak Ridge. Also included is an interview with Xyratex's Mike Stolz.

Podcast: Xyratex Buys Up Lustre Assets; UK Launces New HPC Center
Post Date: February 22, 2013 @ 2:31 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Michael Feldman returns to Soundbite this week to discuss Xyratex's acquisition of Lustre and a new British HPC Center with Richard Brandt.

Podcast: HPC and Cleaner Energy; Gearing Up for ISC
Post Date: February 15, 2013 @ 2:12 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Richard and Addison discuss the new focus on greener IT practices in HPC along with the upcoming ISC conference.

Podcast: UK Ramps Up Supercomputing; Dell Buys Dell
Post Date: February 08, 2013 @ 1:42 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Richard and Addison discuss the new supercomputing initiatives in the UK as well as the private buy-out of Dell

Podcast: Two New Accelerated Supers; The EC Looks at the Cost of Cloud
Post Date: February 01, 2013 @ 12:18 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Addison and Richard discuss Atipa's new supercomputer and the cost trends in cloud.

Podcast: HPCwire People to Watch in 2013
Post Date: January 25, 2013 @ 2:42 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Guest host Tom Tabor, Richard Brandt and industry insider Addison Snell discuss the 2013 HPCwire 12 People to Watch list; Tom introduces Richard as the new editor of HPCwire.

Podcast: US Labs Team Up On Pre-Exascale Supers
Post Date: January 18, 2013 @ 1:23 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Addison and Michael offer some perspective on the Department of Energy's latest plans for their exascale roadmap.

Podcast: Encanto Cluster To Be Sold for Parts; A One-Off Supercomputer to Map the Universe
Post Date: January 11, 2013 @ 1:45 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

The much-ballyhooed Encanto HPC cluster is destined to be split up and sold. And a custom-made supercomputer is built for an international radio telescope project.

Podcast: Top HPC Stories of 2012; A Look Ahead to 2013
Post Date: January 04, 2013 @ 1:52 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: HPCwire Soundbite

Michael and Addison recap the year in HPC and look ahead to 2013.

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