Category Archives: HPC

Apple Silicon, Xeon Phi, and Amigas

Posted on 2020-11-13 by Graham

The new M1 chip in the new Macs has 8-16GB of DRAM on the package, just like many mobile phones or single-board computers. But unlike many desktop, laptop or workstation computers (there are exceptions). In the first tranche of Macs … Continue reading →

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HPC at FOSDEM 2019

Posted on 2019-02-07 by Graham

This year’s FOSDEM featured an HPC, Big Data and Data Science devroom on the Sunday. This post is the first part of my notes on the topics presented there. If you are interested, book some time and let’s talk about … Continue reading →

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HPC’s Shift to the Cloud

Posted on 2019-01-15 by Graham

Timothy Prickett Morgan writes on The Next Platform about the slow but inevitable shift to cloudy infrastructure. It seems that a tipping point has been reached, where the amount of IT money spent on “cloudy” infrastructure overtook the amount spent … Continue reading →

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