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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: Digital Manufacturing Takes Off; Special Guest Editor John Kirkley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:50

We speak with John Kirkley, managing editor of Digital Manufacturing Report, to bring us up to date on recent news in advanced manufacturing and high performance computing.

 Podcast: TeraGrid 2.0; Microsoft's HPC Reorg | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:52

The end of the TeraGrid project marks the launch of its replacement: XSEDE; and Microsoft reshuffles its HPC deck.

 Podcast: Intel, Dell Buy Into Ethernet; Sergio Novaes Talks About HPC in Brazil | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:54

Addison and Michael discuss Intel's and Dell's plans to acquire two premier Ethernet vendors; and Sergio Novaes, Professor of Physics at Sao Paulo State University talks about his experiences with HPC in Brazil.

 FPGA Supercomputing in the Money; SGI Preps New ICE Machines | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:49

JP Morgan speeds up its risk models with FPGAs and SGI redesigns Altix ICE hardware. Plus a question of the week.

 Podcast: Brain Simulation Super From the UK; An Interview with NetApp Cloud Czar Val Bercovici | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:08

Addison and Michael discuss the latest news about a brain simulation project in the UK and then talk with NetApp's Val Bercovici about his company's recent acquisition of Engenio.

 Podcast: HPC Trends, Ups and Downs in 2011 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:53

Addison and Michael recap the biggest HPC stories and trends for the first half of the year.

 Podcast: ISC'11 Wrapup; Trends, Winners, Losers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:19

Addison and Michael discuss conference highlights and try to pick out some trends at the show.

 Podcast: The New Number One on TOP500; Intel Pushes Forward on Manycore Plans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:15

At the International Supercomputing Conference, Michael and Addison talk about Japan's surprising recapture of the number one system on the TOP500, and discuss how Intel is moving forward on its MIC coprocessor plans.

 Podcast: Vendors, Users Prep for ISC'11; HPC Faithful Head to Hamburg | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:27

Michael and Addison cover this week's top stories in the lead-up to the International Supercomputing Conference, and preview some of the happenings at the Hamburg event.

 Podcast: IBM Gathers HPC Clouds; Real Applications on GPUs; NNSA Makes Appro a Winner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:03

Addison and Michael are joined by HPC in the Cloud editor Nicole Hemsoth to talk about IBM's latest push into high performance computing for private clouds.

 Podcast: Whatever Happened to Personal Genomics? and How is the High is High in HPC | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:52

Addison and Michael offer their thoughts on the hype cycle of personal genomics and discuss the results of a recent survey about HPC application scalability.

 Podcast: Quantum Computing Goes Commercial; Cray Unveils GPU Super | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:33

D-Wave sells a quantum computer to Lockheed Martin and Cray pitches its new GPU-equipped supercomputer, the XK6.

 Podcast: NVIDIA Speeds Up Its GPUs; Adoption Could Follow Suit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:05

NVIDIA launches a new and improved Fermi Tesla GPU, while AMD introduces a FirePro graphics card for servers. Addison and Michael discuss the prospects for GPU adoption in HPC.

 Podcast: Government Supercomputing Ups and Downs; iPad Supercomputing, No Joke | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:36

Cray reports a decent first quarter despite US government spending delays, while European HPC brightens. Also, iPad-based HPC clusters on the drawing board?

 Podcast: Intel Intros 3D Transistors; HPC Market Rebounds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:54

Encouraging news for the high performance computing market and Intel prepares to bring 3D transistors into production.

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