Thomas Sterling on the US-Chinese rivalry in supercomputing: "It is not the Chinese success I worry about, it is the US stagnation I fear." Entire interview here: bit.ly/2K5E2LK #HPC

Our friend Andrew Jones Andrew Jones looks at some of the quirks in the newly released TOP500 list top500.org/news/distortio… #HPC #ISC18

Good analysis from Karl Freund on the #AI strategy at #Microsoft x.com/karlfreund/sta…

A new first for NVIDIA: their GPUs accounted for more than half the added FLOPS on the latest TOP500 list. My take in its significance here: bit.ly/2MmjrzJ #HPC #supercomputing #AI #ISC18

AMD booth at #ISC18

Catch ParTec CEO Bernhard Frohwitter's critique of US exascale approach in this video insideHPC.com bit.ly/2lW9kGs Says monolithic architectures of US machines will not succeed for exascale. Frohwitter’s comment begins at 9:00, but whole video is worth watching.

Chinese company is now manufacturing what are essentially clones of #AMD #EPYC processors – and it’s all legal. top500.org/news/china-beg…

The race to exascale is being shaped by a confluence of forces that are conspiring to slow down the various efforts. My latest thoughts here: top500.org/news/a-tighten…

#Intel and #Micron will go their own ways on 3D XPoint development starting next year top500.org/news/intel-and…

The x86 space is really getting interesting. With Zen 2, #AMD is poised to take on #Intel in a whole new way top500.org/news/amd-may-b…

Leaked Intel roadmap slide offers glimpse into #HPC products for 2019-2020 top500.org/news/leaked-in…

Chinese news agencies are reporting that the prototype of the #exascale #supercomputer Tianhe-3 has been completed. Announcement made by National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin. xinhuanet.com/english/2018-0… #HPC

#Intel finally nails down Xeon roadmap: three new processors over next two and a half years: top500.org/news/intel-lay… #AI

Astute analysis of Intel's 10 nm woes in my favorite #HPC publication: top500.org/news/in-intels…

The competition in #AI inference accelerators is heating up. We covered NVIDIA's latest T4 offering and Habana Lab's new Goya chip at top500.org. More are on the way.

China debuts 3rd #exascale #supercomputer prototype top500.org/news/china-rev… #HPC

My take on Intel's newly unveiled Cascade Lake AP processor -- a more mainstream version of Xeon Phi that aims to revive their #HPC aspirations: top500.org/news/intel-ste…

TOP500 list released. US owns top two spots now, with ascendance of Sierra supercomputer to number 2 top500.org/news/china-ext…

Google Cloud has an enormous booth this year at #SC18. Think it was just a couple of years ago, they had something the size of a lemonade stand.

A new year and a new gig nextplatform.com/2019/01/06/hpc… #HPC