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HPCwire Soundbite

Summary: A weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Hemsoth, Editor of HPCwire, and Addison Snell, General Manager of Tabor Research. Nicole and Addison break down the week"s most compelling news and offer their own unique perspectives on how these stories affect the HPC industry.

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Podcasts:

 Podcast: DOE in the Cloud; Flash Update; FPGAs in a GPU World | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:36

Michael and Addison talk about the Department of Energy's new cloud computing experiment, a couple of flash memory developments, and how GPU computing may be changing the prospects for FPGAs in HPC.

 Podcast: Bright Computing Debut; Kraken Super Hits a Petaflop; Obama Awards IBM Blue Gene | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:15

Michael and Addison talk about the latest supercomputer to reach a petaflop and discuss how the IBM Blue Gene garnered a presidential award. In addition, ClusterVision co-founder Matthijs van Leeuwen tells us what's behind the launch of Bright Computing, a new cluster management software vendor.

 Podcast: Nvdia GPU Technology Conference Recap; Impact of "Fermi" on HPC landscape | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:15

Michael and Addison discuss their impressions of the big news coming out of the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference this week. Michael interviews Nvidia Bill Dalley, Chief Scientist at Nvidia and discusses the future of GPU computing.

 Podcast: IDF Recap; SGI Personal Supers; Microsoft Buys Interactive Supercomputing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:28

In the September 25 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell review the HPC-worthy news at this week's Intel Developer Forum. They also talk about SGI's foray into "personal supercomputing" and discuss the ramifications of Microsoft's acquisition of Interactive Supercomputing.

 Podcast: HPC on Wall Street Conference Wrap-Up | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:29

In the September 18 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell discuss the happenings at the High Performance Computing on Wall Street conference and talk with Stanley Young CEO NYSE Technologies, co-CIO of NYSE Euronext.

 Podcast: OpenCL Perspective; New Supercomputing Network | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:14

In the September 11 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk with PGI compiler engineer Michael Wolfe about the prospects of OpenCL in the parallel programming world. Addison and Michael also discuss the latest supercomputer network project being funded by the NSF.

 Podcast: EU Holds Up Oracle-Sun Deal; Server Sales Slide; Defense Contractor Layoffs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:28

In the September 4 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell discuss the significance of the EU inquiry into the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Michael and Addison also talk about continuing shrinkage of the server market and how a shift in US government military priorities is causing some churn for defense contractors.

 Podcast: Cray Saves PathScale; Server Chip Update | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:28

In the August 28 podcast, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk with special guest Christopher Bergstrom about the Cray acquisition of the SiCortex PathScale technology. Michael and Addison also offer their thoughts about the direction of high-end server chips.

 Podcast: Intel Acquires RapidMind; SGI Visualization Strategy Gets Murky | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:28

In the August 21 podcast Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk with special guest James Reinders about Intel's plans for newly acquired RapidMind. Michael and Addison also discuss the latest rumor regarding SGI and its visualization product strategy.

 Podcast: Russia Falls for HPC; DOE Awarded Stimulus Money; Penguin Adds HPC On Demand | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:00

In the August 14 podcast Michael Feldman and Addison Snell talk about the Russian government's newfound interest in HPC and how US stimulus money is starting to work its way into the HPC research community. They also pick apart the latest news from Penguin Computing.

 Podcast: Cray Strategy Pays Off; Cluster Resources Expands Market Focus; HPC Helps Restore Moon Landing Videos | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:10

In the August 7 podcast Addison Snell and Michael Feldman discuss why Cray has been doing so well in a tough economy. They also talk about Cluster Resources' new focus beyond HPC and how NVIDIA Tesla GPU technology helped restore some lost moon landing videos.

 Podcast: Algorithmic Trading Angst; SGI Roadmap Redux | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:52

In this week's podcast Chris Willard and Michael Feldman discuss a number of controversies surrounding the use of high frequency trading. They also take a few minutes to rehash the SGI Ultraviolet story.

 Podcast: SGI Update; Japan Stays with Fujitsu for Next-Gen Super; Storage Vendor Consolidation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:19

In this week's podcast Chris Willard and Michael Feldman discuss the latest rumors and news surrounding SGI, the status of the Japanese multi-petaflop project, and some recent consolidation in the storage space.

 Podcast: Cray's New Mini-Super; Half-Year Retrospective | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:42

In this week's podcast Addison and Michael talk with Cray CEO Peter Ungaro about the company's new CX1-LC deskside supercomputer and discuss the top HPC stories for the first half of 2009.

 Podcast: Supercomputing's High-Powered Future; Israel HPC; Tabor Research Becomes InterSect360 Research | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:34

In this week's podcast Addison and Michael discuss HPC megawattage and Israel HPC. They also bring in Tabor Communications CEO Tom Tabor to talk about the deal that split HPC analyst firm Tabor Research from the parent company.

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