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June 01, 2012

Podcast: ARM Charts Path Into Big Data; A Tragic Loss for the HPC Community

This week's topics include:

Intersect360 boots up HPC500
ARM microservers target big data niche
Microsoft's Kyril Faenov dies unexpectedly

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120601_Episode167.mp3 - Running time: 18:30

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Posted by - June 01, 2012 @ 12:09 PM, Pacific Daylight Time

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Links from this podcast for Kyril Faenov
Submitted by addisonsnell on Jun 1, 2012 @ 6:30 PM EDT

For our listeners, posting some of the links from this podcast:

2010 HPCwire People to Watch, Kyril Faenov: http://www.hpcwire.com/specialfeatures/people_to_watch_2010/Kyril-Faenov-79548717.html

2010 HPCwire People to Watch podcast: http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2010-01-11/podcast_people_to_watch_in_2010.html

Kyril Faenov video on his inspiration in technical computing: http://vimeo.com/11770336

Kyril Faenov memorial website: http://www.imorial.com/Faenov/

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