HPC Cloud Updates WE 27 Jul 2025
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. A few new AWS instance types, some improvements to Cluster Director in Google Cloud and fun with AI and Slurm on Azure
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Hamza
The Bi-Modal Nature of Benchmarks
Benchmarks can serve two subtly different purposes, are you sure you’re getting what you need from yours?
Measuring Cluster Performance
Attempting to come up with a realistic distributed benchmark that includes not only the hardware but the also the software such as the scheduler, the data plane and internode communication
Quantum #69
Issue #69 of the weekly HPC newsletter by HMx Labs. Beowulf clusters, vibe coding and Glenn K Lockwood Day. Quite an exciting week really!
HPC Cloud Updates WE 20 Jul 2025
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. You can skip this one. Literally nothing of interest.
Death by HPC
Friday fun. Which parts of a HPC system are most likely to kill you. Or the components of HPC for beginners in disguise.
Vibe Coding & the Value of Code
What’s code worth when its generate with no effort? What does that mean for how we use it?
Hiring: Enterprise Data Software Engineer
We’re looking for a talented engineer to join our team and help build out our enterprise data management function. Want to come work at HMx Labs?