This Week in HPC: SanDisk acquires Fusion IO and a Look Ahead to ISC’14

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss the acquisition of Fusion-io by SanDisk. After the break, they look ahead to ISC’14.

This Week in HPC: Bull to be Acquired by ATOS & Notes from the HPCAC Brazil Conference

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss the pending acquisition of Bull by Atos. After the break, they note some of the highlights from the recent HPC Advisory Council Brazil Conference.

This Week in HPC: Bull Gets Petascale Order from Germany and Terrapins Acquire Teraflops

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss the the new Bull supercomputer coming into DKRZ weather service in Germany. After the break, they look the new 200 Teraflop Dell supercomputer at the University of Maryland.

This Week in HPC: Supercomputing and the National Climate Assessment & Over a Petaflop Down Under

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss the supercomputing behind the Third National Climate Assessment for the United States, which was released this week by Obama Administration. After the break, they look at iVEC’s Petaflop upgrade that will result in the fastest supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere.

This Week in HPC: NERSC Buys Knights Landing Supercomputer & Altair’s Bill Nitzberg on Heartbleed and HPC

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss the new Cori supercomputer that will be deployed at NERSC in 2016. After the break, Altair’s Bill Nitzberg discusses the cluster security implications of the Heartbleed exploit.

This Week in HPC: Altera Gives FPGAs a Floating Point Makeover and IBM Previews Power8 Portfolio

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research look at Altera’s FPGA floating-point makeover. After the break, they discuss IBM’s new POWER8 servers.

This Week in HPC: The New Secure Data Appliance from Xyratex and the HPC Budget Map

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research look at the Secure Data Appliance from Xyratex. After that, the Dynamic Duo discusses the highlights of their new HPC Budget Map Report.

This Week in HPC: High-Frequency HPC and Japan Space Agency Preps for Petaflops

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss high frequency trading and the High Performance on Wall Street Conference. After that, they look at a Fujitsu’s Petascale upgrade at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The novel architecture for this Sparc-powered FX10 follow-on system will feature Micron’s Hybrid Memory Cube technology.

This Week in HPC: HPCAC Swiss Conference and the HPC Search for Flight 370

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss the HPC Advisory Council Swiss conference. After the break, the topic turns to HPC and the Search for Flight 370.

This Week in HPC: Highlights from GTC and the National HPCC Conference

In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research compare notes on GTC and the National HPCC Conference, which took place this week on opposite coasts.