The Bi-Modal Nature of Benchmarks
Benchmarks can serve two subtly different purposes, are you sure you’re getting what you need from yours?
Everything tagged: HPC
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
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?
HPC Cloud Updates WE 13 Jul 2025
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. GB200s on AWS, PCS comes to London, Azure gets secure boot on VMSS, Google London Summit recap
New Beowulf Cluster Time
We need a new test HPC cluster at HMx Labs. Time for some fun with hardware.
HPC Cloud Updates WE 06 Jul 2025
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. Well, there’s a new Graviton VM instance type from AWS but apart from that you might as well skip this one.