The 2022 Intersect360 Research Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition is off and running, with 12 teams of students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) competing under the mentorship of HPC leaders from NASA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, AWS, HPE, and BioTeam. The event kicked off with a bang! See the dynamic […]
2022 Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition: 12 Teams from HPCUs and HSIs
March 3, 2022 by
2021 HPC Bounceback Hurt by Supply Chain, Pandemic: Intersect360 Research to Hold Nov. 5 Market Forecast Webinar
November 1, 2021 by
SUNNYVALE, CA—October 29, 2021— HPC and hyperscale analyst firm Intersect360 Research will share the latest updates and information about the worldwide HPC market at its annual pre-Supercomputing webinar Friday, November 5 at 12pm EDT / 9am PDT. Advance registration is required at www.intersect360.com/webinar. During the free 90-minute webinar, Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and Chief Research […]
Winter Classic Student HPC Cluster Competition Closes with Awards and Rich Brueckner Scholarships
May 10, 2021 by
By Dan Olds The first annual Winter Classic Cluster came to a thrilling conclusion Friday afternoon with the Gala Awards Ceremony, hosted on Zoom. This was the culmination of a several months work by the students to learn how to use vendor-supplied clusters, run real world HPC benchmarks and applications, and then optimize those workloads […]
10 Teams Slated for 1st Winter Classic Student Cluster Competition
March 4, 2021 by
Jessi Lanum, whom you may know from the Radio Free HPC podcasts that regularly appear on this site, is working with Dan Olds on the Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition. She provides this update on the event’s team rosters. Back up NCAA, check yourself March Madness, a particular brand of collegiate competition has its […]
HPC Industry Analyst Firm Intersect360 Research Hires Dan Olds as Chief Research Officer
March 1, 2021 by
SUNNYVALE, CA—March 1, 2021— HPC, AI and hyperscale analyst firm Intersect360 Research has named Dan Olds its chief research officer, effective March 1. A 25-year industry veteran, Olds comes to Intersect360 Research from OrionX, where he was a partner, analyst, and consultant for the HPC/AI market. Olds is a well-known figure in the HPC industry, […]
Radio Free HPC – Big Changes at Intel: Gelsinger Takes the Helm
February 8, 2021 by
Our main topic today is Intel, with the bulk of the discussion surrounding the return of Pat Gelsinger as Intel’s new CEO. Pat was a 30-year veteran of Intel before he left to pursue other, well, pursuits – most notably as CEO of VMware. While at Intel, Pat spearheaded the development of the 486 architecture […]
Radio Free HPC: Digital D-Day – SolarWinds Hack
January 11, 2021 by
Our main topic for this episode is the SolarWinds hack. This is the worst digital hacking incident to date and will have repercussions for many years. As many as 18,000 SolarWinds’ customers may have downloaded the hacked update and opened themselves up to digital mayhem and thievery. This includes many government accounts, some of the […]
Radio Free HPC: High Performance Christmas Episode
December 31, 2020 by
After a late fall hiatus, Radio Free HPC is back, baby. This is our holiday episode and we start by pledging to be 29 percent more scintillating in the new year, which is a significant bonus for listeners if we can hit that mark. The theme of the show is HPC: High Performance Christmas. We […]
Holiday Week Update: HPC Community Funds Rich Brueckner Scholarship Awards to Goal – and Beyond
December 29, 2020 by
Last week, we issued an update on a fund drive in memory of one of the HPC community’s most beloved figures, the late Rich Brueckner. We’re happy to report that many generous souls – many of them friends of Rich’s, no doubt – were spurred to drive the fund past its initial goal of $5,000. […]
Announcing The Rich Brueckner Scholarship Awards and GoFundMe Account
December 3, 2020 by
Rich Brueckner was one of the most influential (and beloved) figures in high performance computing. As editor-in-chief of insideHPC, he touched thousands of lives in our industry. He was a fixture at every HPC event as he walked the show floor in his trademark red hat or held court at a nearby watering hole. “Rich […]
