@HPCpodcast with Shahin Khan and Doug Black

University of Delaware Professor Sunita Chandrasekaran joins us to discuss exascale software, directive based parallel programming, the emergence of research software engineering as a career, what AI will mean for the industry, and the importance of communication and community among teams. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-62: Exascale Software with Sunita Chandrasekaran appeared first on OrionX.net.

A look back at ISC23 including quantum computing, EuroHPC, the future of Supercomputing with a backdrop of Integrated Research Infrastructure (IRI), AI, and Cloud, and whether we are living in times when “everybody” is a systems company. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-61: ISC23 Postview and Future of IT appeared first on OrionX.net.

Doug is in Hamburg, Germany for the ISC23 conference where the 61st edition of the TOP500 list has just been published. 30+ years of systematic data on the highest performing computer architecture and configurations is a treasure trove and we look at the top line insights from this installment, including the GREEN500, HPCG, and the AI-inspired mixed precision benchmark HPL-MxP. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-60: TOP500 at ISC23 Conference appeared first on OrionX.net.

This episode starts to look at HPC software and its convergence with traditional enterprise IT software. We cover the evolution of software through phases of IT, the roster of relevant HPC software from development environment to system administration, and end-user requirements, and traditional and emerging applications. Future episodes and guests will focus on various aspects of HPC software. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-59: HPC Software appeared first on OrionX.net.

Liquid cooling in supercomputing came up in our last episode on decarbonization and environment, sustainability, and governance (ESG). We cover liquid cooling in this episode: everything from chilled doors to direct-to-chip, immersion cooling, vapor chambers, and even under-water data centers. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-58: Liquid Cooling in Supercomputing appeared first on OrionX.net.

We caught up with Adrian Cockcroft again, this time to discuss the growing importance of, and the HPC market’s efforts towards, decarbonization, the use of renewable energy, and meeting environment, sustainability, and governance (ESG) objectives. This episode is sponsored by Lenovo.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-57: Decarbonization, Renewable Energy, ESG, w Adrian Cockcroft appeared first on OrionX.net.

Tim Crawford, CIO Strategic Advisor and founder of research and advisory firm AVOA,  joins us in a discussion of generative AI, data sources, emerging uses of AI in the enterprises, and the complexities of managing and regulating AI.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-56: Generative AI, w Tim Crawford appeared first on OrionX.net.

Post-Exascale Computing for the NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration) is the subject of a new report by a distinguished working and review committes comprised of notable supercomputing experts. The report examines the trajectory of high-end supercomputing to date, future needs, emerging technologies, advances in scientific disciplines and computational methods, and the workforce, industry partnerships, and roadmap necessary for successful deployment. We bring you a summary of the report’s key findings and recommendations. @HPCpodcast is delighted that two of the panelists were guests of this show in recent months.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-55: Post-Exascale Computing for the NNSA appeared first on OrionX.net.

We discuss Silicon Photonics with Keren Bergman, the Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering, Faculty Director of the Columbia Nano Initiative, and Principal Investigator of Lightwave Research Laboratory at Columbia University. Prof. Bergman is the recipient of the 2016 IEEE Photonics Engineering Award and is a Fellow of Optica (Optical Society of America) and IEEE. The wide range of topics includes: Silicon Photonics vs. Fiber Optics used in telecommunications, the use of photonics c0mmunication vs. computation, what aspects of light are used to achieve  efficiencies, packet switching vs circuit switching, current advances and speeds, economic considerations and likely first uses, supply chain, fabrication, assembly, and packaging technologies for photonics.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-54: Silicon Photonics, w Keren Bergman appeared first on OrionX.net.

When soldiers are software engineers a new warfare emerges. Modern warfare is similar to, and needs, high tech product development with fast cycles and incremental improvement. The new Technopolitics section starts with the role of software engineers enlisted in the Ukrain war. Next is the House Committee on Science Space and Technology hearing on “US, China, and the Fight for Global Leadership: Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy”. New and substantial funding (£800m) for the UK Exascale program promises to bring the UK into the exascale world by 2046. (This was subsequently complemented by another £2.5B for quantum technologies.) Under the HPC-AI section of the podcast, we discuss the recent changes to the Intel high-end GPU roadmap and lament the lost opportunity to communicate that better.   OrionX Editorial TeamThe OrionX editorial team manages the content on this website. The post @HPCpodcast-53: Warfare as Product Development, Intel Roadmap appeared first on OrionX.net.