Doug Eadline
@thedeadline.bsky.social
HPC dude, currently managing editor of HPCwire, Truth is a slippery fish. BLM
What started as a few paragraphs to help explain AI to a friend grew into this long article (with reference links). If you have not been watching AI and LLM progress closely, like I have, you may find this background primer helpful.
www.hpcwire.com/2025/12/16/a...
www.hpcwire.com/2025/12/16/a...
A (Mostly) Non-Technical AI Primer - HPCwire
I have studied and watched artificial intelligence grow over the last forty years. Like many, back in 1968, I was inspired by HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. The question on my mi...
www.hpcwire.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What started as a few paragraphs to help explain AI to a friend grew into this long article (with reference links). If you have not been watching AI and LLM progress closely, like I have, you may find this background primer helpful.
www.hpcwire.com/2025/12/16/a...
www.hpcwire.com/2025/12/16/a...
IBM just purchased Kafka (Confluent). Smart move because building data pipelines is the first step in model building
If you want to learn about Kafka, guess what, yours truly has created a video course to get you started (complete with serious looking head shot).
www.oreilly.com/videos/kafka...
If you want to learn about Kafka, guess what, yours truly has created a video course to get you started (complete with serious looking head shot).
www.oreilly.com/videos/kafka...
Kafka Essentials LiveLessons: A Quick-Start for Building Effective Data Pipelines
8+ Hours of Video Instruction Learn how to manage high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications with Apache Kafka. Apache... - Selection fro...
www.oreilly.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
IBM just purchased Kafka (Confluent). Smart move because building data pipelines is the first step in model building
If you want to learn about Kafka, guess what, yours truly has created a video course to get you started (complete with serious looking head shot).
www.oreilly.com/videos/kafka...
If you want to learn about Kafka, guess what, yours truly has created a video course to get you started (complete with serious looking head shot).
www.oreilly.com/videos/kafka...
As I understand the situation, the price of DDR5 memory has tripled (or more) because memory vendors have switched to making more lucrative HBM used on the GPUs that will be placed in unpowered AI systems that are waiting for a data center.
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
As I understand the situation, the price of DDR5 memory has tripled (or more) because memory vendors have switched to making more lucrative HBM used on the GPUs that will be placed in unpowered AI systems that are waiting for a data center.
If you are interested in HPC and AI, take the time to read this piece. Plus, the best vendor analysis charts ever!
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 9:59 PM
If you are interested in HPC and AI, take the time to read this piece. Plus, the best vendor analysis charts ever!
Bonus fun, who can you identify
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Bonus fun, who can you identify
While you deal with the cloudflare outage, please ponder this important question
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
While you deal with the cloudflare outage, please ponder this important question
We just did a walk through of the beowulfbash.com at the City Museum, it is hard to describe, but let's just say it is a labyrinth of "holy crap look at that" and then in most cases you can climb on it or walk through it
I'll just leave you with this picture
I'll just leave you with this picture
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We just did a walk through of the beowulfbash.com at the City Museum, it is hard to describe, but let's just say it is a labyrinth of "holy crap look at that" and then in most cases you can climb on it or walk through it
I'll just leave you with this picture
I'll just leave you with this picture
And let's not forget #BoowulfBash supporter Omnibond omnibond.com
And a special call out to Omnibond's Walt Ligon, original founder of the LECCIBG (www.clustermonkey.net/Cluster-Even...)
And a special call out to Omnibond's Walt Ligon, original founder of the LECCIBG (www.clustermonkey.net/Cluster-Even...)
Omnibond
Omnibond Home
omnibond.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And let's not forget #BoowulfBash supporter Omnibond omnibond.com
And a special call out to Omnibond's Walt Ligon, original founder of the LECCIBG (www.clustermonkey.net/Cluster-Even...)
And a special call out to Omnibond's Walt Ligon, original founder of the LECCIBG (www.clustermonkey.net/Cluster-Even...)
The #BeowulfBash thanks Aeon Computing
aeoncomputing.com for their continued support (we won't mention the other stuff)
aeoncomputing.com for their continued support (we won't mention the other stuff)
Home3 - Aeon Computing
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November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The #BeowulfBash thanks Aeon Computing
aeoncomputing.com for their continued support (we won't mention the other stuff)
aeoncomputing.com for their continued support (we won't mention the other stuff)
We thank you SourceCode sourcecode.com
and the #BeowulfBash Aliens thank you for sponsoring the best party in the outer rim.
and the #BeowulfBash Aliens thank you for sponsoring the best party in the outer rim.
SourceCode
Hands-on Experience Co-Designing Digital Infrastructure for Leading Edge Applications
sourcecode.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We thank you SourceCode sourcecode.com
and the #BeowulfBash Aliens thank you for sponsoring the best party in the outer rim.
and the #BeowulfBash Aliens thank you for sponsoring the best party in the outer rim.
Thanks to long time support from Penguin Solutions
penguinsolutions.com the #BeowulfBash at #SC25 will once again be a stupendous, fantastic, awesome, event
beowulfbash.com
penguinsolutions.com the #BeowulfBash at #SC25 will once again be a stupendous, fantastic, awesome, event
beowulfbash.com
Designing & Building Data Center AI Infrastructure at Scale
Penguin Solutions designs, builds, deploys, and manages large, complex Al and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructures at scale.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Thanks to long time support from Penguin Solutions
penguinsolutions.com the #BeowulfBash at #SC25 will once again be a stupendous, fantastic, awesome, event
beowulfbash.com
penguinsolutions.com the #BeowulfBash at #SC25 will once again be a stupendous, fantastic, awesome, event
beowulfbash.com
Reposted by Doug Eadline
I'm happy to be offering FREE 30 minute coaching sessions at #SC25.
Having a career dilemma? Leadership challenge? Conflict at work? Existential drama?
I'll be a sounding board to process through whatever you have going on!
DM for the reg link - I'll see you in St. Louis!
#HPC #Supercomputing
Having a career dilemma? Leadership challenge? Conflict at work? Existential drama?
I'll be a sounding board to process through whatever you have going on!
DM for the reg link - I'll see you in St. Louis!
#HPC #Supercomputing
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm happy to be offering FREE 30 minute coaching sessions at #SC25.
Having a career dilemma? Leadership challenge? Conflict at work? Existential drama?
I'll be a sounding board to process through whatever you have going on!
DM for the reg link - I'll see you in St. Louis!
#HPC #Supercomputing
Having a career dilemma? Leadership challenge? Conflict at work? Existential drama?
I'll be a sounding board to process through whatever you have going on!
DM for the reg link - I'll see you in St. Louis!
#HPC #Supercomputing
Reposted by Doug Eadline
Making sure this hits the #WomenInTech feed.
I'm happy to be offering FREE 30 minute coaching sessions at #SC25.
Having a career dilemma? Leadership challenge? Conflict at work? Existential drama?
I'll be a sounding board to process through whatever you have going on!
DM for the reg link - I'll see you in St. Louis!
#HPC #Supercomputing
Having a career dilemma? Leadership challenge? Conflict at work? Existential drama?
I'll be a sounding board to process through whatever you have going on!
DM for the reg link - I'll see you in St. Louis!
#HPC #Supercomputing
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Making sure this hits the #WomenInTech feed.
Uhm, there is a typo in the headline, remove the "s" from insane. That should fix it.
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Uhm, there is a typo in the headline, remove the "s" from insane. That should fix it.
Many people ask, "Just what is this Beowulf Bash thing anyway?"
I tell them, "It started with cigars and cognac and became a legend at SC". The story is best told by the invitations (see you there at #SC25)
www.clustermonkey.net/Supercomputi...
I tell them, "It started with cigars and cognac and became a legend at SC". The story is best told by the invitations (see you there at #SC25)
www.clustermonkey.net/Supercomputi...
Beowulf Bash Invitations: 2008 to Present | Supercomputing | Conference Reports
Cluster Monkey is an exclusive content based site that speaks directly to the high performance computing (HPC) cluster market and community. We focus on benchmarks, tutorials, case studies, and how-to...
www.clustermonkey.net
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Many people ask, "Just what is this Beowulf Bash thing anyway?"
I tell them, "It started with cigars and cognac and became a legend at SC". The story is best told by the invitations (see you there at #SC25)
www.clustermonkey.net/Supercomputi...
I tell them, "It started with cigars and cognac and became a legend at SC". The story is best told by the invitations (see you there at #SC25)
www.clustermonkey.net/Supercomputi...
Beowulf Bash | The annual celebration of Beowulf at SuperComputing
beowulfbash.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reposted by Doug Eadline
Thrilled to join @hpsf.bsky.social ! Excited for the road ahead 🎉
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thrilled to join @hpsf.bsky.social ! Excited for the road ahead 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM