Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)
@hpcnotes.bsky.social
25+ years using + researching + buying + architecting #supercomputing
Now engineering leader for future #AI infrastructure + #HPC capabilities at Microsoft
Posts about #supercomputers #AI #technology #F1 #LFC #aviation #travel …
https://www.hpcnotes.com
Now engineering leader for future #AI infrastructure + #HPC capabilities at Microsoft
Posts about #supercomputers #AI #technology #F1 #LFC #aviation #travel …
https://www.hpcnotes.com
Reposted by Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)
There's a line between big bets using free cash flow and bailing out bad ideas. AI infra buildout as a big bet; as the MSFT leadership once said, the risk of under-investing now is higher than the risk of over-investing. But you typically don't want to sink _all_ your FCF into one bet!
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
There's a line between big bets using free cash flow and bailing out bad ideas. AI infra buildout as a big bet; as the MSFT leadership once said, the risk of under-investing now is higher than the risk of over-investing. But you typically don't want to sink _all_ your FCF into one bet!
Had a good chat over lunch yesterday with @thoefler.bsky.social about a most important topic of mutual interest …
… airline miles/points and qualities 😁
I wonder how many other people in #HPc are geeks on this topic?
… airline miles/points and qualities 😁
I wonder how many other people in #HPc are geeks on this topic?
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Had a good chat over lunch yesterday with @thoefler.bsky.social about a most important topic of mutual interest …
… airline miles/points and qualities 😁
I wonder how many other people in #HPc are geeks on this topic?
… airline miles/points and qualities 😁
I wonder how many other people in #HPc are geeks on this topic?
Reposted by Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)
Rio Yokota on the #SCA2026 fishbowl panel: "I don't think humans are in any way more trustworthy than an advanced AI" - "In the same way we trust other humans, we could develop trust to AIs" - "If people or AI generate code - how do we know there is no bug inside?" profound thoughts by a wise man.
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Rio Yokota on the #SCA2026 fishbowl panel: "I don't think humans are in any way more trustworthy than an advanced AI" - "In the same way we trust other humans, we could develop trust to AIs" - "If people or AI generate code - how do we know there is no bug inside?" profound thoughts by a wise man.
Amirreza Rastegari - benchmarking expert from Microsoft #HPC / #AI engineering group - giving talk at #SCAsia / #HPCAsia on Azure HBv5 clusters using AMD CPUs with HBM plus InfiniBand interconnect - enabling sector-leading #HPC application performance via huge memory bandwidth
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 AM
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
The future of #AI infrastructure is AND NOT OR 😁
Microsoft will have AI running on #MAIA200 and successors + more #Nvidia #GPUs + more #AMD GPUs + a few others things we aren’t talking about publicly yet.
Exciting times to be part of thinking, planning, delivering all this.
Microsoft will have AI running on #MAIA200 and successors + more #Nvidia #GPUs + more #AMD GPUs + a few others things we aren’t talking about publicly yet.
Exciting times to be part of thinking, planning, delivering all this.
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM
At 2500 attendees, good spread of international attendance, lots of good talks/papers, can we argue that the combined #SCAsia + #HPCAsia is finally joining SC and ISC to form a “big three” annual event of #supercomputing instead of just the traditional “big two”?
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
At 2500 attendees, good spread of international attendance, lots of good talks/papers, can we argue that the combined #SCAsia + #HPCAsia is finally joining SC and ISC to form a “big three” annual event of #supercomputing instead of just the traditional “big two”?
Keynote at #SCAsia / #HPC Asia
@thoefler.bsky.social being introduced by Rio Yokota
#UltraEthernet for Next Generation #AI and #HPC workloads
@thoefler.bsky.social being introduced by Rio Yokota
#UltraEthernet for Next Generation #AI and #HPC workloads
January 27, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Keynote at #SCAsia / #HPC Asia
@thoefler.bsky.social being introduced by Rio Yokota
#UltraEthernet for Next Generation #AI and #HPC workloads
@thoefler.bsky.social being introduced by Rio Yokota
#UltraEthernet for Next Generation #AI and #HPC workloads
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
My first time at #SCAsia/#HPCAsia this week. I don’t have a crazy preset agenda as I would at SC/ISC, so looking forward to having time to explore new experiences, hopes, and perspectives on #HPC and #AIinfra, meet people, etc.
January 25, 2026 at 9:34 PM
My first time at #SCAsia/#HPCAsia this week. I don’t have a crazy preset agenda as I would at SC/ISC, so looking forward to having time to explore new experiences, hopes, and perspectives on #HPC and #AIinfra, meet people, etc.
Impressive altitude on my flight earlier today
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Impressive altitude on my flight earlier today
Sunset HND airport
January 25, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Sunset HND airport
I have voucher A to get [thing] for $20.
I also have voucher B to get same [thing] for $0.
However, voucher B is not working … and I have now spent a lot more than $20 worth of my time trying to make it work … and won’t be giving up any time soon yet …
I also have voucher B to get same [thing] for $0.
However, voucher B is not working … and I have now spent a lot more than $20 worth of my time trying to make it work … and won’t be giving up any time soon yet …
December 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I have voucher A to get [thing] for $20.
I also have voucher B to get same [thing] for $0.
However, voucher B is not working … and I have now spent a lot more than $20 worth of my time trying to make it work … and won’t be giving up any time soon yet …
I also have voucher B to get same [thing] for $0.
However, voucher B is not working … and I have now spent a lot more than $20 worth of my time trying to make it work … and won’t be giving up any time soon yet …
Using someone else’s smartphone and being unable to use it easily because they HAVE ALL THEIR APPS IN THE WRONG ORDER!!
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Using someone else’s smartphone and being unable to use it easily because they HAVE ALL THEIR APPS IN THE WRONG ORDER!!
interested in your suggestions for the pages on #HPC/#AI events, and relevant news/analysis publications, podcasts, social media, etc.
It worked. New www.hpcnotes.com site up and running …
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December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
interested in your suggestions for the pages on #HPC/#AI events, and relevant news/analysis publications, podcasts, social media, etc.
That tense moment when you switch what your primary domain and sub-domains urls point to … and your entire online presence evaporates for several long minutes while waiting for the DNS updates to go live and spread … the tension to see if you made a mess of the DNS edits …
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
That tense moment when you switch what your primary domain and sub-domains urls point to … and your entire online presence evaporates for several long minutes while waiting for the DNS updates to go live and spread … the tension to see if you made a mess of the DNS edits …
In what is now a solid tradition, the most important post-SC event ... publication of Glenn's SC notes!
#HPC #SC25 #supercomputing #HPCignites
#HPC #SC25 #supercomputing #HPCignites
I wrote up my notes from #SC25. Have a look: blog.glennklockwood.com/2025/12/sc25...
I’ll keep picking away at the editing, but would love to hear more from others about what stood out to them. I wasn’t at the conference itself as much this years as in the past, so I know I missed a lot.
#HPC
I’ll keep picking away at the editing, but would love to hear more from others about what stood out to them. I wasn’t at the conference itself as much this years as in the past, so I know I missed a lot.
#HPC
SC'25 recap
The annual SC conference was held last week, drawing over 16,000 registrants and 560 exhibitors to in St. Louis, Missouri to talk ab...
blog.glennklockwood.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In what is now a solid tradition, the most important post-SC event ... publication of Glenn's SC notes!
#HPC #SC25 #supercomputing #HPCignites
#HPC #SC25 #supercomputing #HPCignites
Runways, roads, railways, datacentres, houses, supermarkets, … this observation often feels accurate
People don’t hate datacenters being built near them, they hate *anything* being built near them. The median position is never build anything
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Runways, roads, railways, datacentres, houses, supermarkets, … this observation often feels accurate
Crossed off 12 items from my To-Do list today. Just 188 more to go from the "urgent" folder.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Crossed off 12 items from my To-Do list today. Just 188 more to go from the "urgent" folder.
Big #F1 news - Adrian Newey to become Aston Martin team principal!
Could go either way - some technical leaders discover they have a hidden management genius within them. For others, the difference between a top team leader and a top tech leader rapidly become clear.
Could go either way - some technical leaders discover they have a hidden management genius within them. For others, the difference between a top team leader and a top tech leader rapidly become clear.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Big #F1 news - Adrian Newey to become Aston Martin team principal!
Could go either way - some technical leaders discover they have a hidden management genius within them. For others, the difference between a top team leader and a top tech leader rapidly become clear.
Could go either way - some technical leaders discover they have a hidden management genius within them. For others, the difference between a top team leader and a top tech leader rapidly become clear.
Reposted by Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)
Reposted by Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)
Why can you never fix the blame on good C programmers?
Because they always know how to point to another memory!
Because they always know how to point to another memory!
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Why can you never fix the blame on good C programmers?
Because they always know how to point to another memory!
Because they always know how to point to another memory!