{"id":1673,"date":"2017-11-19T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2017-11-19T11:02:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T16:02:02","slug":"sc17-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=1673","title":{"rendered":"SC17 Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m back from SC’17, and to complete annual tradition, some thoughts:<\/p>\n

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  1. Chinese manufacturing is winning the day: The Nov’17 Top500<\/a> shows three of the top 5 and roughly 60% of the total compute power on the list are Chinese machines. Especially domestic-design Chinese machines (The ShenWei SW26010 in #1 are pretty thin on public details, but smell a lot like a better implementation of the Cell idea). Last time this kind of trend started (in Japan) the US spent a boatload of money on development, but I don’t think there is the political will for that sort of thing right now. <\/li>\n
  2. Linux all the things: 100% Of the Top500 are now running some sort of Linux. Linux is a nice thing, but the mono-culture is sort of alarming. <\/li>\n
  3. Singularity<\/a>: Greg has a long history of solving real problems in the ecosystem (Warewulf, CentOS, etc.) in very pragmatic, very open ways. About 18mo ago he posed about a prototype container scheme suitable for HPC apps he’d been playing with. It’s now everywhere<\/em> and running on everything<\/em> because it solves compatibility problems, portability problems, reproducibility problems, archiving problems, workflow problems, verifiability problems, administration problems, and, unlike most containerization schemes, isn’t made of inefficient ill-conceived web-hipster bullshit. They’ve formed a little company to support it, which was second only to Nvidia in terms of brand presence. It has moved considerably up my list of things I need to learn. <\/li>\n
  4. Fidget Spinners: So many fidget spinners on the show floor. With LEDs. And branded metal bits. Chinese mass production has also overtaken the swag in the industry. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Also, a pile of pictures<\/a> from the show floor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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