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Jack Dongarra

Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee and Turing Award laureate known for numerical linear algebra libraries such as LINPACK and LAPACK.

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Jul 7, 2026
HPCAnalysis
The FP64 Debate Didn't Produce a Winner. It Produced a Joint Byline.

Dongarra, Hoefler, and Matsuoka now ask whether supercomputing needs GPUs at all, and the CPU-only machine atop the Top500 is their test vehicle.

Jul 7, 2026 · By Matt Walters · 13 min read
Jun 15, 2026
HPCAnalysis
Reconstructing FP64: How Supercomputing's Establishment Is Adapting Science to AI Silicon

Two papers, Matsuoka's FP8-emulation preprints and the Dongarra 'Ride the Wave' paper, point to a field adapting scientific computing to AI silicon it no longer controls.

Jun 15, 2026 · By Matt Walters · 20 min read
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