In this podcast (http://radiofreehpc.com/audio/RF-HPC_Episodes/Episode184/RFHPC184quantumSupremacy.mp3), the Radio Free HPC team looks at the big three technologies of the day on the Hype curve:* Machine Learning. The GTC conference (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/gtc/) is coming up, and we are seeing a continuing series of announcements like the high density deep learning server from Lamda Labs.* Cryptocurrency. GPUs are in short supply (https://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/5252-gpus-are-in-very-short-supply-at-the-moment) as crypto miners continue to buy mass quantities of consumer devices.* Quantum Computing. This week Google unveiled their 72-Qbit Bristlecone Quantum Chip, which they claim has them on the road to Quantum Supremacy. At the same time, quantum seems to be going mainstream, as evidenced by a panel discussion this week at SXSW. You can listen to the full recording of the session (https://insidehpc.com/2018/03/sxsw-podcast-quantum-computing-science-fiction-science-fact/) right here on insideHPC.[caption id="attachment_69839" align="alignright" width="300"] Quantum Computing was the focus of a panel discussion at SXSW this week. From left: Bo Ewald (D-Wave Systems) Antia Lamas-Linares (TACC) Patricia Baumhart (D-Wave Systems) Jerry Chow (IBM) and Andrew Fursman 1Qbit.[/caption]After that, we do our Catch of the Week.Download the MP3 (http://radiofreehpc.com/audio/RF-HPC_Episodes/Episode184/RFHPC184quantumSupremacy.mp3) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://bit.ly/WgEZzd) * RSS Feed (http://bit.ly/QXKy3V)(http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadioFreeHpcPodcast/~4/cHYZ0AM3cRI)