Mind Archival for Immortality

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team goes off the supercomputing rails a bit with a discussion on digital immortality.

A new company called Nectome will reportedly archive your mind for future uploading to a machine.

We’re building the next generation of tools to preserve the connectome. Our ultimate ambition is to keep your memories intact for the future.

While the price of $10K seems reasonable enough, they do have to kill you to complete the process.

After that, we do our Catch of the Week. 

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A Quest for Quantum Supremacy

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the big three technologies of the day on the Hype curve:

• Machine Learning. The GTC conference is coming up, and we are seeing a continuing series of announcements like the high density deep learning server from Lamda Labs.
• Cryptocurrency. GPUs are in short supply as crypto miners continue to buy mass quantities of consumer devices.
• Quantum Computing. This week Google unveiled their 72-Qbit Bristlecone Quantum Chip, which they claim has them on the road to Quantum Supremacy. At the same time, quantum seems to be going mainstream, as evidenced by a panel discussion this week at SXSW. You can listen to the full recording of the session right here on insideHPC.

[caption id="attachment_69839" align="alignright" width="300"] Quantum Computing was the focus of a panel discussion at SXSW this week. From left: Bo Ewald (D-Wave Systems) Antia Lamas-Linares (TACC) Patricia Baumhart (D-Wave Systems) Jerry Chow (IBM) and Andrew Fursman 1Qbit.[/caption]

After that, we do our Catch of the Week.

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A Closer Look at the European Processor Initiative

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the European Processor Initiative, an effort to design a build an exascale computer based around European technology.

"According to an interview in Primeur Magazine with EPI project coordinator Philippe Notton from Atos, the project involves not only a processor, but an accelerator as well. Will it be based on ARM, OpenPOWER, or something else like RISC-V? We will have to wait and see."

After that, we do our Catch of the Week.

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