Former Hyperion HPC Analyst Steve Conway Joins Intersect360 Research

In the potboiler world of HPC industry analyst firms this is a surprising development: Steve Conway, longtime senior member of Hyperion Research, a firm he left last summer to start Conway Communications, has joined Hyperion’s closest rival, Intersect360 Research, led by CEO Addison Snell. Conway, who has been in the HPC industry for 30 years, […]

Oak Ridge: Frontier Exascale to Deliver ‘Full User Operations’ on Jan. 1, 2023; ‘Crusher’ Test System Now Running Code

“Crusher,” a partial form of the planned 100+-cabinet Frontier supercomputer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is now running principal scientific codes at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. The Crusher test system is comprised of 1.5 cabinets powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct MI250x GPU accelerators. […]

2022 Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition: 12 Teams from HPCUs and HSIs

The 2022 Intersect360 Research Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition is off and running, with 12 teams of students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) competing under the mentorship of HPC leaders from NASA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, AWS, HPE, and BioTeam. The event kicked off with a bang! See the dynamic […]

2021 HPC Bounceback Hurt by Supply Chain, Pandemic: Intersect360 Research to Hold Nov. 5 Market Forecast Webinar

SUNNYVALE, CA—October 29, 2021— HPC and hyperscale analyst firm Intersect360 Research will share the latest updates and information about the worldwide HPC market at its annual pre-Supercomputing webinar Friday, November 5 at 12pm EDT / 9am PDT. Advance registration is required at www.intersect360.com/webinar. During the free 90-minute webinar, Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell and Chief Research […]

HPC Industry Analyst Firm Intersect360 Research Hires Dan Olds as Chief Research Officer

SUNNYVALE, CA—March 1, 2021— HPC, AI and hyperscale analyst firm Intersect360 Research has named Dan Olds its chief research officer, effective March 1. A 25-year industry veteran, Olds comes to Intersect360 Research from OrionX, where he was a partner, analyst, and consultant for the HPC/AI market. Olds is a well-known figure in the HPC industry, […]

Intersect360 Research Announces March 2 HPC/AI Technology Trends Webinar

SUNNYVALE, CA—February 18, 2021— HPC and hyperscale analyst firm Intersect360 Research will present its latest research and insights on technology trends in the HPC and AI market at a free webinar on Tuesday, March2 at 12pm EST / 9am PST. The webinar will include data and insights from the firm’s latest HPC Technology Survey, spanning trends […]

Intersect360: HPC Industry Down 3.7% Due to COVID-19, First Decline in a Decade

Industry analyst firm Intersect360 has announced its forecast for the HPC industry for this year and next, predicting a 3.7 percent decline for 2020 with a market rebound in 2021. Pegging the size of the industry at $39 billion in 2019, a jump of 8.2 percent from 2018, the firm predicted “significant disruption” to the HPC market in the short term as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by a corresponding spike upward in 2021.