Nick Brown
@nickbrown-hpc.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @epcc.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh. Interested in novel architectures, HPC, FPGAs, RISC-V, programming language design and LLVM & MLIR.
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In this article, EPCC's @nickbrown-hpc.bsky.social writes about the work behind #SC25 sessions on #RISCV, novel and emerging architectures, and the Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange network (CAKE). edin.ac/48a229Z
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In this article, EPCC's @nickbrown-hpc.bsky.social writes about the work behind #SC25 sessions on #RISCV, novel and emerging architectures, and the Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange network (CAKE). edin.ac/48a229Z
It's going to be great catching up with lots of #HPC people next week at #SC25 . #Supercomputing is always a busy week, I wrote up some of the activities I am involved in www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/whats-happen...
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's going to be great catching up with lots of #HPC people next week at #SC25 . #Supercomputing is always a busy week, I wrote up some of the activities I am involved in www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/whats-happen...
Thanks @riscv.org.web.brid.gy for the invite to give a keynote at #RISCVSummit a couple of weeks ago. We have seen great progress in #RISCV for #HPC, and given promises by vendors and progress in the sw ecosystem I predict that 2026 could be a watershed year.
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Keynote: Reimagining the Future of High Performance Computing Catalysed by RISC-V - Nick Brown
YouTube video by RISC-V International
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November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thanks @riscv.org.web.brid.gy for the invite to give a keynote at #RISCVSummit a couple of weeks ago. We have seen great progress in #RISCV for #HPC, and given promises by vendors and progress in the sw ecosystem I predict that 2026 could be a watershed year.
youtu.be/ItA-NS4vxsU?...
youtu.be/ItA-NS4vxsU?...
The dev zone at #RISCVSummit was crammed full of interesting things and very popular this week, here I chat to Austin @riscv.org.web.brid.gy about the #HPC #RISCV demo we had brought from @epcc.bsky.social . Thanks to Carl for providing the hardware and installing things!
October 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The dev zone at #RISCVSummit was crammed full of interesting things and very popular this week, here I chat to Austin @riscv.org.web.brid.gy about the #HPC #RISCV demo we had brought from @epcc.bsky.social . Thanks to Carl for providing the hardware and installing things!
Had a great time at the #RISCVSummit 2025, thanks very much to @riscv.org.web.brid.gy for the invitation to give a keynote about #RISCV in #HPC, was an honour and I also very much enjoyed being a panelist at the #Google breakfast and presenting #HPC #RISCV updates during the member's day
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Had a great time at the #RISCVSummit 2025, thanks very much to @riscv.org.web.brid.gy for the invitation to give a keynote about #RISCV in #HPC, was an honour and I also very much enjoyed being a panelist at the #Google breakfast and presenting #HPC #RISCV updates during the member's day
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Very glad to be down south at the DRI congress in Leeds and to learn about the UK's Digital Research Infrastructure. And thanks to Garth Wells (EPSRC) to flag CAKE! www.cake.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Very glad to be down south at the DRI congress in Leeds and to learn about the UK's Digital Research Infrastructure. And thanks to Garth Wells (EPSRC) to flag CAKE! www.cake.ac.uk
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October 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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EPCC has won EU & UK Gov funding to establish and operate the €10m (£8.6m) UK AI Factory Antenna. This initiative will help organisations increase literacy in the technology and its use, and show how it can help increase productivity and deliver growth. edin.ac/3WzDaSx
October 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
EPCC has won EU & UK Gov funding to establish and operate the €10m (£8.6m) UK AI Factory Antenna. This initiative will help organisations increase literacy in the technology and its use, and show how it can help increase productivity and deliver growth. edin.ac/3WzDaSx
I wondered if one could write a @tenstorrent.bsky.social
#Wormhole simulator that will execute tt-metal binaries based on the information in the excellent ISA documentation. Answer is yes, tt-sim is a Python @tenstorrent.bsky.social simulator. Still WIP, but runs things
github.com/mesham/tt-sim
#Wormhole simulator that will execute tt-metal binaries based on the information in the excellent ISA documentation. Answer is yes, tt-sim is a Python @tenstorrent.bsky.social simulator. Still WIP, but runs things
github.com/mesham/tt-sim
GitHub - mesham/tt-sim: Tenstorrent architecture simulator
Tenstorrent architecture simulator. Contribute to mesham/tt-sim development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I wondered if one could write a @tenstorrent.bsky.social
#Wormhole simulator that will execute tt-metal binaries based on the information in the excellent ISA documentation. Answer is yes, tt-sim is a Python @tenstorrent.bsky.social simulator. Still WIP, but runs things
github.com/mesham/tt-sim
#Wormhole simulator that will execute tt-metal binaries based on the information in the excellent ISA documentation. Answer is yes, tt-sim is a Python @tenstorrent.bsky.social simulator. Still WIP, but runs things
github.com/mesham/tt-sim
Was great fun teaching the @tenstorrent.bsky.social tutorial at @ieeexplore.bsky.social #CLUSTER with @fclc.bsky.social this week. And thanks Owain Kenway for finding (and fixing!) the bugs in the practical exercises ;) Great to introduce the architecture to new people!
September 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Was great fun teaching the @tenstorrent.bsky.social tutorial at @ieeexplore.bsky.social #CLUSTER with @fclc.bsky.social this week. And thanks Owain Kenway for finding (and fixing!) the bugs in the practical exercises ;) Great to introduce the architecture to new people!
@riscv.org.web.brid.gy for #HPC workshop at #SC25 will be held on Monday 17th November in St Louis. The paper deadline has been extended until 15th of August, accepting both full papers and work in progress. edin.ac/3Uyeclp
July 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
@riscv.org.web.brid.gy for #HPC workshop at #SC25 will be held on Monday 17th November in St Louis. The paper deadline has been extended until 15th of August, accepting both full papers and work in progress. edin.ac/3Uyeclp
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Great to see our knowledge exchange project (cake-dri.github.io) being represented properly at meetings. Thanks to Eleanor Broadway @epcc.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Great to see our knowledge exchange project (cake-dri.github.io) being represented properly at meetings. Thanks to Eleanor Broadway @epcc.bsky.social
I've really enjoyed #PASC25 this week in Brugg, where there have been many insightful talks. The highlight for me was our mini-symposium on moving to more sustainable #HPC (as part of #CONTINENTS) and I spoke to Maria from
@cscsch.bsky.social about the session youtu.be/-PGgfDSEWUs?...
@cscsch.bsky.social about the session youtu.be/-PGgfDSEWUs?...
Moving Towards a More Sustainable HPC Ecosystem A Full Stack Approach
YouTube video by PASC Conference
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June 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I've really enjoyed #PASC25 this week in Brugg, where there have been many insightful talks. The highlight for me was our mini-symposium on moving to more sustainable #HPC (as part of #CONTINENTS) and I spoke to Maria from
@cscsch.bsky.social about the session youtu.be/-PGgfDSEWUs?...
@cscsch.bsky.social about the session youtu.be/-PGgfDSEWUs?...
@paulbcfd.bsky.social , #CFD expert @epcc.bsky.social presents ASiMoV-CCS at #PASC25 which is a new #CFD solver providing improved opportunities for running at scale. A great example of using modern #Fortran
June 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
@paulbcfd.bsky.social , #CFD expert @epcc.bsky.social presents ASiMoV-CCS at #PASC25 which is a new #CFD solver providing improved opportunities for running at scale. A great example of using modern #Fortran
Weronika from @epcc.bsky.social talks in the sustainable training mini symposium at #PASC25 about some of the activities going on in @epcc.bsky.social , and specifically #UNIVERSE_HPC
June 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Weronika from @epcc.bsky.social talks in the sustainable training mini symposium at #PASC25 about some of the activities going on in @epcc.bsky.social , and specifically #UNIVERSE_HPC
#PASC25 mini symposium on sustainability continues with Thomas Hauser from @ncar-ucar.bsky.social talks about reducing energy usage and cost by improving efficiency of the #CISL data centre as part of #CONTINENTS
June 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#PASC25 mini symposium on sustainability continues with Thomas Hauser from @ncar-ucar.bsky.social talks about reducing energy usage and cost by improving efficiency of the #CISL data centre as part of #CONTINENTS
"We are facing a revolution in climate science driven by limits in Denard scaling similar to Von Neumann in the 50s". Ioana Colfescu from @ncas-uk.bsky.social talks about using #AI for climate science at #PASC25 as part of #CONTINENTS
June 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"We are facing a revolution in climate science driven by limits in Denard scaling similar to Von Neumann in the 50s". Ioana Colfescu from @ncas-uk.bsky.social talks about using #AI for climate science at #PASC25 as part of #CONTINENTS
Just Zarins from @epcc.bsky.social kicks off a mini symposium at #PASC25 on sustainability, talking about porting the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social shallow wave equation model to the @cerebrassystems.bsky.social #CS3
June 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just Zarins from @epcc.bsky.social kicks off a mini symposium at #PASC25 on sustainability, talking about porting the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social shallow wave equation model to the @cerebrassystems.bsky.social #CS3
@micheleweiland.bsky.social talks about sustainable supercomputing @epcc.bsky.social , including clock frequency on #ARCHER2, malleable jobs, novel hardware and teaching. At #PASC25, more details on our @cerebrassystems.bsky.social systems tomorrow afternoon by Justs as part of #CONTINENTS
June 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@micheleweiland.bsky.social talks about sustainable supercomputing @epcc.bsky.social , including clock frequency on #ARCHER2, malleable jobs, novel hardware and teaching. At #PASC25, more details on our @cerebrassystems.bsky.social systems tomorrow afternoon by Justs as part of #CONTINENTS
Jake Davies, one of my PhD students @epcc.bsky.social presents our work on accererating #FFT on @tenstorrent.bsky.social #wormhole at @riscv.org.web.brid.gy for #HPC . #wormhole is around three times more energy efficient than a 24-core Xeon Platinum and I think we can push this even further
June 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Jake Davies, one of my PhD students @epcc.bsky.social presents our work on accererating #FFT on @tenstorrent.bsky.social #wormhole at @riscv.org.web.brid.gy for #HPC . #wormhole is around three times more energy efficient than a 24-core Xeon Platinum and I think we can push this even further
Andrea Gallo, CEO of @riscv.org.web.brid.gy kicks off the #RISCV for #HPC workshop at #ISC25, highlighting the importance of openness and some predictions around the popularity of the standard into the future
June 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Andrea Gallo, CEO of @riscv.org.web.brid.gy kicks off the #RISCV for #HPC workshop at #ISC25, highlighting the importance of openness and some predictions around the popularity of the standard into the future
And we get to deep dive into #RISCV at #ISC at the workshop tomorrow afternoon. Will be opened with a keynote from Andrea, CEO of @riscv.org.web.brid.gy riscv.epcc.ed.ac.uk/community/wo...
June 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
And we get to deep dive into #RISCV at #ISC at the workshop tomorrow afternoon. Will be opened with a keynote from Andrea, CEO of @riscv.org.web.brid.gy riscv.epcc.ed.ac.uk/community/wo...
Fun presenting with @fclc.bsky.social at #ISC this week, at the @riscv.org.web.brid.gy BoF and then today at the democratising #AI accelerators for #HPC . #RISCV continues with a workshop Friday afternoon, kicked off with keynote from @riscv.org.web.brid.gy CEO. riscv.epcc.ed.ac.uk/community/work…
June 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fun presenting with @fclc.bsky.social at #ISC this week, at the @riscv.org.web.brid.gy BoF and then today at the democratising #AI accelerators for #HPC . #RISCV continues with a workshop Friday afternoon, kicked off with keynote from @riscv.org.web.brid.gy CEO. riscv.epcc.ed.ac.uk/community/work…
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Enjoyed talking to the BBC world service this week about Supercomputing and the Top500 list as part of the Tech Life programme www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Enjoyed talking to the BBC world service this week about Supercomputing and the Top500 list as part of the Tech Life programme www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
It's been lots of fun in @epcc.bsky.social working with Tim and @tobiasweinzierl.bsky.social on this #eCSE project undertaking automatic kernel generation for #ExaHyPE using #mlir
June 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's been lots of fun in @epcc.bsky.social working with Tim and @tobiasweinzierl.bsky.social on this #eCSE project undertaking automatic kernel generation for #ExaHyPE using #mlir