This Week in HPC
by Intersect360 Research
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EP 405: Sparse Computing and China Exascale
EP 405: Sparse Computing and China Exascale
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Each week, Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and analyst Michael Feldman dissect the week's top HPC stories.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 368 episodes
- EP 405: Sparse Computing and China Exascale · 20 minEP 405: Sparse Computing and China Exascale by Intersect360 Research
- EP 404: Quantum at PSC sponsored by HPC · 19 minAn interview with Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Bruno Abreu on their latest investments and progress with quantum computing
- EP 403: Quantum Outlook and Around the World in HPC · 17 minAddison Snell and Kevin Jackson discuss a new quantum computing survey and forecast, and highlights from events in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe.
- EP 402: China Takes A 'Shine' To The Top 500 / More News And Trends From ISC2026 · 17 minIntersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and analyst Kevin Jackson do the first ever "collab-isode" with the "Scaling Intelligence" podcast. And for this team effort, they're…
- EP 401: "The Future of 64-bit Computing" w/ Nick Malaya (AMD) · 12 minNick Malaya (PhdD, AMD Fellow) joins Interesect360 Research CEO Addison Snell for a deep dive into the future of 64-bit computing in HPC and AI.
- EP 400: "European Perspectives on Sovereign AI" with guest Bastian Koller · 17 minJoin Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell with special guest Bastian Koller, Managing Director of Germany's HLRS. For our 400th episode, they're going in-depth about, among…
- EP 399: A Recap Of TPC26 / A Look Ahead At HPC and AI · 14 minJoin hosts Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and HPC Wire managing editor Alex Woodie as they unpack a recap of TPC26 Then? A look ahead for the future of HPC and AI.
- EP 398: The United States Fires Science / A Quantum Breakthrough for RIKEN and IBM · 12 minIntersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and analyst Kevin Jackson are live in Chicago to discuss Trump's elimination of the National Science Board. Next up? RIKEN leverages IBM's…
- EP 397: World Quantum Day / NVIDIA's Ising On The Cake · 14 minJoin Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and analyst Kevin Jackson to celebrate the inaugural World Quantum Day and talk in-depth about NVIDIA's release of Ising.
- EP 396: Nvidia's Vision For AI Factories / Not Just GPU's at GTC · 17 minIntersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and HPCWire Managing Editor Alex Woodie are back to recap Nvidia's massive GTC Conference in San Jose, CA and their vision for the future…
- EP 395: An Interview with Gina Tourassi from Oak Ridge National Laboratory · 20 minIntersect 360 Research CEO Addison Snell talks in depth about the AI innovations powering the Genesis Mission with Assc. Laboratory Director Gina Tourassi from the Oak Ridge…
- EP 394: Seven New Maxims for Scientific Computing / A World Without RAM · 16 minAddison and Alex are back to talk about the recently published "The Seven New Maxims for Scientific Computing" - and why AI, HPC, and their big data centers are causing an…
- EP 393: Bull Is Back / Genesis Mission is Booting Up · 13 minHosts Addison Snell (CEO, Intersect360 Research) and Alex Woodie (Managing Editor, HPCWire) are back to talk the return of Groupe Bull and how HPC is the launching the Genesis…
- EP 392: 64-bit and Slurm / Is Nvidia Good for HPC? · 14 minJoin your hosts Addison and Alex as they discuss the possibilities of the Slurm Workload Manager, as well as Nvidia's outsized foothold in the HPC world.
- EP 391: Trump Administration Launches Genesis Mission... And a Recap of SC25 · 19 minAddison and Alex are back with a deep dive into the Trump Administration's "Genesis Mission" to accelerate scientific discovery with AI. Plus, a recap of the sights, sounds, and…
- EP 390: US Funds Supercomputers for Science / A Look Ahead to SC25 · 17 minJoin Addison and Alex as they discuss Dept. of Energy funding for HPC and AI, and look ahead at next week's SC25 Conference in St. Louis, MO.
- EP 389 - NextSilicon Looks Beyond GPUs / Google Claims Quantum Advantage · 16 minAddison and new contributor, Alex Woodie from HPC Wire, look beyond the benchmarks with NextSilicon's "Maverick-2" Intelligent Compute Accelerator. Plus, Google's making big…
- TWIHPC Episode 388 - Follow the Bouncing Ball (the Creative Financing of AI) · 14 minYour hosts Addison Snell and Doug Eadline are back to analyze and demystify the investments in AMD by OpenAI.
- TWIHPC Episode 387 - Nvidia Invests in Intel / All Investment is AI · 18 minAddison and Doug talk about Nvidia's Intel investment and take a deep dive into the future of AI's integration into our lives, businesses, and careers.
- TWIHPC Episode 386 - When Grants Aren’t Grants… and Tariffs Aren’t Tariffs · 14 minYour hosts Addison Snell and Doug Eadline are back to talk about 'the artful deal' between Intel, NVIDIA, and The White House.
- TWIHPC Episode 385 - Satisfaction Gaps for High-Performance Storage; Accelerating U.S. Science ASAP · 18 minOn This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline talk about Intersect360 Research's newest State of the Market report on Data and Storage, go over the new potential ASAP…
- TWIHPC Episode 384 - Technologies, Trends, and Top500; Highlights from ISC2025 · 18 minOn This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline recap their visit to Hamburg for ISC25 and look forward to the future of technology in HPC and AI.
- TWIHPC Episode 383 - HPC Rides AI Wave in Latest Forecast / AI Finds a Future in Molecular Modeling · 20 minOn This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline prep for ISC25, take a look at Intersect360 Research's new forecast, and talk about the partnership between Meta and Berkeley…
- TWIHPC Episode 382 - Advancing the Integration of HPC and Quantum, Hans Meuer Award Winners Martin Schultz and Durganshu Mishra of Technical University Munich (TU-Munich) · 12 minOn This Week in HPC, Addison Snell chats with the winners of the Hans Meuer Awards, Martin Schultz and Durganshu Mishra from Technical University Munich (TU-Munich). They go over…
- TWIHPC Episode 381 - AI Expands in the Middle East; Dongarra Expresses Caution and Hope for U.S. HPC · 16 minOn This Week in HPC, Addison Snell and Doug Eadline discuss the development of AI and HPC in the Middle East, the rising interest in sovereign AI, and a new article from American…
- TWIHPC Episode 380 - Jensen Huang Lauds Trump Energy Policies; Pushing the Limits of Hyperscale · 17 minOn 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 · 16 minOn 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 · 19 minAddison 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 · 20 minAddison 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 · 18 minAddison Snell and Doug Eadline break down the Deepseek disruption and look forward to the future of HPC and AI.
- TWIHPC Episode 375 - SC24 in Review; Intel Faces a New Future · 22 minAddison 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 372: Intel's Latest Miss; AI and the New HPC · 22 minAddison Snell and Doug Eadline dive into Intel's difficulties and where AI models begin to degrade.
- TWIHPC Episode 374: Hyperscale AI Boom Continues What to Watch for at SC24 · 21 minAddison 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 373: Cerebras Races into Inference; AMD Adds ZT Systems to AI Portfolio · 18 minAddison Snell and Kevin Jackson analyze the top stories from the Hot Chips conference.
- Episode 371: Microsoft’s AI Atmosphere Model; Senate Proposes $32 Billion AI Allowance · 16 minAddison 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 · 13 minAddison 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…
- Episode 369: A Roadmap for the CHIPS Act; Anthropic Aims to Explain AI · 16 minAddison 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 · 20 minAddison 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 · 20 minAddison Snell and Kevin Jackson analyze the latest TOP500 list, plus Intersect360 Research's launch of the new HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO).
- Episode 366: HPC-AI Market Forecast — How AI Shapes HPC’s Future · 18 minAddison 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 · 23 minAddison Snell welcomes Kevin Jackson, Managing Editor of Enterprise AI to the podcast; plus reviewing GTC and Nvidia's ascent.
- Episode 364: Insights from SC23 · 22 minAddison 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.
- Episode 363: Rialto Bridge Has Fallen Down / U.S. and UK Supercomputing Wish Lists · 18 minAddison Snell is joined by Tiffany Trader and Oliver Peckham for a discussion of Intel's cancellation of the Rialto Bridge GPU.
- Episode 362: Intel’s Long-Awaited Launch; MI300 Takes the Stage · 20 minAddison 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 · 15 minTiffany 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 · 24 minAddison 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 · 24 minAddison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham talk over the top stories of SC22.
- Episode 358: Looking Ahead to SC22; Take the HPC Covid Safety Pledge · 30 minAddison 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 · 18 minEpisode 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 · 18 minAddison Snell, Tiffany Trader, and Oliver Peckham share their favorite stories coming out of ISC22: EuroHPC updates, the International Association of Supercomputing Centers, and…
