Where’s HPC Club in 2026?
Have an opinion on what we should cover in our next HPC Club? Let me know!
If you’re wondering what happened to HPC Club in 2026 you’re not alone. A busy end to 2025 and even busier start to 2026 has unfortunately meant HPC Club has taken a little bit of a back seat. Sorry.
We’re trying to fix that now and are aiming to do the next event just after the Easter break. I am a little stuck though on a couple of things. First up: What topic should we cover this time and secondly, who should we invite as a guest speaker.
AI seems to have all but consumed HPC (in the media) and coming up with current talking points and areas of interest that aren’t AI related and probably already covered elsewhere is getting harder and harder.
I do have some possible suggestions. Firstly, hybrid workloads that contain elements of both LLMs and traditional scientific/ analytics workloads are starting to rear their head. In the traditional HPC space this is not too much of a big deal. What I see as being more problematic is where HTC workloads are converging with LLMs. I think that’s going to be an interesting problem.
The second idea is the rising interest in compute exchanges driven by demand (and/or surplus) GPU capacity. It’s something I’ve been talking about for close to a decade at this point but could AI be the driver that pushes the into existence?
Those are just my thoughts though. I want to hear yours. What do you want to talk about at HPC Club? Who do you want to hear from?
