Hey it’s Nicole here with the Shared Everything podcast… Our number of listeners has grown so much over the last year and we wanted to make sure some of the first episodes don’t get lost in the mix. Today we’re featuring an encore episode with the Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Compuing Center, or TACC Dan Stanzione and VAST Data's Don Schulte. They discuss the evolution of HPC, the rise of AI infrastructure, and what's next for one of the world's leading supercomputing centers. Enjoy and see you next week for a chat with leads from AMD…
TACC Executive Director Dan Stanzione, and VAST Data's Don Schulte discuss the evolution of the Texas Advanced Computing Center and its role in high-performance computing (HPC). Dan highlights TACC's history, including the transition from Stampede to Stampede 2 and the impact of AI on power consumption and cost. They discuss the upcoming Horizon system, which will replace Frontera, featuring 4,000 Nvidia GPUs, 900,000 CPU cores, and 0.5 exabytes of solid-state storage. The conversation also touches on the importance of data management, the shift from batch-oriented workflows to real-time data assimilation, and the potential of emerging technologies like photonics and quantum computing.