HPE’s annual European conference took place this week in Barcelona and the company’s focus is still firmly on AI. This is bolstered by its supercomputing credentials – El Capitan, the latest supercomputer to come online in the US, was awarded the title of fastest supercomputer just a day before the conference kicked off.

In this episode, Jane sits down with Gerald Kleyn, vice president of customer solutions for HPC and AI at Hewlett Packard Enterprise at HPE Discover Barcelona 2024 to discuss what the real-world impact of these high-performance machines is and whether they hold any benefits for the average IT department.

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• What is HPC really for?
• AI’s thirsty secret
• Inside Lumi, one of the world’s greenest supercomputers
• HPE’s AI and supercomputing journey continues with new Cray and Slingshot hardware
• El Capitan powers up, becomes fastest supercomputer in the world
• HPE Discover Barcelona 2024: All the news and updates live
• Isambard-AI, the UK’s most powerful and sustainable supercomputer, is now up and running