ISC 2024 Takeaways: Love For Top500, Extending HPC Systems, And Media Bashing
HPCWire, Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
The ISC High Performance show is typically about time-to-science, but breakout sessions also focused on Europe's tech sovereignty, server infrastructure, storage, throughput, and new computing technologies.
This round-up sorts out some interesting and not-so-obvious observations that may go against the traditional HPC narrative. HPC companies also took shots at the media - indicating a growing awareness of stemming the spread of misinformation about technologies being used in supercomputing.
The Much Loved Top500 Still Useful
Supercomputer enthusiasts have a love-hate relationship with the Top500 list. Debates about the high-performance LINPACK benchmark can rage on forever.
However, the Top500 list still has fans, and some have talked about the HPL benchmark serving other benefits, like stress-testing systems.