In which I debunk some myths about the SSC Lab and why the project was canceled, in response to some curiosity by @fclc.bsky.social, and describe what is was like to do some work there as a young assistant professor just getting started at Texas Tech (a 🧵): mast.hpc.social/@AlanSill/11...

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Attached: 1 image @fclc Genuine original. Someday I will have a meeting at which bringing one of these is required for admission. P.S.: The story about spending on potted plants is spurious. The of...

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15 years ago today my home shook as a bomb went off a few blocks away. July 22. broke something in all Norwegians. As so many others I attended a funeral. My kids second cousin, who I might’ve briefly met at a family reunion a few years earlier, was killed at Utøya. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_No...

to be clear yes i one hundred percent mandating that every data center construction permit require doing this

that’s “mr bitch” to you@myrrlyn.net · last mo.

a corn farm uses about two feet of water per crop, so four days of data center is one year of corn farm. all of google is less than a hundred corn farms. so for the exact same* water usage, we could replace a hundred corn farms with solar panels and prairie restoration. and it’s not even edible corn

never seen cyclists so happy as when there's a newly-installed bike lane, everybody looks like it's christmas

First time at #ISC for #ISC26? Check out this handy guide from @whpc! https://womeninhpc.org/women-in-hpc/your-first-time-at-isc-a-friendly-guide-to-surviving-and-thriving

Your First Time at ISC: A Friendly Guide to Surviving and Thriving - WHPC

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nice to see a complete, mandatory superset of AMX and AVX10.2

InstLatX64@instlatx64.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group released the #ACE (AI Compute Extensions) specification v1.15: x86ecosystem.org/wp-content/u... #EAG #Intel #AMD #Zen7 #CoralRapids #AVX512 #AVX10 #AMX

Found out why they aren't letting robots into sports. my buddy jarret pointed out all of their processors were found to be heavily doped 😔

Hey friends!! Going to be in the Bay for ~2 weeks as of Thursday the 14th until the 29th! Would to say hi!! drop me a line here or on signal/discord!

montreal, i am inside you 😤 (come say hi if you're around! i'll mostly been downtown or on the plateau!!!!)

If you're interested in RISC-V, this talk by @fclc.bsky.social from FOSDEM'26 is a must see... RISC-V had 40 years of history to learn from: What it gets right, and what it gets hilariously wrong fosdem.org/2026/schedul... #riscv

FOSDEM 2026 - RISC-V had 40 years of history to learn from: What it gets right, and what it gets hilariously wrong

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A handful of seats left in #HPC devroom at #FOSDEM, come join us! We’re in a black box in H1308 this year, but there’s a pleasant flow of fresh air… Current talk is by Tobias Kremer (ECMWF) on Zarr More info via fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Feeling really proud of Canada and being Canadian. We don’t get everything right, and there’s work to be done. We won’t be able to do it alone. But we will get it done.

Please note: Any claims of AI Exascale, AI Zettascale or beyond computing power are just baloney. Real computing power is measured in FP64. Period. AMD embraced utter stupidity by adopting this terminology by the leather jacket man. It's a really shame! #CES2026 #AMD

Compilers are the field of tech with the highest divergence of incredibly smart people to absolutely brain dead results

The first Monday of the new year means... predictions! Thrilled to announce that @simonwillison.net will again be joining @ahl.bsky.social and me for 1- 3- and 6-year predictions. Bring your own predictions and join us today at a special time: 4p Pacific! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Low quality programming fact: C is the worlds first widely deployed compiler intermediate representation

Time to let the cat out of the bag: I've joined AiNekko! Specifically, I've joined under the platform group, working on Numerics and ISA. The work is being a relentless advocate for well documented, predictable compute. Make it good, make it open, make it fast

waking up with a headache is such bullshit did I sleep too much? not enough? am I dehydrated? is it caffeine withdrawal? atmospheric pressure change? nobody knows but now I gotta deal with it 🙃

A new partnership between the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and EPCC will enable closer collaboration between the two organisations, with a focus on the effective delivery of large-scale compute infrastructure to inform national approaches. edin.ac/4a8bHiX

this is a work of art

In what I promise will be a joke more people understand next week:

a cartoon cat is peeking over a keyboard with the enter key visible

Alt: An excited animated kitten is playing on the computer

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Soup king Campbell’s parts ways with IT VP after ‘3D-printed chicken’ remarks

Soup king Campbell’s parts ways with IT VP after ‘3D-printed chicken’ remarks

‘Our soup’s not toxic but this chap’s behavior was’ is the gist of the defense Food company Campbell’s, best known for its soups and the iconic cans they come in, has parted ways with a vice president for IT after another member of the company’s tech team recorded him criticizing the company’s products.…

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I want to thank @theregister.com for the comprehensive review of the @tenstorrent.bsky.social Blackhole Quiet box. Blackhole is a fascinating bit of kit, and we're hopeful that, over time, our software team can enable and fix all of the very fair points of critique mentioned.

TSMC on HBM4 and C-HBM4E HBM4: - N12 base die - 0.8 V Vdd C-HBM4E: - N3P base die - 0.75 V Vdd - memory controller inside base die www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/ne...

I’m hiring. Looking for a job in London doing #HPC? cloudhpc.news/hiring-hpc-e...

Hiring: HPC Engineer

We’re hiring a HPC engineer, ideally with HPC and/or financial services experience. Want to come work at HMx Labs?

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That’s a wrap on #SC25, spending time with so many of my favourite people on the planet. While HPC is known for what it makes, what makes HPC is the community. See you all in Chicago for #SC26. Signing off from Saint Louis #WeAreAllHPCGuru

I really enjoyed chairing the panel on an open #HPC ecosystem at #SC25 Thanks to @fclc.bsky.social from @tenstorrent.bsky.social , Teresa from @bsc-cns.bsky.social, Tony from #Redhat, Daniele from #E4computer-engineering and Penporn from @developers.google.com