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Each week, Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and analyst Michael Feldman dissect the week's top HPC stories.

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    TWIHPC Episode 380 - Jensen Huang Lauds Trump Energy Policies; Pushing the Limits of Hyperscale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 17:01


    On This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline take a look at Jensen Huang's visit to the White House, and analyze the future of the big players in HPC and AI.

    TWIHPC Episode 379 - Google Announces HPC-AI Enhancements at Next / Lip-Bu Tan's CEO Debut at Intel Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 15:59


    On This Week in HPC, Addison and Doug go over Google's new promises, and look forward to Intel's future.

    TWIHPC Episode 378 - Do You Know the Way to GTC? / TPC Advances AI for Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 18:56


    Addison Snell and Doug Eadline go over the highlights of GTC and look forward to the future of TPC

    TWIHPC Episode 377 - Quantum Continues to Progress; Intel Continues to Slip

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 19:54


    Addison Snell and Doug Eadline dig into the updates in quantum computing, new states of matter, and root for Intel.

    TWIHPC Episode 376 - Welcome to DeepSeek Week; Big Questions for HPC-AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 18:13


    Addison Snell and Doug Eadline break down the Deepseek disruption and look forward to the future of HPC and AI.

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    TWIHPC Episode 375 - SC24 in Review; Intel Faces a New Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 21:59


    Addison Snell and Doug Eadline review the hottest topics from SC24, including record attendance, El Capitan's new heights, and the AI/hyperscale revolution.

    TWIHPC Episode 374: Hyperscale AI Boom Continues What to Watch for at SC24

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 21:21


    Addison Snell and Doug Eadline discuss the ramifications of the AI boom, Intersect360 Research's newest market forecast update, and what to watch for at SC24.

    TWIHPC Episode 372: Intel's Latest Miss; AI and the New HPC

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 22:02


    Addison Snell and Doug Eadline dive into Intel's difficulties and where AI models begin to degrade.

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    TWIHPC Episode 373: Cerebras Races into Inference; AMD Adds ZT Systems to AI Portfolio

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 18:00


    Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson analyze the top stories from the Hot Chips conference.

    Episode 372: Microsoft's AI Atmosphere Model Senate Proposes $32 Billion AI Allowance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 22:10


    Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson discuss Microsoft's latest AI atmosphere model simulation and the U.S. senate's proposed $32 billion AI funding initiative.

    Episode 370: Nvidia Powers HPE's Sphere of AI; A Second Exascale System for Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 12:32


    Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson explore the HPE Discover Conference at the Sphere in Las Vegas, strong messages about generative AI, and the announcement of a second exascale system in Europe.

    Episode 369: A Roadmap for the CHIPS Act; Anthropic Aims to Explain AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 16:03


    Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson remember HPC Titan Gordon Bell, plus, teaching AI to mimic not a real human, but an ideal human.

    Episode 368: Thinking Beyond Exascale; Grace Hopper Leaps Up the List

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 20:14


    Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson discuss highlights from ISC24 including the HALO launch, Addison's Fishbowl panel, Nvidia's Grace Hopper and more.

    Episode 367: ISC Kicks Off with TOP500; and the New HPC-AI Leadership Organization

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 20:09


    Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson analyze the latest TOP500 list, plus Intersect360 Research's launch of the new HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO).

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    Episode 366: HPC-AI Market Forecast — How AI Shapes HPC's Future

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 17:39


    Addison Snell and Kevin Jackson discuss Intersect360 Research's latest forecast, the surprising dominance of hyperscale and AI, and more.

    Episode 365: GTC is Back, and Bigger than Ever; Blackwell Wows the Crowd

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 22:39


    Addison Snell welcomes Kevin Jackson, Managing Editor of Enterprise AI to the podcast; plus reviewing GTC and Nvidia's ascent.

    Episode 364: Insights from SC23

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 22:02


    Addison Snell, Dan Olds, and Steve Conway take a look back at SC23, including NVIDIA's chart climb, Aurora's swing and miss, the AI story, and the evolution of liquid cooling.

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    Episode 363: Rialto Bridge Has Fallen Down / U.S. and UK Supercomputing Wish Lists

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 18:27


    Addison Snell is joined by Tiffany Trader and Oliver Peckham for a discussion of Intel's cancellation of the Rialto Bridge GPU.

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    Episode 362: Intel's Long-Awaited Launch; MI300 Takes the Stage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 20:09


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss Intel's long-awaited launch, plus MI300.

    Episode 361: Catching Up with Conference Chair Candace Culhane at SC22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 14:47


    Tiffany Trader interviews SC22 Conference Chair Candace Culhane about the evolution of SC and this year's event.

    Episode 360: Ventana Opens Window for RISC-V in HPC / DoD Gives JEDI a New Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 24:03


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader are joined by Oliver Peckham and Steve Conway in this wrapup of the top HPC stories from 2022.

    Episode 359: AMD, Intel, and TOP500; Welcome to SC22

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 24:24


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham talk over the top stories of SC22.

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    Episode 358: Looking Ahead to SC22; Take the HPC Covid Safety Pledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 29:37


    Addison Snell is joined by Tom Tabor and Ari Berman for a discussion of the upcoming SC22 and the HPC Covid Safety Pledge.

    Episode 357: US Passes Signature Chips and Science Act; Oak Ridge National Lab Dedicates Frontier

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 14:39


    Episode 357: US Passes Signature Chips and Science Act; Oak Ridge National Lab Dedicates Frontier by Intersect360 Research

    Episode 356: Around the World at ISC; Rounding up the Top Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 18:02


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham share their favorite stories coming out of ISC22: EuroHPC updates, the International Association of Supercomputing Centers, and the Cloud services ecosystem.

    Episode 355: The Exascale Era Officially Arrives; TOP500 Kicks Off ISC22

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 14:58


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham cover the top stories coming out of ISC22 this week, including Frontier's exascale success and interesting new technologies topping the Green500 list.

    Episode 354: Intel's Vision for AI and Exascale; Kookaburra Sits in IBM's Quantum Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 20:06


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Intel's AI and Exascale announcements, plus quantum news from IBM out of Australia.

    Episode 353: NNSA Invests to Advance Omni-Path; HPE Takes Swarm Learning to the Edge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 17:08


    This week, Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss news from the NNSA, HPE, and the future of machine learning.

    Episode 352: Cooler HPC With Verne Global

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 20:48


    Addison Snell and Verne Global's CEO Dominic Ward and CTO Tate Cantrell discuss greener HPC, datacenter colocation, and the advantages of sustainable geothermal heating and cooling in this special sponsored episode of This Week in HPC.

    Episode 351: A Hopper full of news at GTC; and EuroHPC Summit Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 27:19


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze the news out of NVIDIA GTC 2022 as well as EuroHPC Summit.

    Episode 350: Nvidia Acquires Excelero; New Consortium Aims to Connect Chiplets

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 16:58


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss the details of Nvidia's Excelero acquisition and who is in (and who is not in) the newly-announced UCIe Consortium.

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    Episode 339: Atos Unveils Exascale Architecture / Intel Affirms Upcoming Advancements

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 24:10


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss the details of Atos' newly-announced Exascale architecture, Intel's latest plans, and the Winter Classic Student Cluster Competition.

    Episode 348: Meta's New AI Supercomputer / Lenovo Launches HPC as a Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 16:08


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss the latest supercomputing announcements out of Meta and Lenovo.

    Episode 347: Nvidia Acquires Bright Computing ... And Defends Intended ARM Purchase

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 16:43


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze Nvidia's acquisition of Bright Computing, plus the details of their proposed ARM purchase.

    Episode 346: HPCwire and Intersect360 Research Wrap up SC21 at the Dell HPC Community Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 49:00


    Episode 346: HPCwire and Intersect360 Research Wrap up SC21 at the Dell HPC Community Meeting by Intersect360 Research

    Episode 345: No News is Big News in TOP500 List

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 13:18


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham delve into the new TOP500 list at SC21, which may be more notable for what's missing — Frontier and the two Chinese exascale system — than for what's on it.

    Episode 344: AMD Stacks its Chips with All-In Launch / NVIDIA Makes an Omniverse of Announcements

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 28:54


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader delve into this week's big announcements from AMD and NVIDIA in advance of SC21.

    Episode 343: AMD's Next Instinct; Intel's HPC Re-Org

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 13:29


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss AMD's latest announcement, Intel's re-org, and lead-up events to SC21.

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    Episode 342: The Most Unusual SC Conference Since Last Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 25:17


    Addison Snell interviews Bronis de Supinski, SC21 General Chair, about the opportunities, changes, and talks to look forward to at the upcoming SC21 conference.

    Episode 341: Dell Lands NNSA CTS-2 Contract; NCAR Prepares for Derecho

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 15:45


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Dell's NNSA contract, plus NCAR's Derecho announcement.

    Episode 340: Polaris Lights the Way Toward Exascale/IBM Enables Hybrid Cloud

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 13:40


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Argonne's new Polaris system, plus IBM's IBM hybrid cloud Power10 server.

    Episode 339: Atos Acquires Nimbix; Intel Adopts LLVM for Future Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 17:32


    Addison Snell is joined by John Russell for a discussion of Atos' acquisition of Nimbix and Intel's latest news.

    Episode 338: Intel Does a Number on Node Names; Cornelis Forges a New Omni-Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 19:34


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Intel's announced change in naming systems and Cornelis' Omni-Path announcement.

    Episode 337: Top500, Keynotes, and More; Highlights from ISC2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 25:56


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader share highlights of the ISC 2021 conference, their takeaways from the new Top 500 list, and more.

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    Episode 336: Pulling Rocky Out of a Red Hat; Latest HPC Market Numbers from Intersect360

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 21:44


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader analyze the latest entrant into the Linux space, plus the new market model and forecast just released by Intersect360 Research.

    Episode 335: "Future Supercomputers" at ISC

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 24:07


    HPCwire Managing Editor Tiffany Trader interviews Jean-Marc Denis, European Processor Initiative (EPI) Chair of the Board and Head of Strategy at Atos, about EPI activities and his upcoming ISC talk, "Future Supercomputers are game changers for processor architecture. Why?"

    Episode 334: Catalyst UK Project Showcases ARM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 19:17


    In this special episode sponsored by HPE, Addison Snell speaks with Simon McIntosh-Smith, Professor of High Performance Computing at the University of Bristol, Mark Parsons, Director of EPCC and Professor of HPC at the University of Edinburgh, and Mark Wilkinson, Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the DIRAC facility at the University Leicester, about the Catalyst UK project and the role of ARM.

    Episode 333: NERSC's Perlmutter Says 'Hello, World'; Does HPC Point to COVID Lab Leak?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 22:44


    Addison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham discuss the launch of NERSC's new Perlmutter system, plus news from an Australian research team that lends credibility to the theory that COVID-19 could have originated from a Wuhan lab leak.

    Episode 332: HPC at UAB

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 17:11


    Addison Snell is joined by Ralph Zottola and John-Paul Robinson of the University of Alabama at Birmingham for a discussion of UAB's new Dell HPC system.

    Episode 331: IBM Research Demos 2 Nanometer Process; AMD, Design Thyself

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 12:26


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader are joined by Oliver Peckham for a discussion of IBM's 2 Nanometer chip and AMD's design announcement.

    Episode320: Microsoft Serves Up Supercomputing to UK Met Office; Cerebras Cooks Up Second-Gen Wafer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 15:11


    Addison Snell and Tiffany Trader discuss Microsoft's announcement as prime vendor for four HPE Cray supercomputers headed to the UK's Met office and analyze Cerebras' second-gen wafers.

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