First Post: 2010 in Review

My name is Dale Southard. I'm a senior solution architect with NVIDIA, where I cover primarily high-performance computing and cloud computing. Results Over Coffee (ROC) is my blog, and I'll be posting on HPC and Cloud as well as some how-to information on programming GPUs, integrating them in Linux clusters, and whatever else I can cover over a cup of coffee. When I'm posting here, I'm speaking for me, not NVIDIA (even if I am posting about NVIDIA hardware or software).

I've often compared my work at NVIDIA to being a professional debugger -- I spend a lot of time working with very new hardware and software in new and complicated deployments. It's a lot of work, a lot of fun, and I feel lucky to be doing it for NVIDIA. In 2010, my personal high points were:

• Spent three weeks in China for debug/tuning the top500 runs on Nebulae
• Gave a talk at GTC on the above experience
• theRegister wrote a mostly-accurate article on above talk
• Spent a lot of time getting GPUs working in the Amazon EC2 cloud
• Spent a few days doing debug/tuning for the top500 runs on Keeneland
• Gave a presentation on GPU Cloud Computing at SuperComputing
• Had an interview with HPCintheCloud on GPUs and HPC (on cell phone, in traffic)
• Co-wrote an article on HPC visualization for IEEE with a lot of smart people
• And a bunch of other things that I can't talk about yet....

I have long viewed GPU Computing as a disruptive technology for high-performance computing and I am excited to have a ringside while it unfolds. ROC will be my place to share thoughts, tips, and hopefully have some fun.

So, welcome to ROC. There's more to come...