Next Platform TV for August 6, 2020

On today’s program we look at the future of Cray as part of HPE with former Cray CEO and current HPC and mission-critical systems lead at HPE-Cray, Pete Ungaro. …

Next Platform TV for August 6, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 31, 2020

On today’s show we talk about MLPerf benchmarks and what we can infer from training results; we talk AI accelerator integration in HPC systems and software stacks; we take a look at a new cluster competition and talk “Moneyball Medicine” to close the program. …

Next Platform TV for July 31, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Software Has To Lead Hardware In The AI Dance

A lot of the people who are working at the many AI chip startups have a long history in processor development in the datacenter, and that is certainly true of the folks who founded SambaNova Systems. …

Software Has To Lead Hardware In The AI Dance was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 29, 2020

On Next Platform TV for today, July 29 we delve into a congressional perspective on AI investments; discuss a new path to low precision in ASICs; talk about the 8-socket server market; and also touch on object storage insights. …

Next Platform TV for July 29, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 23, 2020

On Next Platform TV today we cover several bases, from cost-optimizing GPU types in cloud environments, to calculating storage TCO with downtime in the mix, and also some straight talk about the viability of quantum computing in healthcare with one expert’s view followed by a separate interview focused on financial services. …

Next Platform TV for July 23, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 21, 2020

On today’s program we talk with Nvidia co-founder, Chris Malachowsky alongside University of Florida Provost and VP, Joe Glover, about a sizable AI investment; we focus on an end-user Kubernetes journey through the lens of telematics giant, ABAX; we talk AI in manufacturing (where it is today versus what is hyped) with Brian McCarson of Intel; and for today’s Rapid Insights segment we talk quantum for the utilities industry with IEEE pro, Carmen Fontana. …

Next Platform TV for July 21, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

The Next Database Platform

Join The Next Platform on August 27, 2020 for a day of in-depth interviews on a wide range of topics related to cutting-edge database trends. …

The Next Database Platform was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 16, 2020

On today’s program we talk AI chip innovations with Graphcore co-founder and CEO, Nigel Toon, tap into the Barcelona Supercomputing Center to talk Arm server performance, check in with Sandia for brain-inspired computing advances; talk HDD technologies that keep disk relevant, and also discuss RISC-V with the foundation’s CEO. …

Next Platform TV for July 16, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

The Elegance (And Limitations Of) Precisely Engineered Accelerators

Let’s leave aside all the questions about the long-term viability of AI ASICs and appliances and focus instead on the beauty of a good architecture. …

The Elegance (And Limitations Of) Precisely Engineered Accelerators was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 14, 2020

A wide-ranging program for you today with everything from neuromorphic hardware and software research; some impressive FPGA acceleration for Caffe from Samsung AI Research; why the datacenter industry is booming (the answers might surprise you); the state of Lustre and OpenSFS; and where some unique opportunities are in HPC on the pandemic modeling front. …

Next Platform TV for July 14, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 9, 2020

From Arm server chip market and technology momentum to the future of spin wave computing, as well as some insight about current situation and subsequent (too quick?) …

Next Platform TV for July 9, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 7, 2020

Welcome to Next Platform TV for today, July 7, 2020.

We are featuring an in-depth interview with Dr. …

Next Platform TV for July 7, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for July 1, 2020

Thanks for tuning into Next Platform TV for today, July 1. …

Next Platform TV for July 1, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for Monday, June 28

Today we look at an evaluation of AMD versus Nvidia GPUs for HPC applications, we also consider infrastructure for AI in production drug discovery, and in a completely different direction, we talk to Danny Shapiro, head of automotive at Nvidia about the datacenter requirements for future autonomous vehicles. …

Next Platform TV for Monday, June 28 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for Wednesday, June 24

On today’s show we talk to Dr. Jack Dongarra, co-founder of the Top 500 supercomputer list and creator of several companion benchmarks, including HPCG. …

Next Platform TV for Wednesday, June 24 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Bioinformatics To CLIMB Higher With AI

Bioinformatics research that targets infectious diseases is more important now than ever. …

Bioinformatics To CLIMB Higher With AI was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for June 22, 2020

Today on Next Platform TV, we take a distinct look at the world of HPC with the release of the annual Top 500 list of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. …

Next Platform TV for June 22, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Next Platform TV for Friday, June 19, 2020

On this wide-ranging episode of Next Platform we move in several directions; from the world of bioinformatics infrastructure in the pandemic era to what’s ahead for HPC to what the largest cloud vendors are buying—and what that means for the market. …

Next Platform TV for Friday, June 19, 2020 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Composing ’Expanse’: Building Blocks for Future HPC

The composable systems trend has taken root in some of the world’s largest datacenters, most notably among hyperscale companies, but has been less quick to catch on in traditional high performance computing (HPC) environments. …

Composing ’Expanse’: Building Blocks for Future HPC was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Building Bulletproof Bioinformatics Storage

Going from sequence data based on millions of lines of short DNA fragments to the final, simplified report for clinicians is no small undertaking from IT standpoint. …

Building Bulletproof Bioinformatics Storage was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.