Quantum #22

Issue #22 of the weekly HPC newsletter by HMx Labs.

Quantum #22

The bad news is that the race car is still being worked on. The good news is that we’re hoping it will be ready in time for Croft! In the mean time, you can watch Shiraz take P2 at Brands Hatch here:

The usual HPC updates are below as always!

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In The News

Updates from the big three clouds on all things HPC.

HPC Cloud Updates WE 11 Aug 2024
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners

Some nice background on Google’s Axion CPUs (I know, I know, GPUs are all the rage right now, AI rules, blah blah blah…. You still need CPUs!)

Why Google Built Axion
The story behind Axion, Google’s custom ARM CPU

and a great take on measuring developer productivity from Kent Beck. Not one that anyone in the C suite or engineering managers will like but its sure to be popular amongst anyone that actually writes code.

Developer Productivity
Kent Beck on Developer Productivity