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High Performance Computing - Driving innovation and capability: Ian Wardrope, Intel (55 mins, ~40 MB)

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Intel will provide an insight into future HPC technology development looking at hardware trends, ecosystem support and the challenges around ExaScale computing. The talk will also touch upon the convergence of High Performance Computing and High Performance Data Analytics, examining where the effective use of this rapidly maturing capability can provide industry and academia with a competitive advantage. This talk was given as part of our MSc in HPC's 'HPC Ecosystem' course. Talk slides

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