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Is High Performance Computing for everyone?
I’m researching new uses of technologies and methods originating from High Performance Computing (HPC), some call it Technical Computing and others Supercomputing. I’m focusing on use cases in more...
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Are we heading into a generational abyss?
I just finished up the first day of the 23rd HPCC conference in Newport, RI. It’s a well organized conference with many good presentations. Well worth the time attending. Much good news and progress,...
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Are we behaving like ostriches?
Going back to the HPC education issue I mentioned in my previous post, that actually touches on the other theme that was clear today at the sessions at the 23rd HPCC conference. Seems like almost no...
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One step towards a Greener home
After some time planning I’ve taken the plunge and started remodeling the upstairs of our home. I’m fully aware that even when starting small, a remodeling project often expands to include much more...
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Looming water crisis, or is it here already?
What are you doing about it? California is just a broken levee or another dry winter away from a full out water supply crisis. And that’s just the issue of having enough water for the bare necessities....
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Cloud Computing, a “pig with a different snout”?
(For explanation of the “pig” reference in the title, please read to the end. It’s not meant to be negative) I’m attending CloudWorld in San Francisco this week. Actually, it’s a collection of three...
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The Era of Stealth Acceleration
This morning I was reading John West’s article about Intel’s acquisition of RapidMind. It’s the latest example of the High Performance Computing (HPC) industry recognizing the need to make the use of...
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Density is not the problem
Unless you’re in a newly constructed data center I would argue that compute density isn’t the problem you should focus on. You won’t even have the power and cooling density to fully utilize the most...
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Reading between the lines…
Well, I was at the long awaited public Oracle/Sun strategy briefing yesterday. A rather long affair that certainly would have been enough time to cover all aspects of where the combined company is...
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File Storage that keeps up with science
I recently wrote an article and was interviewed at the BioIT World Expo. This is now published in the May/June online edition of BioIT World Magazine...
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It’s been a while …
At an interesting intersection I haven’t published anything here on my personal blog for a while, a few years actually. Time flies. The last time I wrote something here I was with a startup called...
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Is the USA a democracy?
I decided to play with some numbers over the weekend, inspired by the unbelievably bizarre events in the US senate during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. A core principle of free and fair...
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