@HPCpodcast with Shahin Khan and Doug Black
Episodes
@HPCpodcast-57: Decarbonization, Renewable Energy, ESG, w Adrian Cockcroft
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We caught up with Adrian Cockcroft again, this time to discuss the growing importance of, and the HPC market's efforts towards, decarbonization, the ...
@HPCpodcast-56: Generative AI, w Tim Crawford
22 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Crawford, CIO Strategic Advisor and founder of research and advisory firm AVOA, joins us in a discussion of generative AI, data sources, emergi...
@HPCpodcast-55: Post-Exascale Computing for the NNSA
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Post-Exascale Computing for the NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration) is the subject of a new report by a distinguished working and review ...
@HPCpodcast-54: Silicon Photonics, w Keren Bergman
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Silicon Photonics with Keren Bergman of Columbia University. The wide range of topics includes: Silicon Photonics vs. Fiber Optics used in...
@HPCpodcast-53: Warfare as Product Development, Intel Roadmap
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When soldiers are software engineers a new warfare emerges. House Committee on Science Space and Technology hearing on "US, China, and the Fight for ...
@HPCpodcast-52: AI iPhone Moment, Virtual Quantum, Silicon Photonics
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In what might become a regular segment, we cover important advances in tech that signal changes in markets and policies. This time, we discuss the iP...
@HPCpodcast-51: Bob Coecke on Quantum in Pictures (Book)
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Coecke, co-author of the recently-released book Quantum in Pictures: A New Way to Understand the Quantum World joins us to discuss why quantum me...
@HPCpodcast-50: Quantum, AI Chatbots, IBM Cloud’s AI Supercomputer
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest news in Quantum Computing, as well as Google's response to ChatGPT, Bard, IBM cloud's new AI supercomputer, which also leads to a discussi...
@HPCpodcast-49: 12 Myths & Legends with Satoshi Matsuoka and Torsten Hoefler
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We caught up with Prof. Matsuoka and Hoefler to discuss Myths and Legends in High-Performance Computing" which tackles 12 important topics, helps for...
@HPCpodcast-48: Handel Jones on China and the AI Race
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an insightful discussion with Dr. Handel Jones, author of the recent book When AI Rules the World: China, the U.S., and the Race to Contr...
@HPCpodcast-47: New Chips from Intel, 2023 Predictions, AI
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of 2023, Shahin and Doug discuss the recent chip announcements and their implications for HPC. Also covered are industry predict...
@HPCpodcast-46: Year in Review 2022
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Year-in-review double-issue episode covering some of the notable topics of the past year including: HPC market growth, China, exascale and future of ...
@HPCpodcast-45: Quantum Networking, Sensing, Computing at Brookhaven National Lab
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kerstin Kleese van Dam, Gabriella Carini, and Meifing Lin of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) join Shahin and Doug to discuss all things Quantum,...
@HPCpodcast-44: SC22 Postview
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we review what happened at SC22 in Dallas last week. Topics include: the energy and attendance at the show, liquid cooling, PCIe, CXL, AI ...
@HPCpodcast-43: TOP500 at SC22
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 60th edition of the TOP500 list is here, reresenting 30 years of systematic data on the highest performing computer architecture and configuration...
@HPCpodcast-42: Chris Miller on Chip War
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Miller, author of the important and riveting book Chip War, joins us to discuss the crucial nature of the semiconductor industry and and the gl...
@HPCpodcast-41: SC Taglines, Trade Wars, Shared Memory Tech
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SC taglines since SC14. Trade wars and the impact they could have on scientific collaboration. We'll have an entire show on ship wars next week with ...
@HPCpodcast-40: Kathy Yelick on Exascale Day, Research, New College
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are delighted to havet Kathy Yelick as our special guest to celebrate the Exascale Day (10/18). Dr. Yelick is the Robert S. Pepper Distinguished P...
@HPCpodcast-39: Aurora, Intel Day, Linux Wars, Tesla Day
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blades are shipping for the storied Aurora exascale supercomputer. The well-crafted and executed Intel Innovation Day. Linux wars. And the Tesla AI d...
@HPCpodcast-38: Steve Conway on HPC Technology and Policy Trends
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We caught up with Steve Conway, well-known HPC executive and analyst formerly with IDC and Hyperion Research, in an engaging and wide ranging discuss...
@HPCpodcast-37: John Gustafson on Feynman, Gustafson’s Law, Posit Format
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How did Richard Feynman end up playing the bongo drums? How did a new take on Amdahl's Law helped propel massively parallel computing and become Gusta...
@HPCpodcast-36: Adrian Cockcroft on Cloud, HPC Data, ESG, and Netflix
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix's move to the cloud, ESG and HPC data, Formula-1 racing, and cloud configurations and interconnects for HPC and AI workloads. Cool stories and...
@HPCpodcast-35: Hot Chips Conference, Quantum Update, Frontier
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hot Chips conference: UCIe, 3D packaging, Silicon Photonics, inference in the device or in the data center, edge, CXL, code generation. Update on Qua...
@HPCpodcast-34: CXL, CHIPS Act
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After several years of experimentation and various consortia, CXL is emerging as the standard for advanced functionality for fabric technologies. We ...
@HPCpodcast-33: Equity-Diversity-Inclusion in HPC
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We caught up with Melyssa Fratkin, Industrial Programs Director at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), and co-chair of Texas Women in HPC to ...
@HPCpodcast-32: The Role of Marketing in HPC
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lot has changed in HPC and a lot has changed in marketing. What should smart organizations do to improve their market presence? We discuss this wit...
@HPCpodcast-31: ASML Export Control, HPC Software Stack
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following reports that ASML is under diplomatic pressure to regulate the export of its fabrication equipment to China, we discuss market data, other ...
@HPCpodcast-30: DOE RFI with Horst Simon, from System to Ecosystem
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following the Request for Information (RFI) issued last week by the DOE, we caught up with Dr. Horst Simon to take us through how the DOE is gearing ...
@HPCpodcast-29: Up Close and Personal with Frontier, and What Lies Beyond
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The HPC User Forum held a special event at ORNL last week, included a viewing of the facilities and discussed the future of supercomputing hardware a...
@HPCpodcast-28: LaMDA and AI Sentience, Crypto Price Collapse
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sentience, consciousness, and personhood, and the urgency of thoughtful social policies based on ethical and legal frameworks. Also the state of Cryp...
@HPCpodcast-27: Thomas Sterling, The State of HPC
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sterling is Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering at the Indiana University (IU) School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, and Pr...
@HPCpodcast-26: ISC22 Postview: Frontier, Covid, Vendors, Students
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ISC22, the annual International Supercomputing Conference was held last week in Hamburg, Germany, meeting in person after two years. This is a "postv...
@HPCpodcast-25: Satoshi Matsuoka, TOP500, Fugaku Supercomputer, Nintendo
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winner of the Purple Ribbon Medal, one of Japan's highest honors, Prof. Satoshi Matsuoka oversaw the development and launch of the Fugaku supercomput...
@HPCpodcast-24: Fastest AI Supercomputer, Chips Prices, IBM Quantum
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fastest AI supercomputer according to Google, price hikes by TSMC and Samsung, visualization of a black hole in our own galaxy, and IBM's ambitious a...
@HPCpodcast-23: ACM Turing Award Winner Jack Dongarra
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We cover the Turing Award, TOP500, the state of HPC benchmarks, China's Exascale systems, and future directions in algorithms. We also talk about fut...
@HPCpodcast-22: China Exascale, Twitter in play, Tech Society
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New research paper puts China's Exascale systems back in the news. And impending acquisition of Twitter leads to a discussion about the positive impa...
@HPCpodcast-21: HPC Storage with Gary Grider of LANL
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Another must-listen episode, this time covering HPC storage with Gary Grider, leader of the high performance computing division of Los Alamos Nationa...
@HPCpodcast-20: New Segment Top-of-the-News, Storage
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A new segment, Top of The News, covers Federal funding for PsiQuantum and Global Foundries, the AMD-Pensando deal, and Fujitsu's cloud offerings. The...
@HPCpodcast-19: ORNL’s Jeff Nichols on Frontier Exascale, Past, Future
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest Dr. Jeff Nichols oversees DOE's National Center for Computational Sciences, and a key figure in the installation of breakthrough superc...
@HPCpodcast-18: GTC22, Groundbreaking Advances, and Geopolitics
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shahin and Doug go over what was unveiled at the NVIDIA GTC22 conference, vendor strategies, groundbreaking advances in the industry, and the geopoli...
@HPCpodcast-17: American Competitiveness and Future of Supercomputing, with Dan Reed
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent paper, Daniel Reed, Dennis Gannon, and Jack Dongarra, have started an important discussion about HPC, its future, and its impact on Ameri...
@HPCpodcast-16: AI in Science, a Conversation with Rick Stevens of ANL (part 2)
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our discussion of AI in Science with Rick Stevens of Argonne National Lab. In addition to the new ways AI can help advance science, we al...
@HPCpodcast-15: AI in Science, a Conversation with Rick Stevens of ANL (part 1)
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A special 2-episode discussion of AI in Science with Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director and leader of Exascale Computing Initiative at Argon...
@HPCpodcast-14: Cyberwarfare in the Age of AI and HPC
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest Richard Stiennon, research analyst and author of Security Yearbook 2021, joins Shahin and Doug to discuss the state of advanced cyberwa...
@HPCpodcast-13: Intel, AMD, Nvidia
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the occasion of Intel's analyst day and the 1st anniversary of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Shahin and Doug discuss the global recognition of chips as...
@HPCpodcast-12: Framework for Top-10 Tech Trends
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Web3, IoT/Edge, AI, HPC, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, GPUs and Quantum, Cyber Risk, 5G, and BioTech represent the top-10 tech trends. Why are there ...
@HPCpodcast-11: HPC Cloud Growth, Decision Parameters
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HPC Cloud continues to grow rapidly as cloud providers pursue HPC workloads and build a variety of hardware configurations to attract them, and as Ed...
@HPCpodcast-10: HPC Market Size – “Exceptional Growth in 2021”
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Black and Shahin Khan are joined by Hyperion Research CEO Earl Joseph to discuss Hyperion's market findings. Topics include traditional HPC, AI,...
@HPCpodcast-9: Quantum Computing Status and Investments
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 9 of the @HPCPodcast, we cover the recent wave of news about quantum computing: melding of quantum & classical computing, error correc...
@HPCpodcast-8: Intel Points to Zettascale in 2027
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After SC21, Patrick Kennedy of Serve the Home online publication got quite the scoop when he met with Intel's Raja Koduri to discuss Zettascale proj...
@HPCpodcast-7: China, TSMC, and War Games
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how global competition around advanced technologies has turned geo-politics into "techno-politics" and techno-nationalism, and a recently ...
@HPCpodcast-6: Year in Review 2021
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From COVID to Climate Change, Edge to Exascale, and AI to Autonomy, 2021 was an impactful year for HPC and Supercomputing, leading some of the most n...
@HPCpodcat-5: Quantum Computing Market Size
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest Bob Sornesen of Hyperion Research joins the crew to share the results of his international study to track down the size of the Quantum ...
@HPCpodcast-4: Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI)
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) is emerging as good way to pool, share, and flex resources to increase utilization. We discuss what mak...
@HPCpodcast-3: Metaverse and HPC
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shahin Khan and Doug Black discuss the Metaverse, its consumer and industrial uses, competition for data, avatars and more realistic digital twins, c...
@HPCpodcast-2: TOP500 at SC21
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TOP500 at SC21 was highly anticipated but failed to ignite. Rumored high-end systems opted not to play while entering the conversation anyway. Howe...
@HPCpodcast-1: HPC and AI Chips and Accelerators
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the @HPCpodcast where Shahin Khan and Doug Black discuss supercomputing technologies and the applications, markets, and policies that shap...